Federal judges nominated by Ronald Reagan

* Supreme Court
* Associate Justice
* Supreme Court of the United States
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2024-2025
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2023-2024
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2022-2023
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2021-2022
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2020-2021
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2018-2019
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2017-2018
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2016-2017
* Supreme Court cases, October term 2015
* History of the Supreme Court
* Chief Justice Eras
* Historic cases
* Courts
* United States Court of Appeals
* United States District Court
* United States Bankruptcy Court
* Subject-matter jurisdiction courts
* United States territorial courts
* District of Columbia
* Washington, D.C.
* District of Columbia Court of Appeals
* Superior Court of the District of Columbia
* Judicial selection in Washington, D.C.
* Federal vacancies
* Current federal judicial vacancies
* By Congress
* By Year
* Archived vacancy counts
* Presidential nominations
* Presidential nominations
* Federal judicial nominations by president
* President pages
* Washington
* Adams
* Jefferson
* Madison
* Monroe
* Quincy Adams
* Jackson
* Van Buren
* Harrison
* Tyler
* Polk
* Taylor
* Fillmore
* Pierce
* Buchanan
* Lincoln
* A. Johnson
* Grant
* Hayes
* Garfield
* Arthur
* Cleveland
* Harrison
* McKinley
* T. Roosevelt
* Taft
* Wilson
* Harding
* Coolidge
* Hoover
* F. Roosevelt
* Truman
* Eisenhower
* Kennedy
* L. Johnson
* Nixon
* Ford
* Carter
* Reagan
* H.W. Bush
* Clinton
* W. Bush
* Obama
* Trump
* Biden
* About
* United States federal courts

U.S. Federal Courts
Judicial vacancies during the Trump administration

* * *

Judicial vacancies in federal courts • Judicial vacancies during the Trump administration • Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump • Federal judicial appointments by president

* * *

ABA ratings of presidential federal judicial nominees • ABA ratings during the Trump administration • ABA ratings during the Biden administration

Ronald Reagan was president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. During his time in office, Reagan had 402 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Of those, 382 were to Article III judgeships.[1] Reagan had eight nominees withdrawn and 55 rejected or not voted on by the Senate.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 List of judges
* 2 Historical context
* 2.1 Appointments by current president
* 2.2 Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## List of judges[edit]

Judge | Final post: | Term: | Previous Post: | Term: | Bachelors: | Law:

|
|
|
|
|
|

Antonin Scalia | Supreme Court | 9/26/1986-2/13/2016 | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1982-1986 | Georgetown U., B.A., 1957 | Harvard Law, J.D., 1960
Anthony Kennedy | Supreme Court | 2/17/1988-7/1/2018 | Ninth Circuit | 1975-1988 | Standford, B.A., 1958 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1961
Charles Edward Wiggins | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | 10/11/1984 - 12/31/1996 |  |  | University of Southern California, B.S., 1953 | University of Southern California Law School, LL.B., 1956
William Rehnquist | Supreme Court | 9/25/1986 - 9/3/2005 | Supreme Court, Associate Justice | 12/15/1971 - 9/26/1986 | Stanford, B.A., 1948 | Stanford Law, LL.B, 1952
Alex Kozinski | Ninth Circuit | 11/7/1985 - 12/8/2017 | Court of Federal Claims | 1982-1985 | UCLA 1972 | UCLA School of Law 1975
Sandra Day O'Connor | Supreme Court | 9/25/1981-1/31/2006 |  |  | Stanford, A.B., 1950 | Stanford Law, LL.B., 1952
John Shabaz | Western District of Wisconsin | 12/10/1981-1/20/2009 |  |  | UW-Madison | Marquette U. Law School, LL.B., 1957
Thomas Curran | Eastern District of Wisconsin | 11/7/1983 - 1/1/1997 |  |  | Marquette U., B.N.S., 1945 | Marquette U. Law School, LL.B., 1948
Joseph Stadtmueller | Eastern District of Wisconsin | 6/1/1987 - Present |  |  | Marquette U., B.A., 1964 | Marquette U. Law School, J.D., 1967
James Holderman | Northern District of Illinois | 4/4/1985 - 6/1/2015 |  |  | U. of Illinois, B.S., 1968 | U. of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1971
Suzanne Conlon | Northern District of Illinois | 2/22/1988 - 4/17/2004 |  |  | Mundelein College, B.A., 1963 | Loyola U. Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1968
William Hart | Northern District of Illinois | 4/21/1982 - 6/1/1996 |  |  |  | Loyola U. Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1951
Harry Leinenweber | Northern District of Illinois | 12/17/1985 - 6/3/2002 |  |  | U. of Notre Dame, B.A., 1959 | U. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1962
George Marovich | Northern District of Illinois | 4/1/1988 - 1/2/2000 |  |  | U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1952 | U. of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1954
John Nordberg | Northern District of Illinois | 4/21/1982 - 6/18/1994 |  |  | Carleton College | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1950
Charles Norgle | Northern District of Illinois | October 4, 1984 - October 4, 2022 |  |  | Northwestern U., B.B.A., 1964 | John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1969
James Zagel | Northern District of Illinois | 4/22/1987 - 10/16/2016 |  |  | U. of Chicago, B.A., 1962 | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1965
Michael Mihm | Central District of Illinois | 8/6/1982 - 10/1/2009 |  |  | Loras College, B.A., 1964 | Saint Louis U. School of Law, J.D., 1967
Richard Mills | Central District of Illinois | 7/22/1985 - 10/7/1997 |  |  | Illinois College, B.A., 1951 | Mercer U. School of Law, J.D., 1957
William Stiehl | Southern District of Illinois | 6/16/1986 - 11/30/1996 |  |  |  | Saint Louis U. School of Law, LL.B., 1949
Robert Miller | Northern District of Indiana | 12/17/1985 - 1/11/2016 |  |  | Northwestern U., B.A., 1972 | Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1975
James T. Moody | Northern District of Indiana | 2/9/1982 - 6/17/2003 | Magistrate Judge | 1979 - 1982 | Indiana U., A.B., 1960 | Indiana U. School of Law, LL.B., 1963
William Lee | Northern District of Indiana | 7/28/1981 - 2/3/2003 |  |  | Yale U., A.B., 1959 | U. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1962
Bernard Friedman | Eastern District of Michigan | 4/20/1988 - 1/1/2009 |  |  |  | Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1968
Patrick Duggan | Eastern District of Michigan | 10/14/1986 - 9/29/2000 |  |  | Xavier U., Ohio, B.S., 1955 | U. of Detroit School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Paul Gadola | Eastern District of Michigan | 10/17/1988 - 1/31/2001 |  |  | Michigan State U., A.B., 1951 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1953
Lawrence Zatkoff | Eastern District of Michigan | 3/4/1986 - 6/16/2004 |  |  | U. of Detroit, B.S., 1962 | Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1966
Robert Holmes Bell | Western District of Michigan | 7/2/1987 - 1/31/2017 |  |  | Wheaton College, B.A., 1966 | Wayne State U. Law School, J.D., 1969
Sam Bell | Northern District of Ohio | 12/22/1982 - 10/30/1996 |  |  | College of Wooster, B.A., 1947 | University of Akron School of Law, J.D., 1952
David Dowd | Northern District of Ohio | 9/23/1982 - 6/30/1996 |  |  | College of Wooster, B.A., 1951 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1954
Herman Weber | Southern District of Ohio | 4/4/1985 - 1/1/2002 |  |  | Otterbein College, B.A., 1949 | Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1952
George Smith | Southern District of Ohio | 11/9/1987 - 1/1/2002 |  |  | Ohio State U., B.A., 1957 | Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1959
James Graham | Southern District of Ohio | 9/26/1986 - 8/31/2004 |  |  | Ohio State U., B.A., 1962 | Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1962
Allan Edgar | Eastern District of Tennessee | 4/16/1985 - 10/7/2005 |  |  | Davidson College, B.A., 1962 | Duke U. School of Law, LL.B., 1965
Robert Leon Jordan | Eastern District of Tennessee | 10/17/1988 - 11/30/2001 |  |  | U. of Tennessee, B.S., 1958 | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1960
