Who appointed William T. Lawrence?

President George W. Bush appointed William T. Lawrence to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2008.

Was William T. Lawrence appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William T. Lawrence was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William T. Lawrence's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed William T. Lawrence 97–0 on June 26, 2008.

Southern District of Indiana / Appointed 2008 / Senior status since 2018

William T. Lawrence

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, William T. Lawrence is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law) in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Indiana 1970 · Indiana Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law) 1973
Succeeded: John Daniel Tinder
Succeeded by: James Patrick Hanlon

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Southern District of Indiana succeeded John Daniel Tinder	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on June 26, 2008 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 159. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

47 D, 48 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

Indiana University	B.S.	1970
Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis (now McKinney School of Law)	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Lawrence was assigned 4,613 district-court cases (1990–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 191 days across 4,608 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas28%

Civil rights18%

Other federal statutes14%

Labor & ERISA10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Contract7%

Other13%

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 261 of Lawrence’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 206 were affirmed, 44 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Lawrence authored 15 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Staggs v. Astrue (9 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	Staggs v. Astrue	781 F. Supp. 2d 790	9
2007	Magee v. AllianceOne, Ltd.	487 F. Supp. 2d 1024	9
2011	Patriotic Veterans, Inc. v. Indiana Ex Rel. Zoeller	821 F. Supp. 2d 1074	6
2009	Anderson v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance	668 F. Supp. 2d 1129	3
2009	AMERICAN LAND HOLDINGS OF INDIANA, LLC v. Jobe	655 F. Supp. 2d 882	3
2011	Demaree v. Life Insurance Co. of North America	789 F. Supp. 2d 1002	2
2011	Gaines v. Astrue	782 F. Supp. 2d 696	2
2011	AMERISURE INS. CO. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co.	795 F. Supp. 2d 819	1
2011	United States v. Ritz	772 F. Supp. 2d 1017	1
2011	Schimpf v. Astrue	780 F. Supp. 2d 798	1
2011	Indianapolis Public Schools v. M.B. Ex Rel. Rosilyn B.	771 F. Supp. 2d 928	1
2009	Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc. v. Hardy	618 F. Supp. 2d 936	1
2011	Walker v. United States	758 F. Supp. 2d 753	0
2011	Anderson v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE	772 F. Supp. 2d 1025	0
2011	Park v. INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY	781 F. Supp. 2d 783	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 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 T. Lawrence?: President George W. Bush appointed William T. Lawrence to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2008.
Was William T. Lawrence appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William T. Lawrence was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William T. Lawrence's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed William T. Lawrence 97–0 on June 26, 2008.
Which court is William T. Lawrence on?: William T. Lawrence is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Sources

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