Who appointed Thomas Michael Hardiman?

President George W. Bush appointed Thomas Michael Hardiman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2007.

Was Thomas Michael Hardiman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Thomas Michael Hardiman was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Thomas Michael Hardiman's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Thomas Michael Hardiman 95–0 on March 15, 2007.

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Thomas Michael Hardiman

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Thomas Michael Hardiman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1990. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1965 · age 61
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: University of Notre Dame 1987 · Georgetown Law Center 1990
Succeeded: Richard Lowell Nygaard

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Western District of Pennsylvania succeeded William Lloyd Standish	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2007	Third Circuit succeeded Richard Lowell Nygaard	G.W. Bush (R)	95–0

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

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on March 15, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 78. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

47 D, 46 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

2 D, 3 R

Education

University of Notre Dame	B.A.	1987
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1990

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hardiman was assigned 767 district-court cases (1999–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 181 days across 765 closed cases.

Civil rights24%

Contract13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Social Security10%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other24%

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 34 of Hardiman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 33 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated. 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, Hardiman authored 19 published opinions for the court (2003–2007). Most cited: Bricker v. Martin (34 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2006	Bricker v. Martin	348 B.R. 28	34
2005	Cefalu v. Barnhart	387 F. Supp. 2d 486	21
2007	Warnick v. NMC-Wollard, Inc.	512 F. Supp. 2d 318	13
2006	United States v. Yamba	407 F. Supp. 2d 703	6
2007	Magwood v. French	478 F. Supp. 2d 821	5
2004	Patsakis v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	339 F. Supp. 2d 689	5
2004	Lexington Insurance v. Western Pennsylvania Hospital	318 F. Supp. 2d 270	5
2005	United States v. Dimas	418 F. Supp. 2d 737	4
2003	Viad Corp. v. Cordial	299 F. Supp. 2d 466	4
2006	Patsakis v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	428 F. Supp. 2d 378	1
2005	Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Brown	387 F. Supp. 2d 497	1
2004	Cannon v. United States	322 F. Supp. 2d 636	1
2007	United States v. Diallo	476 F. Supp. 2d 497	0
2006	United States v. Coates	457 F. Supp. 2d 563	0
2006	Alameda Produce Market, Inc. v. Air Nail Co., Inc.	348 B.R. 39	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 Thomas Michael Hardiman?: President George W. Bush appointed Thomas Michael Hardiman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2007.
Was Thomas Michael Hardiman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Thomas Michael Hardiman was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Thomas Michael Hardiman's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Thomas Michael Hardiman 95–0 on March 15, 2007.
Which court is Thomas Michael Hardiman on?: Thomas Michael Hardiman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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19 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).