James D. Todd | Western District of Tennessee | 7/11/1985 - 5/20/2008 |  |  | Lambuth College, B.S., 1965 | U. of Mississippi, Master of Combined Sciences, 1968
Karl Forester | Eastern District of Kentucky | 7/27/1988 - 5/2/2005 |  |  | U. of Kentucky, B.A., 1962 | U. of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1966
Charles Simpson | Western District of Kentucky | 8/4/1986 - 2/1/2013 |  |  | U. of Louisville, B.A., 1967 | U. of Louisville School of Law, J.D., 1970
James Rosenbaum | District of Minnesota | 7/18/1985 - 10/26/2009 |  |  | U. of Minnesota, B.A., 1966 | U. of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1969
David Doty | District of Minnesota | 5/8/1987 - 6/30/1998 |  |  | U. of Minnesota, B.A., 1952 | U. of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1961
Paul Magnuson | District of Minnesota | 10/29/1981 - 2/9/2002 |  |  | Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., 1959 | William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1963
Richard Battey | District of South Dakota | 10/28/1985 - 1/1/1999 |  |  | U. of South Dakota, 1950 | U. of South Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1953
John B. Jones | District of South Dakota | 11/18/1981 - 1/1/1995 |  |  | U. of South Dakota, B.S., 1951 | U. of South Dakota School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Patrick Conmy | District of North Dakota | 12/17/1985 - 5/5/2000 |  |  | Harvard College, B.A., 1955 | Georgetown U. Law Center, J.D., 1959
Rodney Webb | District of North Dakota | 12/21/1987 - 12/31/2001 |  |  | U. of North Dakota, B.S., 1957 | U. of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1959
Lyle Strom | District of Nebraska | 10/28/1985 - 11/2/1995 |  |  | Creighton U., B.A., 1950 | Creighton U. School of Law, J.D., 1953
Charles Wolle | Southern District of Iowa | 8/6/1987 - 10/16/2001 |  |  | Harvard College, A.B., 1959 | U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1961
Dean Whipple | Western District of Missouri | 12/9/1987 - 4/30/2007 |  |  | Drury College, A.B, 1961 | U. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., 1965
Scott Wright | Western District of Missouri | 9/26/1979 - 10/5/1991 |  |  |  | U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Mark Wolf | District of Massachusetts | 4/4/1985-1/1/2013 |  |  | Yale U., B.A., 1968 | Harvard U. Law, J.D., 1971
Edward Harrington | District of Massachusetts | 2/2/1988 - 3/1/2001 |  |  | College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1955 | Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960
William G. Young (Massachusetts) | District of Massachusetts | April 4, 1985 - July 1, 2021 | Superior Court of Massachusetts | 1978-1985 | Harvard U., A.B., 1962 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1967
Douglas Woodlock | District of Massachusetts | 6/16/1986 - 6/1/2015 |  |  | Yale U., B.A., 1969 | Georgetown U., Law, J.D., 1975
Jose Fuste | District of Puerto Rico | 10/28/1985 - 6/1/2016 |  |  | U. of Puerto Rico, B.B.A., 1965 | U. Puerto Rico Law, LL.B., 1968
Jaime Pieras | District of Puerto Rico | 7/15/1982 - 8/1/1993 |  |  | Catholic U. of America, B.A., 1945 | Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1948
Raymond Acosta | District of Puerto Rico | 9/30/1982 - 6/1/1994 |  |  | Princeton, 1948 | Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1951
Ronald Lagueux | District of Rhode Island | 3/4/1986 - 11/30/2001 | Rhode Island Supreme Court | 1968-1986 | Bowdoin College, 1953 | Harvard Law, 1956
Ernest Torres | District of Rhode Island | 11/6/1987 - 12/1/2006 |  |  | Dartmouth, A.B., 1963 | Duke U. Law, J.D., 1968
Peter Dorsey | District of Connecticut | 7/19/1983 - 1/2/1998 |  |  | Yale, B.A., 1953 | Harvard Law, LL.B, 1959
Alan Nevas | District of Connecticut | 10/17/1985 - 3/27/1997 |  |  | Syracuse U., A.B., 1949 | New York U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Raymond Dearie | Eastern District of New York | 03/19/1986 - 04/02/2011 |  |  | Fairfield University, B.A., 1966 | St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1969
Leo Glasser | Eastern District of New York | 12/10/1981 - 06/30/1993 |  |  | College of the City of New York, B.A., 1943 | Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1948
Edward Korman | Eastern District of New York | 11/04/1985 - 10/24/2007 |  |  | Brooklyn College, B.A., 1963 | Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1966
Leonard Wexler | Eastern District of New York | 06/22/1983 - 06/29/1994 |  |  | Indiana U., B.S., 1947 | New York U. School of Law, J.D., 1950
Thomas McAvoy | Northern District of New York | 03/04/1986 - 09/16/2003 |  |  | Villanova U., A.B., 1960 | Albany Law, J.D., 1964
Lewis Babcock | District of Colorado | 10/17/1988 - 4/4/2008 |  |  | U. of Denver, B.A., 1965 | U. of Denver Law, J.D., 1968
Kimba Wood | Southern District of New York | 04/20/1988 - 05/31/2009 |  |  | Connecticut College, B.A., 1965 | Harvard Law, J.D., 1969
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum | Southern District of New York | 03/04/1986 - 03/30/1998 |  |  | Barnard College, B.A., 1950 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1953
John Keenan | Southern District of New York | 09/20/1983 - 12/30/1996 |  |  | Manhattan College, B.B.A., 1951 | Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1954
Shirley Kram | Southern District of New York | 03/02/1983 - 05/22/1993 |  |  |  | Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1950
Peter Leisure | Southern District of New York | 06/15/1984 - 03/20/1997 |  |  | Yale, B.A., 1952 | U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1958
Robert Patterson | Southern District of New York | 10/06/1988 - 12/30/1998 |  |  | Harvard, B.A., 1947 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1950
John Sprizzo | Southern District of New York | 9/25/1981 - 1/1/2000 |  |  | St. John's University (1956) | St. John's University School of Law (1959)
Louis Stanton | Southern District of New York | 07/18/1985 - 09/30/1996 |  |  | Yale, B.A., 1950 | U. of Virginia Law, J.D. and L.L.B., 1955
Richard Arcara | Western District of New York | 2/22/1988 - 1/3/2015 |  |  | St. Bonaventure U., B.A., 1962 | Villanova U. Law, J.D., 1965
David Larimer | Western District of New York | 11/06/1987 - 03/02/2009 | Western District of New York, Magistrate Judge | 1983 - 1987 | St. John Fisher College, B.A., 1966 | Notre Dame Law, J.D. 1969
Michael Telesca | Western District of New York | 04/21/1982 - 05/02/1996 | Monroe County, New York, Surrogate Court Judge | 1973 - 1982 | U. of Rochester, B.A., 1952 | U. of Buffalo Law, LL.B., 1955
Joseph Farnan | District of Delaware | 7/16/1985 - 7/31/2010 |  |  | King's College, B.A., 1967 | U. of Toledo Law, J.D., 1970
Garrett Brown | District of New Jersey | 12/17/1985 - 1/2/2012 |  |  | Lafayette College, A.B., 1965 | Duke U. Law, J.D., 1968
Joseph Rodriguez | District of New Jersey | 05/10/1985 - 05/21/1998 |  |  | LaSalle U., A.B., 1955 | Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1958
Lowell Reed | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 04/20/1988 - 06/20/1999 |  |  | U. of Wisconsin, B.B.A., 1952 | Temple U. Law, J.D., 1958
Thomas O'Neill | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 08/05/1983 - 07/05/1996 |  |  | Catholic U. of America, A.B., 1950 | U. of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1953
Edmund Ludwig | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 10/17/1985 - 05/20/1997 | Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1968 - 1985 | Harvard, A.B., 1949 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1952
Robert Kelly | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 06/26/1987 - 07/16/2001 | Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1976 - 1987 | Villanova U., B.S., 1957 | Temple U. Law, LL.B., 1960
Jan DuBois | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 07/27/1988 - 04/14/2002 |  |  | U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1952 | Yale Law , LL.B., 1957
Alice Batchelder | Sixth Circuit | 12/2/1991 - 3/7/2019 | Northern District of Ohio | 1985-1991 | Ohio Wesleyan U. '64 | Akron U. Law '71
Ralph Guy | Sixth Circuit | 10/17/1985 - 9/1/1994 | Eastern District of Michigan | 1976-1985 | U. of Michigan '51 | U. of Michigan Law '53
James L. Ryan | Sixth Circuit | 10/17/1985 - 1/1/2000 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1975-1985 | U. of Detroit '92 | U. of Detroit Law '56 (B.L.)
