Who appointed Naomi Reice Buchwald?

President William J. Clinton appointed Naomi Reice Buchwald to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999.

Was Naomi Reice Buchwald appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Naomi Reice Buchwald was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Naomi Reice Buchwald's confirmation vote?

Naomi Reice Buchwald was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1999 / Senior status since 2012

Naomi Reice Buchwald

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Naomi Reice Buchwald is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brandeis 1965 · Columbia Law School 1968
Succeeded: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
Succeeded by: Analisa Nadine Torres

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Southern District of New York succeeded Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum	Clinton (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Brandeis University	B.A.	1965
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Buchwald was assigned 5,167 district-court cases (1992–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 215 days across 4,966 closed cases.

Contract22%

Civil rights15%

Intellectual property10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other civil matters8%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Other28%

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 271 of Buchwald’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 187 were affirmed, 50 reversed or vacated, and 34 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, Buchwald authored 150 published opinions for the court (1993–2011). Most cited: Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. v. Gredd (In Re Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd.) (132 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
2007	Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. v. Gredd (In Re Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd.)	397 B.R. 1	132
2001	In Re DoubleClick Inc. Privacy Litigation	154 F. Supp. 2d 497	120
2000	Odyssey Re (London) Ltd. v. Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings Ltd.	85 F. Supp. 2d 282	88
2010	In Re Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Securities Litigation	693 F. Supp. 2d 241	65
2001	In Re Complete Management Inc. Securities Litigation	153 F. Supp. 2d 314	65
2010	Campbell v. Motors Liquidation Co.	428 B.R. 43	60
2002	McMunn v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	191 F. Supp. 2d 440	53
2008	Washpon v. Parr	561 F. Supp. 2d 394	47
2000	Griffin v. Ambika Corp.	103 F. Supp. 2d 297	45
2010	Telebrands Corp. v. Del Laboratories, Inc.	719 F. Supp. 2d 283	39
2010	Federal Insurance v. Safenet, Inc.	758 F. Supp. 2d 251	37
2011	Corines v. American Physicians Insurance Trust	769 F. Supp. 2d 584	35
2008	In Re IMAX Securities Litigation	587 F. Supp. 2d 471	34
2003	Nazario v. Deere & Co.	295 F. Supp. 2d 360	33
2008	Matsumura v. Benihana National Corp.	542 F. Supp. 2d 245	32

Showing the 15 most-cited of 150 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 Naomi Reice Buchwald?: President William J. Clinton appointed Naomi Reice Buchwald to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999.
Was Naomi Reice Buchwald appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Naomi Reice Buchwald was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Naomi Reice Buchwald's confirmation vote?: Naomi Reice Buchwald was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Naomi Reice Buchwald on?: Naomi Reice Buchwald is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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