Who appointed Paul William Grimm?

President Barack Obama appointed Paul William Grimm to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2012.

Was Paul William Grimm appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Paul William Grimm was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Paul William Grimm's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Paul William Grimm 92–1 on December 3, 2012.

District of Maryland / Appointed 2012 / Served to 2022

Paul William Grimm

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by the Senate 92–1, Paul William Grimm was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from University of New Mexico School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2012
Confirmed: 92–1
Education: University of California, Davis 1973 · University of New Mexico Law 1976
Succeeded: Benson Everett Legg
Succeeded by: Matthew James Maddox

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	District of Maryland succeeded Benson Everett Legg	Obama (D)	92–1

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–1 on December 3, 2012 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 217. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

47 D, 44 R, 1 I

Voted against · 1

1 R

Roy Blunt(R-MO)

Did not vote · 7

4 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

University of California, Davis	B.A.	1973
University of New Mexico School of Law	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Grimm was assigned 2,913 district-court cases (1990–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 274 days across 2,861 closed cases.

Social Security38%

Other civil matters11%

Personal-injury torts9%

Labor & ERISA8%

Contract7%

Other federal statutes6%

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 220 of Grimm’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 189 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Grimm authored 32 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Miskin v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. (206 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
1999	Miskin v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.	107 F. Supp. 2d 669	206
2009	Goodman v. Praxair Services, Inc.	632 F. Supp. 2d 494	142
2008	Williams v. Long	585 F. Supp. 2d 679	61
2002	United States v. Horn	185 F. Supp. 2d 530	53
2000	France v. Apfel	87 F. Supp. 2d 484	30
2010	Bosse v. Baltimore County	692 F. Supp. 2d 574	28
2008	Continental Casualty Co. v. Under Armour, Inc.	537 F. Supp. 2d 761	21
2000	Samuel v. Ford Motor Co.	112 F. Supp. 2d 460	19
1998	Malina v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.	18 F. Supp. 2d 596	18
1999	Tucker v. Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.	49 F. Supp. 2d 456	16
2006	Sabol v. Brooks	469 F. Supp. 2d 324	10
2000	Samuel v. Ford Motor Co.	96 F. Supp. 2d 491	9
2002	United States v. Steelwright	179 F. Supp. 2d 567	8
2011	Lopez v. XTEL Construction Group, LLC	796 F. Supp. 2d 693	7
2011	Richardson v. Sexual Assault/Spouse Abuse Resource Center, Inc.	764 F. Supp. 2d 736	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 William Grimm?: President Barack Obama appointed Paul William Grimm to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2012.
Was Paul William Grimm appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Paul William Grimm was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Paul William Grimm's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Paul William Grimm 92–1 on December 3, 2012.
Which court was Paul William Grimm on?: Paul William Grimm was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sources

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