Alan Norris | Sixth Circuit | 7/1/1986 - 7/1/2001 | Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District | 1980-1986 | Otterbein College '57 | New York U. Law '60
Richard Suhrheinrich | Sixth Circuit | 7/10/1990 - 8/15/2001 | Eastern District of Michigan | 1984-1990 | Wayne State U. '60 | Detroit College of Law '63
Frank Easterbrook | Seventh Circuit | 4/4/1985 - Present |  |  | Swarthmore College '70 | U. of Chicago Law '73
William Caldwell | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 03/19/1982 - 05/30/1994 | Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1970 - 1982 | Dickinson College, A.B., 1948 | Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1951
Edwin Kosik | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 06/16/1986 - 07/14/1996 | Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1969 - 1979 | Wilkes College, B.A., 1949 | Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1951
Ann Williams | Seventh Circuit | 11/15/1999 - 6/5/2017 | Northern District of Illinois | 1985-1999 | Wayne State U. '70 | Notre Dame Law '75
Sam Crow | District of Kansas | 12/10/1981 - 11/15/1996 | District of Kansas, Magistrate judge | 1975-1981 | U. of Kansas, B.A., 1949 | Washburn U. Law, J.D., 1952
John Conway | District of New Mexico | 6/16/1986 - 9/1/2000 |  |  | U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1956 | Washburn U. Law, LL.B., 1963
John Greene | District of Utah | 4/4/1985-11/28/1997 |  |  | University of Utah, B.A., 1952 | University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1955
David Sam | District of Utah | 10/16/1985 - 11/1/1999 |  |  | Brigham Young University, B.S., 1957 | University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1960
Alan Johnson | District of Wyoming | 12/17/1985 - Present | Federal Magistrate Judge | 1971 - 1974 | Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1961 | U. of Wyoming Law, J.D., 1964
David L. Russell | Western District of Oklahoma | 12/17/1981 - 7/7/2013 | Eastern District of Oklahoma | 1981 - 1990 | Oklahoma Baptist U.,, B.S., 1963 | U. of Oklahoma Law, J.D., 1965
William Acker | Northern District of Alabama | 8/18/1982 - 5/31/1996 |  |  | Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., 1949 | Yale Law, LL.B., 1952
Gene Carter | District of Maine | 6/23/1983 - 1/2/2003 |  |  | University of Maine, B.A., 1958 | New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1961
Conrad Cyr | First Circuit | 11/20/1989 - 1/31/1997 | District of Maine | 1981-1989 | Holy Cross College, B.S., 1953 | Yale Law, J.D., 1956
Bruce Marshall Selya | First Circuit | 10/14/1986 - 12/31/2006 | District of Rhode Island | 1982-1986 | Harvard '55 | Harvard Law '58
Juan Torruella | First Circuit | 10/4/1984 - 10/26/2020 | District of Puerto Rico | 1974-1984 | U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1954 | Boston U. Law, J.D., 1957
Frank Altimari | Second Circuit | 12/16/1985 - 1/1/1996 | Eastern District of New York | 11/23/1982-12/23/1985 | Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, 1948 | Brooklyn Law, L.B., 1951
Charles Butler | Southern District of Alabama | 10/17/1988 - 3/28/2005 |  |  | Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1962 | University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1966
Patricia Fawsett | Middle District of Florida | 6/9/1986 - 8/25/2008 |  |  | University of Florida, B.A., 1965 | Florida Law School, J.D., 1973
John Moore | Middle District of Florida | 12/1/1981 - 12/31/1995 |  |  | Syracuse University, B.S., 1952 | University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1961
George Sharp | Middle District of Florida | 11/16/1983 - 1/1/2000 |  |  | Yale University, B.A., 1957 | University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1963
Elizabeth Kovachevich | Middle District of Florida | 3/9/1982 - 12/14/2018 | Florida 6th Circuit Court | 1973-1982 | U. of Miami, B.A., 1958 | Stetson U. Law, J.D., 1961
Maurice Paul | Northern District of Florida | 6/21/1982 - 7/31/1997 |  |  | University of Florida, B.A., 1954 | University of Florida College of Law, LL.B., 1960
Clyde Roger Vinson | Northern District of Florida | 10/5/1983 - 3/31/2005 |  |  | Naval Academy, B.A., 1962 | Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1971
Paul Plunkett | Northern District of Illinois | 12/11/1982 - 7/10/1998 |  |  | Harvard University (1957) | Harvard Law School (1960)
Joel Flaum | Seventh Circuit | 5/5/1983 - 11/30/2020 | Northern District of Illinois | 1974-1983 | Union College '58 | Northwestern U. Law '63
Daniel Manion | Seventh Circuit | 7/24/1986 - 12/18/2007 | Northern District of Illinois | 1971-1975 | Notre Dame '64 | Indiana U. Law '73
Brian Duff | Northern District of Illinois | 10/17/1985 - 10/30/1996 |  |  | U. of Notre Dame, A.B., 1953 | DePaul U. College of Law, J.D., 1962
Ilana Rovner | Seventh Circuit | 8/17/1992 - Present | Northern District of Illinois | 1984-1992 | Bryn Mawr College '60 | Chicago-Kent Law '66
Michael Kanne | Seventh Circuit | 5/20/1987 - Present | Northern District of Indiana | 1982-1987 | Indiana U. '62 | Indiana U. Law '68
Richard Posner | Seventh Circuit | 12/1/1981 - 9/2/2017 |  |  | Yale University, 1959 | Harvard Law, 1962
John Coffey | Seventh Circuit | 5/10/1982 - 7/2/2004 | Wisconsin Supreme Court | 1978-1982 | Marquette U. '43 | Marquette U. Law '58
Kenneth Ryskamp | Southern District of Florida | 4/24/1986 - 1/1/2000 |  |  | Calvin College, B.A., 1955 | University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1956
William Zloch | Southern District of Florida | 11/4/1985 - 1/31/2017 |  |  | University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1966 | University of Notre Dame Law, J.D., 1974
David R. Hansen | Eighth Circuit | 11/18/1991 - 4/1/2003 | Northern District of Iowa | 1986-1991 | Northwest Missouri State U. '60 | George Washington U. Law '63
Jesse Eschbach | Seventh Circuit | 12/1/1981 - 11/4/1985 | Northern District of Indiana | 4/13/1962 - 12/11/1981 | Indiana University, B.S., 1943 | Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949
John Potter | Northern District of Ohio | 6/21/1982 - 8/1/1992 |  |  | U. of Toledo, Ph.B., 1940 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1946
Rudy Lozano | Northern District of Indiana | 2/26/1988 - 7/10/2007 |  |  | Indiana U., B.S., 1963 | Indiana U. School of Law, LL.B., 1966
Sarah Barker | Southern District of Indiana | 3/14/1984 - 6/30/2014 |  |  | Indiana U., B.S., 1965 | American U., Washington College of Law, J.D., 1969
Larry McKinney | Southern District of Indiana | 7/20/1987 - 7/4/2009 |  |  | MacMurray College, B.A., 1966 | Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1969
John Tinder | Seventh Circuit | 12/21/2007 - 10/9/2015 | Southern District of Indiana | 1987-2007 | Indiana U. '72 | Indiana U. Law '75
Stanley Marcus | Eleventh Circuit | 11/12/1997 - Present | Southern District of Florida | 1985-1997 | Queens College CUNY, 1967 | Harvard Law, 1971
Jack Camp | Northern District of Georgia | 4/20/1988 - 12/31/2008 |  |  | The Citadel (1965) | University of Virginia (1973)
Owen Forrester | Northern District of Georgia | 12/10/1981 - 4/27/2004 | Federal magistrate judge | 1976 - 1981 | Georgia Institute of Technology, B.A., 1961 | Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1966
Duross Fitzpatrick | Middle District of Georgia | 12/17/1985 - 2/1/2001 |  |  | U. of Georgia, B.S.F.., 1961 | U. of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1966
William Cambridge | District of Nebraska | 6/6/1988 - 7/11/2000 |  |  | U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.S., 1953 | U. of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., 1955
