Who appointed William J. Hibbler?

President William J. Clinton appointed William J. Hibbler to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1999.

Was William J. Hibbler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William J. Hibbler 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 J. Hibbler's confirmation vote?

William J. Hibbler was confirmed by voice vote on April 15, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2012

William J. Hibbler

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, William J. Hibbler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1946–2012
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois at Chicago 1969 · DePaul College of Law 1973
Succeeded: James Henry Alesia
Succeeded by: Andrea Robin Wood

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Northern District of Illinois succeeded James Henry Alesia	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 Illinois at Chicago	B.S.	1969
DePaul University College of Law	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hibbler was assigned 2,431 district-court cases (1984–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 163 days across 2,431 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA19%

Civil rights18%

Other federal statutes14%

Real property13%

Contract10%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Other20%

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 62 of Hibbler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 55 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Hibbler authored 17 published opinions for the court (2001–2011). Most cited: Paloian v. American Express Co. (In Re Canopy Financial, Inc.) (32 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	Paloian v. American Express Co. (In Re Canopy Financial, Inc.)	464 B.R. 770	32
2011	Markel American Insurance v. Dolan	787 F. Supp. 2d 776	29
2009	Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A. v. Chiquita Brands International Inc.	616 F. Supp. 2d 805	20
2001	C.L.U.B. v. City of Chicago	157 F. Supp. 2d 903	19
2010	Nalco Co. v. Environmental Management, Inc.	694 F. Supp. 2d 994	17
2011	Fletcher v. OneWest Bank, FSB	798 F. Supp. 2d 925	11
2009	T.E. Ex Rel. C.E. v. Sperlik	639 F. Supp. 2d 912	10
2008	Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Gopher News Co.	542 F. Supp. 2d 823	8
2011	Little Lady Foods, Inc. v. Houston Casualty Co.	819 F. Supp. 2d 759	3
2010	BP Corp. North America Inc. v. Northern Trust Investments, N.A.	692 F. Supp. 2d 980	3
2008	Howard v. Sheahan	546 F. Supp. 2d 566	3
2005	Allstate Insurance v. Employers Reinsurance Corp.	441 F. Supp. 2d 865	3
2001	Zamora v. Pierson	158 F. Supp. 2d 830	2
2010	Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.	737 F. Supp. 2d 952	1
2009	Brothers Food & Liquor, Inc. v. United States	626 F. Supp. 2d 875	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 17 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 J. Hibbler?: President William J. Clinton appointed William J. Hibbler to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1999.
Was William J. Hibbler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William J. Hibbler 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 J. Hibbler's confirmation vote?: William J. Hibbler was confirmed by voice vote on April 15, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William J. Hibbler on?: William J. Hibbler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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12 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).