Who appointed Mark R. Kravitz?

President George W. Bush appointed Mark R. Kravitz to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 2003.

Was Mark R. Kravitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Mark R. Kravitz was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Mark R. Kravitz's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Mark R. Kravitz 97–0 on June 11, 2003.

District of Connecticut / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2012

Mark R. Kravitz

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Mark R. Kravitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1950–2012
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Wesleyan 1972 · Georgetown Law Center 1975
Succeeded: Alfred V. Covello
Succeeded by: Jeffrey Alker Meyer

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	District of Connecticut succeeded Alfred V. Covello	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on June 11, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 217. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

46 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

Wesleyan University	B.A.	1972
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kravitz was assigned 1,714 district-court cases (1993–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 226 days across 1,713 closed cases.

Civil rights23%

Other federal statutes16%

Contract14%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other21%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 91 of Kravitz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 84 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Kravitz authored 170 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Patrowicz v. Transamerica HomeFirst, Inc. (211 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2005	Patrowicz v. Transamerica HomeFirst, Inc.	359 F. Supp. 2d 140	211
2010	McLaughlin v. CitiMortgage, Inc.	726 F. Supp. 2d 201	66
2005	Lopez v. Smiley	375 F. Supp. 2d 19	55
2007	OBG Technical Services, Inc. v. Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. Ex Rel. TRW, Inc.	503 F. Supp. 2d 490	39
2008	Amara v. Cigna Corp.	534 F. Supp. 2d 288	34
2011	D'ANTUONO v. Service Road Corp.	789 F. Supp. 2d 308	30
2009	Chien v. Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical Co.	623 F. Supp. 2d 255	29
2010	Master-Halco, Inc. v. Scillia, Dowling & Natarelli, LLC	739 F. Supp. 2d 109	27
2006	Jones v. Walgreen, Co.	463 F. Supp. 2d 267	27
2010	Silvera v. Connecticut Department of Corrections	726 F. Supp. 2d 183	21
2009	YANKEE GAS SERVICES CO. v. UGI Utilities, Inc.	616 F. Supp. 2d 228	20
2006	Connecticut v. Spellings	453 F. Supp. 2d 459	20
2004	Vermande v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.	352 F. Supp. 2d 195	20
2008	Adkins v. Warden	585 F. Supp. 2d 286	19
2008	A.P. Ex Rel. Powers v. Woodstock Board of Education	572 F. Supp. 2d 221	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 170 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Mark R. Kravitz?: President George W. Bush appointed Mark R. Kravitz to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 2003.
Was Mark R. Kravitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Mark R. Kravitz was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Mark R. Kravitz's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Mark R. Kravitz 97–0 on June 11, 2003.
Which court was Mark R. Kravitz on?: Mark R. Kravitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sources

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9 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).