John Mercer Walker Jr.

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

George H.W. BushRepublican

Seat

CA20902

Nominated

Sept. 21, 1989

Committee hearing

Nov. 7, 1989

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Nov. 16, 1989

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Nov. 22, 1989

Commissioned

Nov. 27, 1989

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2000until Jan. 1, 2006

Senior status

Sept. 30, 2006

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 30
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Roa v. Hermes Law
• Sept. 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Siren Retail Corp. v. NLRB
• Sept. 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. DeFelice
• Aug. 19
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Wong v. Blanche
• Aug. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Stinn v. United States
• July 21
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. McCrone
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in The New York and Presbyterian Hospital v. New York State Nurses Association
• June 18
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Levin, Vodka Properties LLC v. City of Buffalo
• March 24
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Knapp v. Barclays
• March 5
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Peña Garcia v. Department of Labor
• Dec. 2, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Baroni v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Nov. 21, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Alessi Equip., Inc. v. Am. Piledriving Equip., Inc.

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.