Morris Arnold | Eighth Circuit | 5/26/1992 - 10/9/2006 | Western District of Arkansas | 1985-1992 | U. of Arkansas '65 | U. of Arkansas '68
Barbara Hackett | Eastern District of Michigan | 4/7/1986 - 4/8/1997 |  |  | University of Detroit (1948) | University of Detroit School of Law (1950)
Ken Ripple | Seventh Circuit | 5/10/1985 - 9/1/2008 |  |  | Fordham University, 1965 | University of Virginia Law, 1968
Julia Gibbons | Sixth Circuit | 7/31/2002 - Present | Western District of Tennessee | 6/7/1983 - 8/2/2002 | Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1972 | U. of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1975
Hugh Waters | Western District of Arkansas | 10/26/1981 - 8/1/1997 |  |  | U. of Arkansas, B.S.Ag.E., 1955 | Saint Louis U. School of Law, LL.B., 1964
Danny Boggs | Sixth Circuit | 3/25/1986 - 2/28/2017 |  |  | Harvard '65 | U. of Chicago Law '68
Harry Wellford | Sixth Circuit | 8/20/1982 - 1/15/1991 | Western District of Tennessee | 1970-1991 | Washington and Lee U. '47 | Vanderbilt U. Law '50
Robert Krupansky | Sixth Circuit | 3/10/1982 - 7/1/1991 | Northern District of Ohio | 1970 -1982 | Case Western Reserve University (1946) | Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1948)
Leroy Contie | Northern District of Ohio | 3/9/1982 - 6/30/1986 | Northern District of Ohio | 1971 - 1982 | University of Michigan (1941) | University of Michigan Law School (1948)
Herbert Milburn | Sixth Circuit | 10/4/1984 - 7/1/1996 | Eastern District of Tennessee | 6/7/1983 - 10/9/1984 | East Tennessee State U., B.S., 1953 | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1959
George La Plata | Eastern District of Michigan | 4/4/1985 - 8/3/1996 |  |  | Wayne State University (1951) | Detroit College of Law (1956)
Roger Wollman | Eighth Circuit | 7/22/1985 - 12/14/2018 |  |  | Tabor College '57 | U. of South Dakota '62
John Gibson | Eighth Circuit | 3/9/1982 - 1/1/1994 | Western District of Missouri | 1981-1982 | U. of Missouri '49 | U. of Missouri Law '52
Pasco Bowman | Eighth Circuit | 7/19/1983 - 8/1/2003 |  |  | Bridgewater College '55 | New York U. Law '58
Arlen Beam | Eighth Circuit | 11/9/1987 - 2/1/2001 | District of Nebraska | 11/18/1981 - 11/9/1987 | U. of Nebraska, B.S., 1951 | U. of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., 1965
David Ebel | Tenth Circuit | 04/20/1988 - 01/15/2006 |  |  | Northwestern U., B.A., 1962 | U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1965
Wade Brorby | Tenth Circuit | 2/17/1988 - 5/25/2001 |  |  | U. of Wyoming '56 | U. of Wyoming Law '58
Bobby Baldock | Tenth Circuit | 12/17/1985 - 1/26/2001 | District of New Mexico | 1983-1986 | New Mexico Military Institute '56 | U. of Arizona Law '60
Deanell Tacha | Tenth Circuit | 12/16/1985 - 1/27/2011 |  |  | U. of Kansas '68 | U. of Michigan Law '71
Stephen Anderson | Tenth Circuit | 10/16/1985 - 1/1/2000 |  |  |  | U. of Utah Law '60
John Porfilio | Tenth Circuit | 5/10/1985 - 10/15/1999 | District of Colorado | 1982-1985 | Denver U. '56 | U. of Denver Law '59
James L. Edmondson | Eleventh Circuit | 5/7/1986 - 7/15/2012 |  |  | Emory U., B.A., 1968 | U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 1971
Emmett Cox | Eleventh Circuit | 4/18/1988 - 12/18/2000 | Southern District of Alabama | 1981-1988 | U. of Alabama '57 | U. of Alabama Law '59
Joel Dubina | Eleventh Circuit | 11/1/1990 - 11/26/2013 | Middle District of Alabama | 1986-1990 | U. of Alabama, B.S., 1970 | Samford U. Law, J.D., 1973
George Fagg | Eighth Circuit | 10/1/1982 - 5/1/1999 | Iowa 2nd Judicial District | 1972-1982 | Drake U. '56 | Drake U. '58
Ralph Winter | Second Circuit | 12/10/1981 - 9/30/2000 |  |  | Yale, B.A., 1957 | Yale Law, LL.B., 1960
Roger Miner | Second Circuit | 7/22/1985 - 1/1/1997 | Northern District of New York | 1981-1985 | SUNY, B.S., 1977 | New York Law School, LL.B., 1956
John Walker | Second Circuit | 11/27/1989 - 10/1/2006 | Southern District of New York | 1985-1989 | Yale, B.A., 1962 | U. Michigan Law, J.D., 1966
Joseph McLaughlin | Second Circuit | 10/17/1990 - 3/20/1998 | Eastern District of New York | 1981-1990 | Fordham College, A.B., 1954 | Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1959
Reena Raggi | Second Circuit | 10/4/2002 - 8/31/2018 | Eastern District of New York | 1987 - 2002 | Wellesley College '73 | Harvard Law '76
John Mahoney | Second Circuit | 4/7/1986 - 10/23/1996 |  |  | St. Bonaventure U., B.A., 1952 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1955
George Pratt | Second Circuit | 6/21/1982 - 5/22/1993 | Eastern District of New York | 5/7/1976 - 6/29/1982 | Yale, B.A., 1950 | Yale Law, J.D., 1953
Richard Cardamone | Second Circuit | 10/29/1981- 11/13/1993 | New York Supreme Court | 1963-1981 | Harvard, B.A., 1948 | Syracuse U. Law, LL.B., 1952
Lawrence Pierce | Second Circuit | 11/18/1981 - 1/1/1990 | Southern District of New York | 5/20/1971 - 11/30/1981 | St. Joseph's U., B.S., 1948 | Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Edith Jones | Fifth Circuit | 04/04/1985 - Present |  |  | Cornell University, 1971 | University of Texas Law School, 1974
Patrick Higginbotham | Fifth Circuit | 07/30/1982 - 08/27/2006 | Northern District of Texas | 1975 - 1982 | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1960 | University of Alabama School of Law, 1961
John Duhe | Fifth Circuit | 10/17/1988 - 04/06/1999 | Western District of Louisiana | 1984 - 1988 | Tulane University, 1955 | Tulane University Law School, 1957
Edward Prado | Fifth Circuit | 05/05/2003 - 4/2/2018 | Western District of Texas | 1984 - 2003 | University of Texas, 1969 | University of Texas School of Law, 1972
Emilio Garza | Fifth Circuit | 05/30/1991 - 8/1/2012 | Western District of Texas | 1988 - 1991 | University of Notre Dame, 1969 | University of Texas School of Law, 1976
Jerry Smith | Fifth Circuit | 12/21/1987 -Present |  |  | Yale University, 1969 | Yale Law School, 1972
Eugene Davis | Fifth Circuit | 11/16/1983 - 12/31/2018 | Western District of Louisiana | 1976 - 1983 |  | Tulane Law School, 1960
Grady Jolly | Fifth Circuit | 07/30/1992 - 11/3/2017 |  |  | University of Mississippi, 1959 | University of Mississippi School of Law, 1962
William Garwood | Fifth Circuit | 10/26/1981 - 01/22/1997 |  |  | Princeton University, 1952 | University of Texas School of Law, 1955
Robert Madden Hill | Fifth Circuit | 6/15/1984 - 10/19/1987 | Northern District of Texas | 1984 - 1987 | University of Texas (1948) | University of Texas School of Law (1950)
Clyde Hamilton | Fourth Circuit | 7/22/1991 - 11/30/1999 | District of South Carolina | 1981-1991 | Wofford College '56 | George Washington U. Law '61
Harvie Wilkinson | Fourth Circuit | 8/13/1984 - Present |  |  | Yale '67 | U. Virginia Law '72
Paul Niemeyer | Fourth Circuit | 8/7/1990 - Present | District of Maryland | 1988-1990 | Kenyon College '62 | Notre Dame Law '66
Emory Sneeden | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | 10/4/1984 - 3/1/1986 |  |  | Wake Forest College, B.S., 1949 | Wake Forest College School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Anthony Scirica | Third Circuit | 8/6/1987 - 7/1/2013 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1984-1987 | Wesleyan U., B.A., 1962 | U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1965
Walter Stapleton | Third Circuit | 4/4/1985 - 6/2/1999 | District of Delaware | 1970 - 1985 | Princeton '56 | Harvard Law '59
Morton Greenberg | Third Circuit | 3/23/1987 - 6/30/2000 |  |  | U. of Pennsylvania '54 | Yale Law '57
Robert Cowen | Third Circuit | 11/9/1987 - 9/4/1998 | District of New Jersey | 1985-1987 | Drake U. '52 | Rutgers U. Law '58
Jane Roth | Third Circuit | 7/2/1991 - 5/31/2006 | District of Delaware | 1985-1991 | Smith College '56 | Harvard Law '65
