Who appointed Virginia Mary Kendall?

President George W. Bush appointed Virginia Mary Kendall to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2006.

Was Virginia Mary Kendall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Virginia Mary Kendall was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Virginia Mary Kendall's confirmation vote?

Virginia Mary Kendall was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 2005. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 2006 / Active

Virginia Mary Kendall

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by voice vote, Virginia Mary Kendall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She earned a law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1992. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1962 · age 64
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Northwestern 1984 · Loyola Chicago Law 1992
Succeeded: Suzanne B. Conlon

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Suzanne B. Conlon	G.W. Bush (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

Northwestern University	B.A.	1984
Northwestern University	M.A.	1987
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	J.D.	1992

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kendall was assigned 5,128 district-court cases (1974–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 154 days across 4,775 closed cases.

Other civil matters17%

Other federal statutes15%

Civil rights14%

Labor & ERISA13%

Intellectual property10%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other23%

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 300 of Kendall’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 229 were affirmed, 47 reversed or vacated, and 24 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, Kendall authored 56 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Solis v. International Detective & Protective Service, Ltd. (31 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	Solis v. International Detective & Protective Service, Ltd.	819 F. Supp. 2d 740	31
2009	Ticketreserve, Inc. v. Viagogo, Inc.	656 F. Supp. 2d 775	29
2007	Wachovia Securities, LLC v. Neuhauser	528 F. Supp. 2d 834	23
2008	Miyano MacHinery USA, Inc. v. Miyanohitec MacHinery, Inc.	576 F. Supp. 2d 868	19
2011	American Safety Casualty Insurance v. City of Waukegan	776 F. Supp. 2d 670	15
2009	Swanigan v. Trotter	645 F. Supp. 2d 656	15
2011	Duncan v. Thorek Memorial Hospital	784 F. Supp. 2d 910	14
2010	S.J. Ex Rel. S.J. v. Perspectives Charter School	685 F. Supp. 2d 847	14
2009	United States Ex Rel. Walner v. Northshore University Healthsystem	660 F. Supp. 2d 891	14
2008	Wachovia Securities, LLC v. Jahelka	586 F. Supp. 2d 972	13
2007	Limestone Development Corp. v. Village of Lemont	473 F. Supp. 2d 858	13
2010	ExxonMobil Oil Corp. v. Amex Const. Co., Inc.	702 F. Supp. 2d 942	12
2008	Krause v. Turnberry Country Club	571 F. Supp. 2d 851	12
2007	Follman v. Village Squire, Inc.	542 F. Supp. 2d 816	12
2011	Gilhooly v. UBS SECURITIES, LLC	772 F. Supp. 2d 914	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 56 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 Virginia Mary Kendall?: President George W. Bush appointed Virginia Mary Kendall to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2006.
Was Virginia Mary Kendall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Virginia Mary Kendall was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Virginia Mary Kendall's confirmation vote?: Virginia Mary Kendall was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 2005. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Virginia Mary Kendall on?: Virginia Mary Kendall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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