Richard Mark Gergel
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Mark Gergel is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He earned a law degree from Duke University School of Law in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1954 · age 72
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Duke 1975 · Duke Law 1979
- Succeeded
- Henry Michael Herlong Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | District of South Carolina succeeded Henry Michael Herlong 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
| Duke University | B.A. | 1975 |
| Duke University School of Law | J.D. | 1979 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gergel was assigned 30,082 district-court cases (1989–2026), including large consolidated multidistrict litigation. Median time from filing to termination: 441 days across 10,578 closed cases.
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 516 of Gergel’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 451 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Gergel authored 6 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, INC. v. Renosky (6 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Z-MAN FISHING PRODUCTS, INC. v. Renosky | 790 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 6 |
| 2011 | Marshall v. AT & T MOBILITY | 793 F. Supp. 2d 761 | 4 |
| 2010 | Cassity v. Geren | 749 F. Supp. 2d 380 | 3 |
| 2011 | Credell v. Bodison | 818 F. Supp. 2d 928 | 2 |
| 2011 | Hazel v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration | 820 F. Supp. 2d 721 | 0 |
| 2011 | Brunson v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION | 818 F. Supp. 2d 922 | 0 |
Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Richard Mark Gergel?
- President Barack Obama appointed Richard Mark Gergel to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 2010.
- Was Richard Mark Gergel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Mark Gergel was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Mark Gergel's confirmation vote?
- Richard Mark Gergel was confirmed by voice vote on August 5, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Richard Mark Gergel on?
- Richard Mark Gergel is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Federal Judiciary (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).