Franklin Van Antwerpen | Third Circuit | 5/24/2004 - 10/23/2006 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1987-2004 | U. of Maine '64 | Temple U. Law '67
Richard Nygaard | Third Circuit | 10/17/1988 - 7/9/2005 |  |  | U. of Southern California '69 | U. of Michigan Law '71
Maryanne Barry | Third Circuit | 9/22/1999 - 6/30/2011 | District of New Jersey | 1983-1999 | Mount Holyoke College '62 | Hofstra U. Law '74
Brooks Smith | Third Circuit | 8/2/2002 - Present | Western District of Pennsylvania | 1988-2002 | Franklin and Marshall College '73 | Dickinson School of Law '76
James Spencer | Eastern District of Virginia | 10/14/1986 - 6/2/2017 |  |  | Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia, B.A., 1971 | Harvard Law, J.D., 1974
T.S. Ellis | Eastern District of Virginia | 08/06/1987 - 03/31/2007 |  |  | Princeton, B.S.E., 1961 | Harvard, J.D., 1969
Claude Hilton | Eastern District of Virginia | 07/11/1985 - 12/30/2005 |  |  | Ohio State U., B.S., 1963 | American U. Law, J.D., 1966
James Cacheris | Eastern District of Virginia | 12/01/1981 - 03/29/1998 | Fairfax Circuit Court, Judge | 1971 - 1981 | U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1955 | George Washington U. Law, J.D., 1960
Robert Doumar | Eastern District of Virginia | 12/03/1981 - 04/29/1996 |  |  | U. of Virginia, B.A., 1951 | U. of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Jackson Kiser | Western District of Virginia | 12/03/1981 - 04/29/1997 |  |  | Concord College, B.A., 1951 | Washington and Lee U. Law, LL.B., 1952
Walter Black | District of Maryland | 04/21/1982 - 10/20/1994 |  |  | Harvard, A.B., 1947 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1949
Frederick Motz | District of Maryland | 07/12/1985 - 12/16/2010 |  |  | Wesleyan U., A.B., 1964 | U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1967
Joseph Anderson | District of South Carolina | 10/14/1986 - 11/16/2014 |  |  | Clemson U., B.A., 1972 | U. of South Carolina Law Center, J.D., 1975
James Fox | Eastern District of North Carolina | 09/30/1982 - 01/30/2001 |  |  | U. of North Carolina, B.S., 1950 | U. of North Carolina Law, J.D., 1957
Malcolm Howard | Eastern District of North Carolina | 02/26/1998 - 12/30/2005 |  |  | U.S. Military Academy, West Point, B.S., 1962 | Wake Forest Law, J.D., 1970
Terrence Boyle | Eastern District of North Carolina | 05/03/1984 - Present |  |  | Brown, B.A., 1967 | American U. Law, J.D., 1970
Norwood Tilley | Middle District of North Carolina | 10/17/1988 - 12/15/2008 |  |  | Wake Forest, B.S., 1966 | Wake Forest Law, J.D., 1969
Richard Voorhees | Western District of North Carolina | 10/17/1988 -8/31/2017 |  |  | Davidson College, B.A., 1963 | U. of North Carolina Law, J.D., 1968
Martin Feldman | Eastern District of Louisiana | October 5, 1983 - January 26, 2022 |  |  | Tulane U., B.A., 1955 | Tulane Law, J.D., 1957
A.J. McNamara | Eastern District of Louisiana | 06/21/1982 - 06/08/2001 |  |  | Louisiana State U., B.S., 1959 | Loyola Law, J.D., 1968
Marcel Livaudais | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | 9/18/1984 - 12/31/1996 |  |  | Tulane University, B.A., 1945 | Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1949
Donald Walter | Western District of Louisiana | 07/11/1985 - 11/29/2001 |  |  | Louisiana State U., B.A., 1961 | Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1964
Henry Wingate | Southern District of Mississippi | 10/17/1985 - Present |  |  | Grinnell College, B.A., 1969 | Yale Law, J.D., 1972
William Barbour | Southern District of Mississippi | 04/25/1983 - 02/03/2006 |  |  | Princeton, B.A., 1963 | U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1966
Walter Gex | Southern District of Mississippi | 02/26/1986 - 03/23/2004 |  |  | U. of Mississippi, B.A., 1962 | U. of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1963
Tom Lee | Southern District of Mississippi | 06/11/1984 - 04/07/2006 | City of Forest, Municipal Judge | 1982 | Mississippi College, B.A., 1963 | U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1965
Neal Biggers | Northern District of Mississippi | 03/28/1984 - 09/30/2000 | Mississippi First Judicial District, Judge | 1975 - 1984 | Millsaps College, B.A., 1956 | U. of Mississippi Law School, J.D., 1963
Glen Davidson | Northern District of Mississippi | 10/17/1985 - 05/31/2007 |  |  | U. of Mississippi, B.A., 1962 | U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1965
Sidney Fitzwater | Northern District of Texas | 3/19/1986 - 9/22/2018 | Texas District 298, District Judge | 1982 - 1986 | Baylor U., B.A., 1975 | Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1976
Joe Fish | Northern District of Texas | 2/24/1983 - 11/12/2007 |  |  | Yale College, B.A., 1965 | Yale Law School, LL.B., 1968
Robert Maloney | Northern District of Texas | 10/17/1985 - 8/31/2000 |  |  | Southern Methodist U., B.B.A., 1956 | Southern Methodist U. School of Law, J.D., 1960
Sam Cummings | Northern District of Texas | 12/9/1987 - 12/31/2014 |  |  | Texas Tech U., B.B.A., 1967 | Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1970
Richard Schell | Eastern District of Texas | 6/6/1988 - 3/10/2015 |  |  | Southern Methodist U., B.A., 1972 | Southern Methodist U., J.D., 1975
Hayden Head | Southern District of Texas | 10/26/1981 - 11/13/2009 |  |  | U. of Texas, B.A., 1966 | U. of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1968
Lynn Hughes | Southern District of Texas | 12/17/1985 - 2/12/2023 | Texas District 189, Judge | 1981 - 1985 | U. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.A., 1963 | U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1966
Ricardo Hinojosa | Southern District of Texas | 05/05/1983 - 05/21/2025 |  |  | U. of Texas, Austin, B.A., 1972 | Harvard Law, J.D., 1975
David Hittner | Southern District of Texas | 06/09/1986 - 11/10/2004 | Texas District 133, Judge | 1978 - 1986 | New York U., B.S., 1961 | New York U. Law, J.D., 1964
Kenneth Hoyt | Southern District of Texas | 04/01/1988 - 3/2/2013 | Texas First District Court of Appeals, Justice | 1985 - 1988 | Texas Southern U., A.B., 1969 | Texas Southern U. Law, J.D., 1972
Sim Lake | Southern District of Texas | 08/12/1988 - 7/5/2019 |  |  | Texas A&M U., B.A., 1966 | U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1969
Hilda Tagle | Southern District of Texas | 05/17/1998 - 12/31/2012 | Texas District 148, Judge | 1995 - 1998 | East Texas State U., B.A., 1969 | U. of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1977
Walter Smith, Jr. | Western District of Texas | 10/4/1984 - 9/4/2016 | Western District of Texas, Magistrate Judge | 1983 - 1984 | Baylor U., B.A., 1964 | Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1966
William Standish | Western District of Pennsylvania | 11/06/1987 - 02/28/2002 | Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Judge | 1980 - 1987 | Yale, B.A., 1953 | U. of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1956
Phil Pro | District of Nevada | 7/23/1987 - 12/31/2011 |  |  | San Francisco State U., B.A., 1968 | Golden Gate U. School of Law, J.D., 1972
Lloyd George | District of Nevada | 5/3/1984 - 12/1/1997 |  |  | Brigham Young U., B.S., 1955 | U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1961
Howard McKibben | District of Nevada | 10/4/1984 - 4/1/2005 |  |  | Bradley U., B.S., 1962 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1967
Robert Broomfield | District of Arizona | 7/11/1985 - 8/12/1999 |  |  | Pennsylvania State U., B.S., 1955 | U. of Arizona, LL.B., 1961
Paul Rosenblatt | District of Arizona | 6/11/1984 - 10/30/2003 |  |  | U. of Arizona, A.B., 1958 | U. of Arizona College of Law, J.D., 1963
Roger Strand | District of Arizona | 7/22/1985 - 4/28/2000 |  |  | Hamilton College, B.A., 1955 | Cornell Law School, LL.B., 1961
