Who appointed Robert James Conrad Jr.?

President George W. Bush appointed Robert James Conrad Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in 2005.

Was Robert James Conrad Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert James Conrad Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert James Conrad Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Robert James Conrad Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 28, 2005. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Western District of North Carolina / Appointed 2005 / Served to 2025

Robert James Conrad Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert James Conrad Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1983. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1958 · age 68
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2005
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Clemson 1980 · University of Virginia Law 1983
Succeeded by: Matthew Emile Orso

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2005	Western District of North Carolina	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

Clemson University	B.A.	1980
University of Virginia School of Law	J.D.	1983

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Conrad was assigned 2,089 district-court cases (1998–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 208 days across 1,997 closed cases.

Other civil matters40%

Contract9%

Civil rights8%

Labor & ERISA8%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other23%

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 475 of Conrad’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 391 were affirmed, 42 reversed or vacated, and 42 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, Conrad authored 22 published opinions for the court (2005–2011). Most cited: Blis Day Spa, LLC v. Hartford Insurance Group (24 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
2006	Blis Day Spa, LLC v. Hartford Insurance Group	427 F. Supp. 2d 621	24
2011	Webb v. K.R. Drenth Trucking, Inc.	780 F. Supp. 2d 409	22
2008	Ostwalt v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education	614 F. Supp. 2d 603	22
2010	Crosby v. CITY OF GASTONIA	682 F. Supp. 2d 537	13
2009	Umlic Consolidated v. Spectrum Financial Services Corporation	665 F. Supp. 2d 528	10
2010	United States v. Umana	707 F. Supp. 2d 621	7
2009	Olympus Managed Health Care, Inc. v. American Housecall Physicians, Inc.	662 F. Supp. 2d 427	6
2009	Shell Trademark Management BV & Motiva Enterprises, LLC v. Ray Thomas Petroleum Co.	642 F. Supp. 2d 493	6
2011	Worsley v. Aetna Life Insurance	780 F. Supp. 2d 397	4
2010	Couick v. Wyeth, Inc.	691 F. Supp. 2d 643	4
2011	US Airways, Inc. v. US Airline Pilots Ass'n	813 F. Supp. 2d 710	3
2010	Russell v. BSN MEDICAL, INC.	721 F. Supp. 2d 465	3
2006	Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.	414 F. Supp. 2d 545	2
2011	Aylward v. Federal Emergency Management Agency	781 F. Supp. 2d 272	1
2010	Carter v. OZOENEH	717 F. Supp. 2d 507	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Robert James Conrad Jr.?: President George W. Bush appointed Robert James Conrad Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in 2005.
Was Robert James Conrad Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert James Conrad Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert James Conrad Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Robert James Conrad Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 28, 2005. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert James Conrad Jr. on?: Robert James Conrad Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Sources

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