Securities litigation duration statistics, by court
Securities litigation — securities, commodities and exchange suits in federal court — take a median of 182 days from filing to resolution, based on 16,368 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 57 days and 3.9 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 16,368 cases · median 182 days
How securities lawsuit cases end
Of 12,650 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Securities litigation duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most securities lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.D.N.Y. | 4,600 | 97d | 3.4 yr |
| N.D. Cal. | 1,290 | 238d | 4.6 yr |
| C.D. Cal. | 1,083 | 350d | 3.5 yr |
| E.D.N.Y. | 984 | 131d | 6.4 yr |
| D.N.J. | 787 | 1.1 yr | 4.5 yr |
| S.D. Fla. | 464 | 219d | 2.9 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 391 | 79d | 2.4 yr |
| D. Mass. | 371 | 1.2 yr | 4.1 yr |
| N.D. Ill. | 369 | 1.7 yr | 6.5 yr |
| D. Colo. | 306 | 115d | 4.2 yr |
| S.D. Cal. | 281 | 1.3 yr | 5.0 yr |
| S.D. Tex. | 258 | 1.1 yr | 6.7 yr |
| N.D. Tex. | 223 | 228d | 3.2 yr |
| D. Md. | 206 | 154d | 3.7 yr |
| N.D. Ga. | 201 | 287d | 3.2 yr |
Have a specific securities lawsuit?
These are averages across every securities lawsuit. For a forecast tuned to your case — your court, your amount, your posture — get a free estimate, or the full report built from your complaint.
Other case types
Tertius, "Securities litigation: how long federal cases take, and how they end" (2026). Analysis of Federal Judicial Center Integrated Data Base records, 9.1M U.S. federal civil cases. https://usetertius.com/benchmarks/securities-litigation
Free to cite with attribution — a link back to this page lets readers verify the numbers.
Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-6. Durations are filing to termination for U.S. federal civil cases. This is observed historical data, not a prediction of any specific case, and not legal advice. Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, never merits or damages.