Who appointed Philip A. Brimmer?

President George W. Bush appointed Philip A. Brimmer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 2008.

Was Philip A. Brimmer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Philip A. Brimmer was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Philip A. Brimmer's confirmation vote?

Philip A. Brimmer was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

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Philip A. Brimmer

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by voice vote, Philip A. Brimmer is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1985. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1959 · age 67
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard College 1981 · Yale Law School 1985
Succeeded: Lewis Thornton Babcock

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	District of Colorado succeeded Lewis Thornton Babcock	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

Harvard College	A.B.	1981
Yale Law School	J.D.	1985

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Brimmer was assigned 6,361 district-court cases (1983–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 243 days across 5,790 closed cases.

Criminal42%

Contract14%

Civil rights11%

Other federal statutes6%

Prisoner & habeas6%

Personal-injury torts5%

Other16%

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 348 of Brimmer’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 306 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Brimmer authored 66 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: National Business Brokers, Ltd. v. Jim Williamson Productions, Inc. (69 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
2000	National Business Brokers, Ltd. v. Jim Williamson Productions, Inc.	115 F. Supp. 2d 1250	69
1998	Schaffer v. Evolving Systems, Inc.	29 F. Supp. 2d 1213	24
2009	Hughes v. Colorado Department of Corrections	594 F. Supp. 2d 1226	23
2003	SGI Air Holdings II LLC v. Novartis International AG	239 F. Supp. 2d 1161	19
2002	SGI Air Holdings II LLC v. Novartis International, AG	192 F. Supp. 2d 1195	18
1998	Queen Uno Ltd. Partnership v. Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.	2 F. Supp. 2d 1345	18
1996	Mathews v. Dow Chemical Co.	947 F. Supp. 1517	17
2010	Matthews v. Wiley	744 F. Supp. 2d 1159	16
1996	Roe v. Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort	920 F. Supp. 1153	15
2010	Big O Tires, LLC v. Felix Bros., Inc.	724 F. Supp. 2d 1107	13
2003	Nicholls v. Zurich American Insurance Group	244 F. Supp. 2d 1144	12
2009	Asten v. City of Boulder	652 F. Supp. 2d 1188	11
2009	Brown v. Whitman	651 F. Supp. 2d 1216	11
2009	PayoutOne v. Coral Mortgage Bankers	602 F. Supp. 2d 1219	11
2000	Pfenninger v. Exempla, Inc.	116 F. Supp. 2d 1184	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 Philip A. Brimmer?: President George W. Bush appointed Philip A. Brimmer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 2008.
Was Philip A. Brimmer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Philip A. Brimmer was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Philip A. Brimmer's confirmation vote?: Philip A. Brimmer was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Philip A. Brimmer on?: Philip A. Brimmer is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Sources

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