Russel Holland | District of Alaska | 7/16/1984 - 9/18/2001 |  |  | U. of Michigan, B.B.A., 1958 | U. of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1961
Charles Lovell | District of Montana | 4/4/1985 - 6/14/2000 |  |  | U. of Montana, B.S., 1952 | U. of Montana School of Law, J.D., 1959
Alan Cooke Kay | District of Hawaii | 9/15/1986 - 1/2/2000 |  |  | Princeton U., A.B., 1957 | U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1960
David Alan Ezra | District of Hawaii | 5/20/1988 - 6/27/2012 |  |  | St. Mary`s U., B.B.A., 1969 | St. Mary`s U. School of Law, J.D., 1972
Edward Garcia | Eastern District of California | 3/14/1984-11/24/1996 |  |  | Sacramento City College, A.A., 1951 | McGeorge School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Robert Coyle | Eastern District of California | 4/1/1982 - 5/13/1996 |  |  | Fresno State College, A.B., 1953 | U. of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1956
Alicemarie Stotler | Central District of California | 5/3/1984 - 1/5/2009 |  |  | U. of Southern California, B.A., 1964 | U. of Southern California Law School, J.D., 1967
Bill Keller | Central District of California | 10/4/1984 - 10/29/1999 |  |  | U. of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1956 | U. of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, LL.B., 1960
Spencer Letts | Central District of California | 12/17/1985 - 12/19/2000 |  |  | Yale U., B.A., 1956 | Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1960
Ronald Lew | Central District of California | 5/7/1987 - 9/19/2006 |  |  | Loyola U., Los Angeles, CA, B.A., 1964 | Southwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1971
Stephen V. Wilson | Central District of California | 10/17/1985 - Present |  |  | Lehigh U., B.A., 1963 | Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1967
Frank Schwelb | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1988-2012 | Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court | 1979-1988 | Yale University | Harvard Law School
John Terry | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1982-2006 |  |  | Yale University | Georgetown University
John Steadman | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1985-2004 | Associate Academic Dean, Georgetown | 1978-1984 | Yale College, 1952 | Harvard Law School, 1955
Warren King | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1981- 1988 | Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice, United States Department of Justice | 1977-1981 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1960 | American University Law School, 1967
James Belson | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 1981-1991 | Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court | 1968-1981 | Georgetown University, 1953 | Georgetown Law Center, 1956
Rudi Brewster | Southern District of California | 6/15/1984 - 7/1/1998 |  |  | Princeton U., B.A., 1954 | Stanford Law School, J.D., 1960
Robert Bryan | Western District of Washington | 5/7/1986 - 11/1/2000 |  |  | U. of Washington, B.A., 1956 | U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1958
John Coughenour | Western District of Washington | 9/28/1981 - 7/27/2006 |  |  | Kansas State College of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1963 | U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1966
Carol Dimmick | Western District of Washington | 4/4/1985 - 11/1/1997 |  |  | U. of Washington, B.A., 1951 | U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1953
Thomas Zilly | Western District of Washington | 4/20/1988 - 1/1/2004 |  |  | U. of Michigan, B.A., 1956 | Cornell Law School, J.D., 1962
Royce Lamberth | D.C. District Court | 11/13/1987 - 7/15/2013 |  |  | U. Texas, Austin '65 | U. Texas, Austin '67
Thomas Hogan | D.C. District Court | 8/20/1982 - 5/1/2008 |  |  | Georgetown '60 | Goergetown Law '66
Robert Chapman | Fourth Circuit | 9/19/1981 - 5/31/1991 | District of South Carolina | 1971-1981 | U. of South Carolina '45 | U. of South Carolina Law '49
Diarmuid O'Scannlain | Ninth Circuit | 9/26/1986 - 12/31/2016 |  |  | St. John`s University 1957 | Harvard Law School 1963
Pamela Rymer | Ninth Circuit | 5/22/1989 - 9/2011 | Central District of California | 1983 - 1989 | Vassar College 1961 | Stanford Law School 1964
Andrew Kleinfeld | Ninth Circuit | 9/16/1991 - 6/12/2010 | District of Alaska | 1986-1991 | Wesleyan University 1966 | Harvard Law School 1969
Cynthia Holcomb Hall | Ninth Circuit | 10/4/1984 - 8/31/1997 | Central District of California | 1981 - 1984 | Stanford University 1951 | Stanford Law School 1954
Robert Beezer | Ninth Circuit | 3/28/1984 - 7/31/1996 | Seattle Municipal Court | 1962-1976 | University of Virginia 1951 | University of Virginia School of Law 1956
Melvin Brunetti | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | 4/4/1985 - 11/11/1999 |  |  |  | University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1964
John Noonan | Ninth Circuit | 12/17/1985-12/27/1996 | Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law | 1966 - 1986 | Harvard College 1946 | Catholic University of America 1949
Edward Leavy | Ninth Circuit | 3/23/1987 - 5/19/1997 | District of Oregon | 1984 - 1987 | University of Portland 1950 | Notre Dame Law School 1953
David R. Thompson | Ninth Circuit | 12/17/1985 - 12/31/1998 | Private practice | 1957 - 1985 | University of Southern California 1952 | University of Southern California Law School 1955
Stephen Trott | Ninth Circuit | 3/25/1988 - 12/31/2004 | Associate attorney general | 1986 - 1988 | Wesleyan University 1962 | Harvard Law School 1965
Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | Ninth Circuit | 5/22/1989-6/1/2002 | Central District of California | 1985 - 1989 | University of Southern California 1958 | University of Southern California Law School 1962
Herbert Hutton | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 8/12/1988 - 9/5/2003 |  |  | Lincoln University (1959) | Temple University School of Law (1962)
James McGirr Kelly | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 8/6/1983 - 3/30/1996 |  |  | University of Pennsylvania (1951) | Temple University School of Law (1957)
Marvin Katz | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 8/6/1983 - 8/25/1997 |  |  | University of Pennsylvania (1951) | Yale Law School (1954)
Stephen F. Williams | D.C. Circuit | 6/16/1986 - 9/30/2008 |  |  | Yale U. '58 | Harvard Law '61
David Sentelle | D.C. Circuit | 9/11/1987 - 2/12/2013 | Western District of North Carolina | 1985-1987 | U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill '65 | U. of North Carolina Law '68
Douglas Ginsburg | D.C. Circuit | 10/14/1986 - 10/14/2011 |  |  | Cornell'70 | U. of Chicago Law '73
Karen Henderson | D.C. Circuit | 7/5/1990 - Present | District of South Carolina | 1986-1990 | Duke U. '66 | U. of North Carolina Law '69
Laurence Silberman | D.C. Circuit | 10/28/1985 - 11/1/2000 |  |  | Dartmouth '57 | Harvard Law '61
Pauline Newman | Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit | 7/28/1984 - Present |  |  | Vassar College, B.A., 1947 | New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Haldane Mayer | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 6/15/1987 - 6/30/2010 | United States Court of Claims | 1982 - 1987 | U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1963 | William and Mary Law School, J.D., 1971
Glenn Archer | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 12/17/1985 - 12/24/1997 |  |  | Yale University, B.A., 1951 | George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1954
Thomas Penfield Jackson | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/25/1982 - 1/31/2002 |  |  | Dartmouth College, A.B., 1958 | Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964
