Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

Republican Court: NYSD Born: 1954-01-01

1,209

Cases in Database

21%

Settlement Rate

21%

Dismissal Rate

10%

Trial Rate

393,393

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
Yale University	J.D.	1979
Princeton University	B.A.	1976

Court	Position	Start	End
U.S. Supreme Court	Judge	2009	Active
2nd Circuit	Judge	1998	2009
S.D. NY	Judge	1992	1998

How 393,393 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

21%

Settled

21%

Dismissed

10%

Went to Trial

$788,928

Avg Award

$85,000

Median Award

32,789

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Other Contract	38,130	23%	26%	10%	7%	$964,284
Other Civil Rights	27,092	30%	17%	11%	0%	$475,895
Employment	20,649	27%	27%	16%	0%	$580,073
Other Personal Injury	19,506	60%	17%	4%	0%	$701,589
Marine	18,611	28%	27%	3%	5%	$683,721
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	18,144	20%	18%	6%	27%	$647,508
Civil Rights	16,342	8%	21%	11%	0%	$368,884
Other Statutory Actions	14,529	20%	28%	11%	5%	$707,754
Securities/Commodities/Exchange	13,504	8%	25%	13%	1%	$1,221,921
General	13,250	2%	14%	26%	0%	$847,700
Personal Injury - Product Liability	13,060	12%	28%	7%	0%	$1,220,611
Copyrights	12,422	28%	18%	9%	4%	$1,048,662
Fair Labor Standards Act	10,737	43%	14%	4%	2%	$367,398
Trademark	9,870	25%	19%	16%	7%	$934,125
ADA - Other	8,963	44%	10%	3%	0%	$298,543
Prison Condition	8,123	13%	20%	13%	0%	$108,800
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	6,879	1%	8%	16%	0%	$50,000
Insurance	6,535	24%	27%	11%	2%	$924,535
Motor Vehicle	6,274	36%	35%	4%	0%	$931,494
Motions to Vacate Sentence	5,972	7%	66%	2%	0%	—

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	320,000	32.1%	29.5%	1.8%	31.2%	48d
Contract	178,000	36.2%	25.8%	2.5%	30.1%	295d
Divorce/Family	135,000	54.8%	20.3%	4.2%	15.1%	340d
Personal Injury	72,500	69.4%	17.2%	3.5%	5.2%	425d
Consumer Protection	48,898	34.2%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	195d
Workers' Comp	36,091	71.2%	12.4%	6.8%	3.2%	445d
Employment	28,500	66.5%	19.8%	5.2%	4.8%	460d
Wrongful Death	4,424	72.5%	14.8%	5.2%	3.1%	520d

Source: California Administrative Office of the Courts

Year	Description	Value Code
2021	Blackrock GLB Allocation FD Class A (IRA)	L
2021	Blackrock GLB Allocation FD Class A (IRA)	L
2021	Citibank, N.A. Accounts	M
2021	Citibank, N.A. Accounts	M
2021	Ishares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	K
2021	Ishares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	K
2021	Ishares Core MSCI Emerging	K
2021	Ishares Core MSCI Emerging	K
2021	Ishares IBOXX HY COR BD ETF (HYG)	K
2021	Ishares IBOXX HY COR BD ETF (HYG)	K
2021	Ishares Russell 1000 GRW ETF	K
2021	Ishares Russell 1000 GRW ETF	K
2021	Ishares Russell 1000 Value ETF	K
2021	Ishares Russell 1000 Value ETF	K
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	J
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	J
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Value ETF	J
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Value ETF
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Value ETF	J
2021	Ishares Russell 2000 Value ETF
2021	Ishares Russell MIDCAP V ETF	J
2021	Ishares Russell MIDCAP V ETF	J
2021	Morgan Stanley Bank, NA	J
2021	Morgan Stanley Bank, NA	J
2021	Morgan Stanley Bank, NA (IRA)	L
2021	Morgan Stanley Bank, NA (IRA)	L
2021	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. (H)
2021	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. (H)
2021	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. (IRA) (H)
2021	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. (IRA) (H)