Who appointed Noel Lawrence Hillman?

President George W. Bush appointed Noel Lawrence Hillman to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2006.

Was Noel Lawrence Hillman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Noel Lawrence Hillman was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Noel Lawrence Hillman's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Noel Lawrence Hillman 98–0 on June 8, 2006.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 2006 / Served to 2024

Noel Lawrence Hillman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Noel Lawrence Hillman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1985. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Monmouth 1981 · Seton Hall Law 1985
Succeeded: William G. Bassler
Succeeded by: Michael Etan Farbiarz

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	District of New Jersey succeeded William G. Bassler	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on June 8, 2006 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 166. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

42 D, 55 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

2 D

Jay Rockefeller(D-WV)
Charles Schumer(D-NY)

Education

Monmouth University	B.A.	1981
Seton Hall University School of Law	J.D.	1985
New York University School of Law	LL.M.	1998

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hillman was assigned 3,897 district-court cases (1987–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 3,890 closed cases.

Other civil matters16%

Personal-injury torts15%

Civil rights13%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes12%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other22%

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 235 of Hillman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 204 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Hillman authored 28 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Trafton v. City of Woodbury (172 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
2011	Trafton v. City of Woodbury	799 F. Supp. 2d 417	172
2010	Payan v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.	681 F. Supp. 2d 564	39
2006	Barrows v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp.	465 F. Supp. 2d 347	38
2010	Hartzell v. Astrue	741 F. Supp. 2d 645	27
2009	Procentury Insurance v. Harbor House Club Condominium Ass'n	652 F. Supp. 2d 552	15
2011	Brass Smith, LLC v. Rpi Industries, Inc.	827 F. Supp. 2d 377	14
2011	Mason v. Coca-Cola Co.	774 F. Supp. 2d 699	14
2010	New Hampshire Ins. Co. v. Diller	678 F. Supp. 2d 288	14
2011	Connor v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.	796 F. Supp. 2d 568	13
2007	Corestar International PTE. Ltd. v. LPB Communications, Inc.	513 F. Supp. 2d 107	11
2009	St. Clair v. Wertzberger	637 F. Supp. 2d 251	10
2010	Genelink Biosciences, Inc. v. Colby	722 F. Supp. 2d 592	9
2010	Doe v. Banos	713 F. Supp. 2d 404	9
2008	Sunoco, Inc. (R & M) v. MX Wholesale Fuel Corp.	565 F. Supp. 2d 572	8
2011	Hm Ex Rel. Bm v. Haddon Heights Bd. of Educ.	822 F. Supp. 2d 439	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 28 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 Noel Lawrence Hillman?: President George W. Bush appointed Noel Lawrence Hillman to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2006.
Was Noel Lawrence Hillman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Noel Lawrence Hillman was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Noel Lawrence Hillman's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Noel Lawrence Hillman 98–0 on June 8, 2006.
Which court was Noel Lawrence Hillman on?: Noel Lawrence Hillman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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