Franklin Billings | District of Vermont | 06/15/1984 - 09/08/1994 | Vermont Supreme Court, Justice | 1975 - 1983 | Harvard, B.S., 1943 | U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1947
Hector Laffitte | District of Puerto Rico | 7/27/1983 - 11/15/2005 |  |  | Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1955 | U. of Puerto Rico Law, LL.B., 1959
Kenneth Conboy | Southern District of New York | 12/19/1987 - 12/31/1993 |  |  | Fordham College (1961) | University of Virginia School of Law (1964)
Richard Daronco | Southern District of New York | 5/7/1987 - 5/21/1988 |  |  | Providence College (1953) | Albany Law School (1956)
Thomas Hull | Eastern District of Tennessee | 11/14/1983 - 10/1/2002 |  |  |  | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1951
James Jarvis | Eastern District of Tennessee | 10/12/1984 - 2/28/2002 |  |  | U. of Tennessee, B.A., 1958 | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1960
Constantine Cholakis | Northern District of New York | 3/17/1986-6/29/1996 |  |  | Siena College, 1955 | Albany Law School, 1958
Thomas Higgins | Middle District of Tennessee | 10/4/1984 - 2/28/1999 |  |  | Christian Brother College (1952), University of Tennessee (1954) | Vanderbilt University Law School (1957)
John Bissell | District of New Jersey | 12/10/1982 - 9/1/2005 | Superior Court of New Jersey | 1981-1982 | Princeton, A.B., 1962 | U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1965
Alfred Lechner | District of New Jersey | 6/9/1986 - 10/1/2001 |  |  | Xavier University (1969) | Notre Dame Law School (1972)
John Lifland | District of New Jersey | 5/20/1988 - 6/14/2001 |  |  | Yale University (1954) | Harvard Law School (1957)
Nicholas Politan | District of New Jersey | 11/9/1987 - 1/4/2002 |  |  | Rutgers University (1957) | Rutgers University School of Law (1960)
Alfred Wolin | District of New Jersey | 12/9/1987 - 9/18/2000 |  |  | University of Michigan (1954) | Rutgers University School of Law (1959)
Joseph Longobardi | District of Delaware | 5/03/1984 - 6/14/1997 | Delaware Court of Chancery, Vice Chancellor | 1982 - 1984 | Washington College, B.A., 1952 | Temple U. Law, LL.B., 1957
Edward Becker | Third Circuit | 12/31/1981 - 5/4/2003 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1970-1981 | U. Pennsylvania '54 | Yale Law '57
Robert Gawthrop | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 12/9/1987 - 8/1/1999 |  |  | Amherst College (1964) | Dickinson School of Law (1970)
Jay Waldman | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 10/17/1988 - 5/30/2003 |  |  | University of Wisconsin (1966) | University of Pennsylvania Law School (1969)
Carol Mansmann | Third Circuit | 4/4/1985 - 3/9/2002 | Western District of Pennsylvania | 3/19/1982 - 4/22/1985 | Duquesne University (1964) | Duquesne University (1967)
Glenn Mencer | Western District of Pennsylvania | 3/18/1982 - 4/17/1994 |  |  | University of Michigan (1949) | University of Michigan Law School (1952)
Paul N. Brown | Eastern District of Texas | 10/17/1985 - 1/1/2001 |  |  |  | U. of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1950
John Hargrove | District of Maryland | 2/10/1984 - 2/20/1994 |  |  | Howard University (1947) | University of Maryland School of Law (1950)
Jane Restani | United States Court of International Trade | 11/16/1983 - 3/1/2015 |  |  | U. of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1969 | U. of California, Davis Law, J.D., 1973
Gregory Carman | United States Court of International Trade | 3/2/1983 - 9/8/2014 |  |  | St. Lawrence U., B.A., 1958 | St. Johns U. Law, J.D., 1961
Thomas Aquilino | United States Court of International Trade | 4/4/1985 - 12/10/2004 |  |  | Drew U., B.A., 1962 | Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1969
Frederic Smalkin | District of Maryland | 09/26/1986 - 01/07/2003 | District of Maryland, Magistrate Judge | 1976 - 1986 | Johns Hopkins U., B.A., 1968 | U. of Maryland Law, J.D., 1971
Kenton Musgrave | United States Court of International Trade | 11/9/1987 - 11/14/1997 |  |  | U. of Washington, B.A., 1948 | Emory U., J.D., 1953
Frank Bullock | Middle District of North Carolina | 12/10/1982 - 12/31/2005 |  |  | U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.S., 1961 | U. of North Carolina Law, LL.B., 1963
Robert Potter | Western District of North Carolina | 10/29/1981 - 5/1/1994 |  |  | Duke University, A.B., 1947 | Duke University School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Elizabeth Hallanan | Southern District of West Virginia | 11/14/1983 - 12/1/1996 |  |  | Morris Harvey College (1946) | West Virginia University College of Law (1951)
Henry Mentz | Eastern District of Louisiana | 6/25/1982 - 7/1/1992 |  |  | Tulane University (1941) | Louisiana State University Law School (1943)
F.A. Little | Western District of Louisiana | 10/12/1984 - 5/30/2002 |  |  | Tulane U., B.A., 1958 | Tulane Law, J.D., 1961
Howell Cobb | Eastern District of Texas | 4/4/1985 - 3/1/2001 |  |  |  | University of Virginia School of Law (1948)
James Nowlin | Western District of Texas | 10/26/1981 - 05/30/2003 |  |  | Trinity U., B.A., 1959 | U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1963
Ronald Meredith | Western District of Kentucky | 4/4/1985 - 12/1/1994 |  |  | Georgetown College, Kentucky, B.A., 1967 | George Washington U. Law School, J.D., 1971
George Woods | Eastern District of Michigan | 11/16/1983 - 11/16/1993 |  |  |  | Detroit College of Law (1949)
Alvin Krenzler | Northern District of Ohio | 12/10/1981 - 1/1/1992 |  |  | Case Western Reserve University (1946) | Case Western Reserve University (1948), (1963)
Richard McQuade | Northern District of Ohio | 9/15/1986 - 9/30/1989 |  |  | University of Toledo (1961) | University of Toledo (1965)
James Alesia | Northern District of Illinois | 5/20/1987 - 2/1/1998 |  |  | Loyola University Chicago (1956) | Chicago-Kent College of Law (1960)
Stephen Reasoner | Eastern District of Arkansas | 2/26/1988 - 9/17/2002 |  |  | U. of Arkansas, B.A., 1966 | U. of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1969
William Browning | District of Arizona | 5/3/1984 - 5/14/1998 |  |  | University of Arizona, B.S./B.A., 1954 | University of Arizona College of Law, LL.B., 1960
John Davies | Central District of California | 6/9/1986 - 7/18/1998 |  |  | University of Michigan (1953) | University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (1959)
Joseph Stevens | Eastern District of Missouri | 9/18/1981 - 7/1/1995 | Western District of Missouri | 9/18/1981 - 12/18/1998 | Yale U., B.A., 1949 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1952
Richard Gadbois | Central District of California | 7/28/1982 - 10/2/1996 |  |  | St. John's University (1955) | Loyola Law School (1958), Universityo f Southern California Law School (1960)
George Gunn | Eastern District of Missouri | 5/10/1985 - 12/1/1996 |  |  | Westminster College (1950) | Washington University School of Law (1955)
Brook Bartlett | Western District of Missouri | 9/19/1981 - 1/21/2000 |  |  | Princeton U., B.A., 1959 | Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1962
Harry Hupp | Central District of California | 3/21/1984 - 4/1/1997 |  |  | Stanford University (1953) | Stanford Law School (1955)
James Ideman | Central District of California | 6/15/1984 - 4/2/1998 |  |  | The Citadel (1953) | University of Southern California Law School (1963)
Edward Rafeedie | Central District of California | 9/24/1982 - 1/6/1996 |  |  | University of Southern California (1956) | University of Southern California Law School (1959)
