Who appointed Terrence F. McVerry?

President George W. Bush appointed Terrence F. McVerry to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Was Terrence F. McVerry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Terrence F. McVerry was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Terrence F. McVerry's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Terrence F. McVerry 88–0 on September 3, 2002.

Western District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2021

Terrence F. McVerry

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 88–0, Terrence F. McVerry was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1943–2021
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 88–0
Education: Duquesne 1965 · Duquesne Law 1968
Succeeded: Donald Emil Ziegler
Succeeded by: Peter Joseph Phipps

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Western District of Pennsylvania succeeded Donald Emil Ziegler	G.W. Bush (R)	88–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 88–0 on September 3, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 208. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 88

46 D, 42 R

Did not vote · 12

4 D, 7 R, 1 I

Education

Duquesne University	B.A.	1965
Duquesne University School of Law	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McVerry was assigned 1,976 district-court cases (1994–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 1,976 closed cases.

Civil rights23%

Contract14%

Labor & ERISA13%

Personal-injury torts9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Other federal statutes8%

Other25%

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 207 of McVerry’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 174 were affirmed, 21 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, McVerry authored 42 published opinions for the court (2005–2011). Most cited: McKIVITZ v. Township of Stowe (46 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
2010	McKIVITZ v. Township of Stowe	769 F. Supp. 2d 803	46
2011	Simmons v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance	788 F. Supp. 2d 404	30
2011	PPG Industries, Inc. v. Generon IGS, Inc.	760 F. Supp. 2d 520	22
2006	Johnson v. McGraw-Hill Companies	451 F. Supp. 2d 681	21
2007	Great Northern Insurance v. ADT Security Services, Inc.	517 F. Supp. 2d 723	20
2010	Tennis v. Ford Motor Co.	730 F. Supp. 2d 437	18
2007	Layshock Ex Rel. Layshock v. Hermitage School District	496 F. Supp. 2d 587	18
2009	Schwarzwaelder v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.	606 F. Supp. 2d 546	17
2011	Mohney v. Pennsylvania	809 F. Supp. 2d 384	16
2009	Wargo v. MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE, PA	646 F. Supp. 2d 777	15
2006	Story v. Mechling	412 F. Supp. 2d 509	11
2007	Cobetto v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals	619 F. Supp. 2d 142	10
2011	Schor v. NORTH BRADDOCK BOROUGH	801 F. Supp. 2d 369	9
2010	Hodczak v. Latrobe Specialty Steel Co.	761 F. Supp. 2d 261	8
2010	Erbe v. Connecticut General Life Insurance	695 F. Supp. 2d 232	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 42 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 Terrence F. McVerry?: President George W. Bush appointed Terrence F. McVerry to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in 2002.
Was Terrence F. McVerry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Terrence F. McVerry was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Terrence F. McVerry's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Terrence F. McVerry 88–0 on September 3, 2002.
Which court was Terrence F. McVerry on?: Terrence F. McVerry was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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