Robert George Doumar
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert George Doumar was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2023
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1981
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Virginia 1951 · University of Virginia Law 1953
- Succeeded
- Richard Boykin Kellam
- Succeeded by
- Jerome B. Friedman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Eastern District of Virginia succeeded Richard Boykin Kellam | Reagan (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 Virginia | B.A. | 1951 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.B. | 1953 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.M. | 1988 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Doumar was assigned 3,850 district-court cases (1968–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 152 days across 3,845 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 325 of Doumar’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 275 were affirmed, 38 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Doumar authored 230 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: McCoy v. Chesapeake Correctional Center (138 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | McCoy v. Chesapeake Correctional Center | 788 F. Supp. 890 | 138 |
| 2010 | TRAVCO Insurance v. Ward | 715 F. Supp. 2d 699 | 62 |
| 1993 | Addison v. Reavis | 158 B.R. 53 | 48 |
| 1985 | Better Homes of Virginia, Inc. v. Budget Service Co. (In Re Better Homes of Virginia, Inc.) | 52 B.R. 426 | 44 |
| 1995 | Wright v. Commercial Credit Corp. | 178 B.R. 703 | 36 |
| 1987 | United States v. Certain Lots in Virginia Beach | 657 F. Supp. 1062 | 36 |
| 2005 | Linnin v. Michielsens | 372 F. Supp. 2d 811 | 33 |
| 1984 | Unidyne Corp. v. Aerolineas Argentinas | 590 F. Supp. 391 | 32 |
| 1995 | JH Miles & Co., Inc. v. Brown | 910 F. Supp. 1138 | 31 |
| 1995 | Williams v. Enterprise Leasing Co. of Norfolk/Richmond | 911 F. Supp. 988 | 28 |
| 1986 | Allied Towing Corp. v. Great Eastern Petroleum Corp. | 642 F. Supp. 1339 | 28 |
| 2003 | Allen v. College of William & Mary | 245 F. Supp. 2d 777 | 26 |
| 1992 | Finney v. Smith | 141 B.R. 94 | 24 |
| 2001 | X-IT Products, L.L.C. v. Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. | 155 F. Supp. 2d 577 | 22 |
| 1997 | Clarke v. United States | 955 F. Supp. 593 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 230 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 George Doumar?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Robert George Doumar to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1981.
- Was Robert George Doumar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert George Doumar was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert George Doumar's confirmation vote?
- Robert George Doumar was confirmed by voice vote on December 3, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert George Doumar on?
- Robert George Doumar was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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41 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).