Who appointed Thomas W. Thrash Jr.?

President William J. Clinton appointed Thomas W. Thrash Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1997.

Was Thomas W. Thrash Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Thomas W. Thrash Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Thomas W. Thrash Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Thomas W. Thrash Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Georgia / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2021

Thomas W. Thrash Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas W. Thrash Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Virginia 1973 · Harvard Law School 1976
Succeeded: Robert L. Vining Jr.
Succeeded by: Victoria Marie Calvert

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Northern District of Georgia succeeded Robert L. Vining Jr.	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 Virginia	B.A.	1973
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Thrash was assigned 9,857 district-court cases (1982–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 9,029 closed cases.

Civil rights16%

Contract15%

Other civil matters14%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Personal-injury torts12%

Other federal statutes8%

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 480 of Thrash’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 363 were affirmed, 62 reversed or vacated, and 55 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, Thrash authored 149 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Frazier v. Absolute Collection Service, Inc. (65 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
2011	Frazier v. Absolute Collection Service, Inc.	767 F. Supp. 2d 1354	65
2001	Siharath v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.	131 F. Supp. 2d 1347	46
2006	American Casual Dining, L.P. v. Moe's Southwest Grill, L.L.C.	426 F. Supp. 2d 1356	39
2000	In Re Theragenics Corp. Securities Litigation	105 F. Supp. 2d 1342	39
1998	In Re Miller Industries, Inc. Securities Litigation	12 F. Supp. 2d 1323	28
2001	Conner v. Tate	130 F. Supp. 2d 1370	26
1998	Pereira v. First North American National Bank	223 B.R. 28	26
2004	Bailey v. Monaco Coach Corp.	350 F. Supp. 2d 1036	25
2004	Ramsey v. Fox News Network, LLC	323 F. Supp. 2d 1352	25
1997	In Re Valujet, Inc., Securities Litigation	984 F. Supp. 1472	24
2000	Prince Heaton Enterprises, Inc. v. Buffalo's Franchise Concepts, Inc.	117 F. Supp. 2d 1357	23
1998	Gutierrez-Martinez v. Reno	989 F. Supp. 1205	23
2001	In Re Motorsports Merchandise Antitrust Litigation	160 F. Supp. 2d 1392	19
2008	Swicegood v. Pliva, Inc.	543 F. Supp. 2d 1351	18
2001	Farrell v. Time Service, Inc.	178 F. Supp. 2d 1295	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 149 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 W. Thrash Jr.?: President William J. Clinton appointed Thomas W. Thrash Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1997.
Was Thomas W. Thrash Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Thomas W. Thrash Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Thomas W. Thrash Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Thomas W. Thrash Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Thomas W. Thrash Jr. on?: Thomas W. Thrash Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Sources

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