Shirley Wohl Kram
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Shirley Wohl Kram was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2009
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brooklyn Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- Lawrence Warren Pierce
- Succeeded by
- John George Koeltl
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Southern District of New York succeeded Lawrence Warren Pierce | 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
| Brooklyn Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kram was assigned 1,669 district-court cases (1977–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 482 days across 1,666 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.
In our data, Kram authored 345 published opinions for the court (1983–2009). Most cited: Howard v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (146 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Howard v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler | 977 F. Supp. 654 | 146 |
| 1996 | National Union Fire Insurance v. L.E. Myers Co. Group | 937 F. Supp. 276 | 132 |
| 2000 | In Re Austrian & German Bank Holocaust Litigation | 80 F. Supp. 2d 164 | 114 |
| 2006 | In Re Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Securities Litigation | 501 F. Supp. 2d 452 | 103 |
| 1992 | Kubin v. Miller | 801 F. Supp. 1101 | 95 |
| 1991 | National Westminster Bank, U.S.A. v. Ross | 130 B.R. 656 | 94 |
| 2008 | In Re Take-Two Interactive Securities Litigation | 551 F. Supp. 2d 247 | 91 |
| – | Opinion | 381 F. Supp. 2d 192 | 83 |
| 2007 | In Re AOL Time Warner, Inc. Securities Litigation | 503 F. Supp. 2d 666 | 63 |
| 1988 | Smith v. Bowen | 687 F. Supp. 902 | 53 |
| 1992 | Compania Sud-Americana De Vapores S.A. v. IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Co. | 785 F. Supp. 411 | 49 |
| 1992 | In Re Chaus Securities Litigation | 801 F. Supp. 1257 | 45 |
| 1989 | Zucker v. Katz | 708 F. Supp. 525 | 42 |
| 2009 | In Re Moody's Corp. Securities Litigation | 599 F. Supp. 2d 493 | 40 |
| 1997 | Schwimmer v. Kaladjian | 988 F. Supp. 631 | 40 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 345 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 Shirley Wohl Kram?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Shirley Wohl Kram to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1983.
- Was Shirley Wohl Kram appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Shirley Wohl Kram was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Shirley Wohl Kram's confirmation vote?
- Shirley Wohl Kram was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Shirley Wohl Kram on?
- Shirley Wohl Kram was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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
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26 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).