Neil Vincent Wake
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by voice vote, Neil Vincent Wake was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1948–2026
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2004
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Arizona State 1971 · Harvard Law School 1974
- Succeeded
- Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt
- Succeeded by
- Susan Marie Brnovich
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | District of Arizona succeeded Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt | G.W. Bush (R) | 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
| Arizona State University | B.A. | 1971 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wake was assigned 3,140 district-court cases (1977–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 148 days across 3,139 closed cases.
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 345 of Wake’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 255 were affirmed, 55 reversed or vacated, and 35 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, Wake authored 35 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Crowell v. Knowles (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Crowell v. Knowles | 483 F. Supp. 2d 925 | 34 |
| 2007 | Cecala v. Newman | 532 F. Supp. 2d 1118 | 33 |
| 2004 | Burk v. Medical Savings Insurance | 348 F. Supp. 2d 1063 | 30 |
| 2008 | Atlantic Recording Corp. v. Howell | 554 F. Supp. 2d 976 | 21 |
| 2009 | Pruett v. Arizona | 606 F. Supp. 2d 1065 | 14 |
| 2008 | ARIZONA CONTRACTORS ASS'N INC. v. Candelaria | 534 F. Supp. 2d 1036 | 13 |
| 2011 | M & I BANK, FSB v. Coughlin | 805 F. Supp. 2d 858 | 10 |
| 2011 | KINGSLEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC v. Sly | 820 F. Supp. 2d 1011 | 9 |
| 2009 | White v. AKDHC, LLC | 664 F. Supp. 2d 1054 | 9 |
| 2009 | Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc. | 610 F. Supp. 2d 1046 | 9 |
| 2010 | Agullard v. Principal Life Insurance | 685 F. Supp. 2d 947 | 8 |
| 2007 | Building Innovation Industries, L.L.C. v. Onken | 473 F. Supp. 2d 978 | 8 |
| 2011 | Beaty v. Brewer | 791 F. Supp. 2d 678 | 7 |
| 2009 | Graves v. Arpaio | 633 F. Supp. 2d 834 | 7 |
| 2008 | Addington v. US AIRLINE PILOTS ASS'N | 588 F. Supp. 2d 1051 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 Neil Vincent Wake?
- President George W. Bush appointed Neil Vincent Wake to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2004.
- Was Neil Vincent Wake appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Neil Vincent Wake was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Neil Vincent Wake's confirmation vote?
- Neil Vincent Wake was confirmed by voice vote on March 12, 2004. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Neil Vincent Wake on?
- Neil Vincent Wake was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).