Who appointed Richard Gibson Andrews?

President Barack Obama appointed Richard Gibson Andrews to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 2011.

Was Richard Gibson Andrews appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Richard Gibson Andrews was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Richard Gibson Andrews's confirmation vote?

Richard Gibson Andrews was confirmed by voice vote on November 3, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Delaware / Appointed 2011 / Senior status since 2023

Richard Gibson Andrews

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Gibson Andrews is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1981. Sources ↓

Born: 1955 · age 71
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2011
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Haverford College 1977 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1981
Succeeded: Joseph James Farnan Jr.
Succeeded by: Jennifer Lynne Hall

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	District of Delaware succeeded Joseph James Farnan Jr.	Obama (D)	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

Haverford College	B.A.	1977
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Andrews was assigned 5,372 district-court cases (2000–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 5,116 closed cases.

Intellectual property49%

Other civil matters13%

Antitrust, securities & banking7%

Other federal statutes6%

Contract6%

Personal-injury torts4%

Other14%

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 213 of Andrews’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 165 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 23 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.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Richard Gibson Andrews?: President Barack Obama appointed Richard Gibson Andrews to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 2011.
Was Richard Gibson Andrews appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard Gibson Andrews was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard Gibson Andrews's confirmation vote?: Richard Gibson Andrews was confirmed by voice vote on November 3, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Richard Gibson Andrews on?: Richard Gibson Andrews is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Sources

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