Who appointed Paul G. Gardephe?

President George W. Bush appointed Paul G. Gardephe to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2008.

Was Paul G. Gardephe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Paul G. Gardephe was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Paul G. Gardephe's confirmation vote?

Paul G. Gardephe was confirmed by voice vote on July 17, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 2008 / Senior status since 2023

Paul G. Gardephe

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by voice vote, Paul G. Gardephe is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1982. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1957 · age 69
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1979 · Columbia Law School 1982
Succeeded: Charles L. Brieant Jr.
Succeeded by: Jeannette Anne Vargas

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Southern District of New York succeeded Charles L. Brieant Jr.	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

University of Pennsylvania	B.A.	1979
University of Pennsylvania	M.A.	1979
Columbia Law School	J.D.	1982

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Gardephe was assigned 4,086 district-court cases (1971–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 3,880 closed cases.

Other civil matters23%

Civil rights20%

Contract11%

Labor & ERISA10%

Intellectual property7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other24%

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 175 of Gardephe’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 149 were affirmed, 16 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, Gardephe authored 26 published opinions for the court (2009–2011). Most cited: Christian Bros. High School Endowment v. Bayou No Leverage Fund, LLC (In Re Bayou Group, LLC) (99 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
2010	Christian Bros. High School Endowment v. Bayou No Leverage Fund, LLC (In Re Bayou Group, LLC)	439 B.R. 284	99
2010	Mugavero v. ARMS ACRES, INC.	680 F. Supp. 2d 544	51
2009	Kolesnikow v. Hudson Valley Hospital Center	622 F. Supp. 2d 98	31
2011	Mr. and Mrs. A. v. NY CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUC.	769 F. Supp. 2d 403	30
2010	Ezagui v. City of New York	726 F. Supp. 2d 275	26
2010	Best Payphones, Inc. v. Manhattan Telecommunications Corp.	432 B.R. 46	22
2011	TECNIMED SRL v. Kidz-Med, Inc.	763 F. Supp. 2d 395	19
2010	Bouchard v. New York Archdiocese	719 F. Supp. 2d 255	19
2011	BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AG v. Sandoz, Inc.	813 F. Supp. 2d 569	18
2009	Tatum v. City of New York	668 F. Supp. 2d 584	13
2010	Kitaru Innovations Inc. v. Chandaria	698 F. Supp. 2d 386	12
2010	Maus v. Wappingers Central School District	688 F. Supp. 2d 282	11
2010	Chaluisan v. Simsmetal East LLC	698 F. Supp. 2d 397	10
2011	AIG Europe (Netherlands), N v. v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.	765 F. Supp. 2d 472	9
2009	Dauer v. Verizon Communications Inc.	613 F. Supp. 2d 446	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 Paul G. Gardephe?: President George W. Bush appointed Paul G. Gardephe to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2008.
Was Paul G. Gardephe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Paul G. Gardephe was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Paul G. Gardephe's confirmation vote?: Paul G. Gardephe was confirmed by voice vote on July 17, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Paul G. Gardephe on?: Paul G. Gardephe is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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18 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).