Who appointed Philip Godfrey Reinhard?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Philip Godfrey Reinhard to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1992.

Was Philip Godfrey Reinhard appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Philip Godfrey Reinhard's confirmation vote?

Philip Godfrey Reinhard was confirmed by voice vote on February 6, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1992 / Senior status since 2007

Philip Godfrey Reinhard

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Philip Godfrey Reinhard is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Illinois College of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1941 · age 85
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois 1962 · University of Illinois College of Law 1964
Succeeded by: Frederick J. Kapala

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Northern District of Illinois	G.H.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 Illinois	B.A.	1962
University of Illinois College of Law	J.D.	1964

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Reinhard was assigned 6,898 district-court cases (1981–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 146 days across 6,885 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas21%

Real property19%

Civil rights18%

Other federal statutes7%

Personal-injury torts7%

Contract7%

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 192 of Reinhard’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 143 were affirmed, 36 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Reinhard authored 55 published opinions for the court (1992–2008). Most cited: Freiburger v. Emery Air Charter, Inc. (47 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
1992	Freiburger v. Emery Air Charter, Inc.	795 F. Supp. 253	47
1993	Doe v. Bd. of Educ. of Hononegah School Dist. 207	833 F. Supp. 1366	29
1993	United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Open Sesame Child Care Center	819 F. Supp. 756	28
1993	Amati v. City of Woodstock, Ill.	829 F. Supp. 998	22
1995	Howard v. Board of Education of Sycamore Community Unit School District No. 427	893 F. Supp. 808	19
1995	Milne v. Johnson (In Re Milne)	185 B.R. 280	18
1996	Design Benefit Plans, Inc. v. Enright	940 F. Supp. 200	17
1995	Howard v. Board of Educ. Sycamore Dist.	876 F. Supp. 959	16
1993	Madden v. Country Life Insurance	835 F. Supp. 1081	16
1994	DeVlieg-Bullard, Inc. v. Natale (In Re DeVlieg, Inc.)	174 B.R. 497	15
1996	Bajorat v. Columbia-Breckenridge Development Corp.	944 F. Supp. 1371	13
1992	Illinois, Department of the Lottery v. Marchiando (In Re Marchiando)	142 B.R. 246	13
2008	Narkiewicz-Laine v. Scandinavian Airlines Systems	587 F. Supp. 2d 888	11
1997	Woodard v. American Family Mutual Insurance	950 F. Supp. 1382	11
1996	Estate of Lake v. Marten	946 F. Supp. 605	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Godfrey Reinhard?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Philip Godfrey Reinhard to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1992.
Was Philip Godfrey Reinhard appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Philip Godfrey Reinhard was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Philip Godfrey Reinhard's confirmation vote?: Philip Godfrey Reinhard was confirmed by voice vote on February 6, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Philip Godfrey Reinhard on?: Philip Godfrey Reinhard is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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