Thomas Francis Hogan
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Francis Hogan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1938 · age 88
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Chief judge
- District of Columbia, 2001 to 2008
- Education
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1960 · Georgetown Law Center 1966
- Succeeded
- William Benson Bryant
- Succeeded by
- James Emanuel Boasberg
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | District of Columbia succeeded William Benson Bryant chief judge 2001 to 2008 | 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
Before the bench
Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.
| Law clerk, Hon. William B. Jones, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia | 1966-1967 |
| Counsel, Federal Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws | 1967-1968 |
| Private practice, Rockville, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. | 1968-1981 |
| Assistant professor, Potomac School of Law | 1977-1979 |
| Private practice, Chevy Chase, Maryland and Washington, D.C. | 1981-1982 |
| Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center | 1986-1992 |
| Board member, Federal Judicial Center | 1996-2000, 2011-2013 |
| Member, Judicial Conference of the United States | 2001-2008 |
| Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | 2011-2013 |
| Board member, Federal Judicial Center | 2011-2013 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hogan was assigned 3,133 district-court cases (1982–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 289 days across 3,098 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.
On appeal
Of 48 of Hogan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 34 were affirmed, 9 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, Hogan authored 475 published opinions for the court (1982–2023). Most cited: In Re United Mine Workers of America Employee Benefit Plans Litigation (261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | In Re United Mine Workers of America Employee Benefit Plans Litigation | 854 F. Supp. 914 | 261 |
| 2001 | Niedermeier v. Office of Baucus | 153 F. Supp. 2d 23 | 216 |
| 1991 | Armco Steel Co., LP v. CSX Corp. | 790 F. Supp. 311 | 75 |
| 1984 | Chrysler Corp. v. General Motors Corp. | 589 F. Supp. 1182 | 72 |
| 2000 | Heggestad v. United States Department of Justice | 182 F. Supp. 2d 1 | 71 |
| 1984 | Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. | 597 F. Supp. 1515 | 66 |
| 1997 | Federal Trade Commission v. Staples, Inc. | 970 F. Supp. 1066 | 65 |
| 1985 | Hudgins v. Internal Revenue Service | 620 F. Supp. 19 | 65 |
| 2014 | Ortiz v. United States Department of Justice | 67 F. Supp. 3d 109 | 60 |
| 1992 | Doe v. District of Columbia | 796 F. Supp. 559 | 51 |
| 1989 | Goos v. National Ass'n of Realtors | 715 F. Supp. 2 | 50 |
| 1991 | LaShawn A. v. Dixon | 762 F. Supp. 959 | 49 |
| 1999 | Federal Trade Commission v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc. | 62 F. Supp. 2d 25 | 47 |
| 1994 | Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. v. Federal Deposit Insurance | 857 F. Supp. 976 | 43 |
| 2006 | In Re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation | 467 F. Supp. 2d 74 | 42 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 475 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 Francis Hogan?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Francis Hogan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1982.
- Was Thomas Francis Hogan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Thomas Francis Hogan was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Thomas Francis Hogan's confirmation vote?
- Thomas Francis Hogan was confirmed by voice vote on August 20, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Thomas Francis Hogan on?
- Thomas Francis Hogan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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44 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).