Who appointed Ronald A. Guzman?

President William J. Clinton appointed Ronald A. Guzman to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1999.

Was Ronald A. Guzman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ronald A. Guzman was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ronald A. Guzman's confirmation vote?

Ronald A. Guzman was confirmed by voice vote on November 10, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1999 / Senior status since 2014

Ronald A. Guzman

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Ronald A. Guzman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Lehigh 1970 · New York Law 1973
Succeeded: Brian Barnett Duff
Succeeded by: Jorge Luis Alonso

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Brian Barnett Duff	Clinton (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

Lehigh University	B.A.	1970
New York University School of Law	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Guzman was assigned 5,127 district-court cases (1986–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 140 days across 5,125 closed cases.

Civil rights17%

Labor & ERISA17%

Other federal statutes15%

Contract11%

Real property10%

Prisoner & habeas7%

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 171 of Guzman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 131 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Guzman authored 31 published opinions for the court (1993–2011). Most cited: First National Bank v. El Camino Resources, Ltd. (48 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	First National Bank v. El Camino Resources, Ltd.	447 F. Supp. 2d 902	48
2002	Ploog v. HomeSide Lending, Inc.	209 F. Supp. 2d 863	31
1993	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. AIC Security Investigation, Ltd.	820 F. Supp. 1060	17
2003	Spillane v. Commonwealth Edison Co.	291 F. Supp. 2d 728	11
1999	Architectural Iron Workers Local No. 63 Welfare Fund v. United Contractors, Inc.	46 F. Supp. 2d 769	11
1993	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. ALC Security Investigations, Ltd.	823 F. Supp. 571	11
2001	Manos v. Caira	162 F. Supp. 2d 979	8
2001	Traharne v. Wayne Scott Fetzer Co.	156 F. Supp. 2d 717	7
2006	Wilhelm v. CITY OF CALUMET CITY, ILL.	409 F. Supp. 2d 991	6
2003	Ocean Atlantic Woodland Corp. v. DRH Cambridge Homes, Inc.	262 F. Supp. 2d 923	6
2001	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Lipson	129 F. Supp. 2d 1148	6
2010	Curtis v. Wilks	704 F. Supp. 2d 771	5
2007	Holland v. Safanda (In Re Holland)	366 B.R. 825	5
2001	Green v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance	269 B.R. 782	5
2001	Royal MacCabees Life Insurance v. Malachinski	161 F. Supp. 2d 847	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 Ronald A. Guzman?: President William J. Clinton appointed Ronald A. Guzman to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1999.
Was Ronald A. Guzman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ronald A. Guzman was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ronald A. Guzman's confirmation vote?: Ronald A. Guzman was confirmed by voice vote on November 10, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Ronald A. Guzman on?: Ronald A. Guzman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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26 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).