Who appointed Shira A. Scheindlin?

President William J. Clinton appointed Shira A. Scheindlin to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994.

Was Shira A. Scheindlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Shira A. Scheindlin's confirmation vote?

Shira A. Scheindlin was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2016

Shira A. Scheindlin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Shira A. Scheindlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1967 · Cornell Law School 1975
Succeeded: Louis J. Freeh
Succeeded by: Lorna Gail Schofield

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Southern District of New York succeeded Louis J. Freeh	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

University of Michigan	B.A.	1967
Columbia University	M.A.	1969
Cornell Law School	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Scheindlin was assigned 6,029 district-court cases (1982–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 199 days across 6,028 closed cases.

Contract23%

Antitrust, securities & banking17%

Civil rights13%

Personal-injury torts10%

Labor & ERISA8%

Intellectual property8%

Other21%

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 225 of Scheindlin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 188 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Scheindlin authored 791 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation (193 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
2003	In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation	241 F. Supp. 2d 281	193
2008	Newton v. City of New York	566 F. Supp. 2d 256	145
2005	In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Lit.	383 F. Supp. 2d 566	126
2001	Colon Ex Rel. Molina v. Bic USA, Inc.	199 F. Supp. 2d 53	115
2006	Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC	446 F. Supp. 2d 163	110
2007	Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc.	525 F. Supp. 2d 558	108
2010	Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC	685 F. Supp. 2d 456	103
2002	Little v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.	210 F. Supp. 2d 330	101
2007	In Re Scottish Re Group Securities Litigation	524 F. Supp. 2d 370	95
2007	ACC Bondholder Group v. Adelphia Communications Corp. (In Re Adelphia Communications Corp.)	361 B.R. 337	94
2001	Bennett v. Watson Wyatt & Co.	136 F. Supp. 2d 236	92
2003	Jeffreys v. Rossi	275 F. Supp. 2d 463	79
2000	Aerotel, Ltd. v. Sprint Corp.	100 F. Supp. 2d 189	74
2007	Henderson v. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.	502 F. Supp. 2d 372	72
2006	In Re eSpeed, Inc. Securities Litigation	457 F. Supp. 2d 266	72

Showing the 15 most-cited of 791 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 Shira A. Scheindlin?: President William J. Clinton appointed Shira A. Scheindlin to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994.
Was Shira A. Scheindlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Shira A. Scheindlin was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Shira A. Scheindlin's confirmation vote?: Shira A. Scheindlin was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Shira A. Scheindlin on?: Shira A. Scheindlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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