William P. Dimitrouleas
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, William P. Dimitrouleas is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1998
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Furman 1973 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1975
- Succeeded
- Norman Charles Roettger Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Southern District of Florida succeeded Norman Charles Roettger 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
| Furman University | B.A. | 1973 |
| University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) | J.D. | 1975 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Dimitrouleas was assigned 12,594 district-court cases (1984–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 126 days across 11,936 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 534 of Dimitrouleas’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 449 were affirmed, 52 reversed or vacated, and 33 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, Dimitrouleas authored 66 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Vision I Homeowners Ass'n v. Aspen Specialty Insurance (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Vision I Homeowners Ass'n v. Aspen Specialty Insurance | 674 F. Supp. 2d 1321 | 51 |
| 2009 | Monelus v. Tocodrian, Inc. | 609 F. Supp. 2d 1328 | 46 |
| 2011 | Bentley v. Bank of America, N.A. | 773 F. Supp. 2d 1367 | 32 |
| 2004 | Ahumada Cabrera v. Lozano | 323 F. Supp. 2d 1303 | 32 |
| 2002 | Leshin v. Welt (In Re Warmus) | 276 B.R. 688 | 21 |
| 2004 | Bautista v. CRUISE SHIPS CATERING AND SERVICE INTERNATIONAL, NV | 350 F. Supp. 2d 987 | 20 |
| 2007 | James v. Wash Depot Holdings, Inc. | 489 F. Supp. 2d 1341 | 17 |
| 2008 | Berg v. Merchants Ass'n Collection Division, Inc. | 586 F. Supp. 2d 1336 | 16 |
| 2011 | Senter v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 810 F. Supp. 2d 1339 | 15 |
| 2004 | Autonation, Inc. v. O'BRIEN | 347 F. Supp. 2d 1299 | 15 |
| 2010 | Degirmenci v. Sapphire-Fort Lauderdale, Lllp | 693 F. Supp. 2d 1325 | 13 |
| 1999 | Saunders v. United States (In Re Saunders) | 240 B.R. 636 | 13 |
| 1999 | BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Coral Springs | 42 F. Supp. 2d 1304 | 12 |
| 2008 | Sauve v. Lamberti | 597 F. Supp. 2d 1312 | 11 |
| 2011 | Garden-Aire Village South Condominium Ass'n v. QBE Insurance | 774 F. Supp. 2d 1224 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 William P. Dimitrouleas?
- President William J. Clinton appointed William P. Dimitrouleas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1998.
- Was William P. Dimitrouleas appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William P. Dimitrouleas was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William P. Dimitrouleas's confirmation vote?
- William P. Dimitrouleas was confirmed by voice vote on May 14, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is William P. Dimitrouleas on?
- William P. Dimitrouleas is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).