William Rea | Central District of California | 6/15/1984 - 3/31/1998 |  |  | Loyola University (1942) | University of Colorado School of Law (1949)
Ross Roberts | Western District of Missouri | 8/20/1982 - 4/24/1987 |  |  | DePauw University (1960) | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (1963)
Wayne Alley | Western District of Oklahoma | 7/11/1985 - 5/16/1999 |  |  | Stanford U., A.B., 1952 | Stanford Law, J.D., 1957
Layn Phillips | Western District of Oklahoma | 6/15/1987 - 6/22/1991 |  |  | University of Tulsa (1974) | University of Tulsa College of Law (1977)
Dickran Tevrizian | Central District of California | 12/16/1985 - 8/5/2005 |  |  | University of Southern California (1962) | University of Southern California Law School (1965)
Lawrence Irving | Southern District of California | 7/28/1982 - 12/31/1990 |  |  | University of Southern California (1959) | University of Southern California Law School (1963)
John Rhoades | Southern District of California | 10/28/1985 - 11/4/1995 |  |  | Stanford University (1948) | University of California, Hastings College of Law (1951)
Lenore Nesbitt | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 11/16/1983 - 7/19/1998 |  |  | Northwestern University, B.S., 1954 | University of Miami School of Law, LL.B., 1957
Thomas Scott | Southern District of Florida | 7/18/1985 - 10/31/1990 |  |  | University of Miami (1969) | University of Miami School of Law (1972), University of Virginia School of Law (1989)
Charles Legge | Northern District of California | 9/18/1984 - 6/30/2001 |  |  | Stanford University (1952) | Stanford Law School (1954)
Eugene Lynch | Northern District of California | 3/9/1982 - 3/14/1997 |  |  | University of Santa Clara (1953) | University of California, Hastings College of Law (1958)
Fern Smith | Northern District of California | 7/27/1988 - 5/15/2003 |  |  | Stanford University (1972) | Stanford Law School (1975)
John Vukasin | Northern District of California | 9/20/1983 - 9/20/1993 |  |  | University of California, Berkeley (1950) | University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1956)
Delwen Jensen | Northern District of California | 6/25/1986 - 6/27/1997 |  |  | U. of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1949 | U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1952
Harold Fong | District of Hawaii | 6/21/1982 - 4/20/1995 |  |  | U. of Southern California, A.B., 1960 | U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1964
Harold Ryan | District of Idaho | 12/17/1981 - 12/30/1992 |  |  |  | U. of Idaho College of Law, LL.B., 1950
Alan McDonald | Eastern District of Washington | 10/17/1985 - 12/13/1996 |  |  | University of Washington (1950) | University of Washington School of Law (1952)
William Hutchinson | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | 8/6/1987 - 10/8/1995 |  |  | Moravian College, B.A., 1954 | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1957
William Dwyer | Western District of Washington | 11/6/1987 - 12/1/1998 |  |  | University of Washington (1951) | New York University School of Law (1953)
David Aldrich Nelson | United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit | 10/17/1985 - 10/1/1999 |  |  | Hamilton College, A.B., 1954 | Harvard Law School, LL.B, 1958
Stanley Harris | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 11/14/1983 - 2/1/1996 |  |  | University of Virginia, B.S., 1951 | University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1953
George Revercomb | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 12/17/1985 - 8/1/1993 |  |  | Princeton University, A.B., 1950 | University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1955
Stanley Sporkin | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 12/17/1985 - 2/12/1999 |  |  | Pennsylvania State University, A.B., 1953 | Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957
Robert Bork | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 2/9/1982 - 2/5/1988 |  |  | University of Chicago, B.A., 1948 | University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1953
Kenneth Starr | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 9/20/1983 - 5/26/1989 |  |  | George Washington University, A.B., 1968 | Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1973
James L. Buckley | D.C. Circuit | 12/17/1985 - 8/31/1996 |  |  | Yale '43 | Yale Law '49
William Walter Wilkins | Fourth Circuit | 6/16/1986 - 7/1/2007 | District of South Carolina | 1981-1986 | Davidson College '64 | U. of South Carolina Law '67
Malcolm Marsh | District of Oregon | 3/24/1987 - 4/16/1998 |  |  | U. of Oregon, B.S., 1951 | U. of Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1954
Alex Howard | Southern District of Alabama | 10/14/1986 - 10/21/1996 |  |  |  | Vanderbilt University Law School, LL.B., 1950
Geoffrey M. Alprin | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1/7/1983-2/1/2010 | Assistant Director, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice | 1973-1977 | University of Pennsylvania, 1961 | Georgetown University Law Center, 1964
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr. | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1983-8/3/2013 | Chief of the Appellate Division, Public Defender Service | 1982-1983 | Princeton University | Harvard
Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr. | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1986-12/162015 |  |  | Harvard College | Georgetown University Law Center
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1985 - 4/28/2015 |  |  | Howard University | Georgetown University Law Center
Michael L. Rankin | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1986-2019 | Deputy Chief, Felony Trial Division, United States Attorney's Office | 1984-1986 | Lincoln University | Howard University School of Law
Robert I. Richter | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1984- 10/2/2014 | Assistant Chief of Operations, U.S. Dept of Justice | 1978-1984 | University of Vermont, 1969 | University of Chicago Law School, 1972
Bruce D. Beaudin | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 10/15/1984-1994 |  |  | Fairfield University, 1961 | Georgetown Law School, 1964
Stephen F. Eilperin | Superior Court of the District of Columbia |  |  |  | Columbia University | Columbia University
Richard A. Levie | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1985-2000 |  |  | Dickinson College | George Washington University School of Law
Cheryl M. Long | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1988-2009 | Director, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia | 1985-1988 | Georgetown University | Georgetown University School of Law
Nan R. Shuker | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1983-2004 |  |  | SUNY at Binghamton, 1966 | The American University, 1969
Robert S. Tignor | Superior Court of the District of Columbia |  |  |  | Howard University | George Washington University
Curtis Von Kann | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1985-1995 |  |  | Harvard College, 1964 | Harvard Law School, 1969
Ronald P. Wertheim | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1981-1992 |  |  | University of Pennsylvania, 1954 | University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1957
Susan R. Winfield | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 1984-2006 |  |  | University of Pennsylvania | Boston College Law School
John O. Colvin | United States Tax Court | 9/1/1988 - 8/31/2003 and 8/12/2004 - 8/11/2019 |  |  | University of Missouri, A.B., 1968 | University of Missouri, J.D., 1971
Mary Ann Cohen | United States Tax Court | 9/24/1982 - 9/30/2012 |  |  | University of California, B.S., 1964 | University of Southern California School of Law, J.D., 1967
Joel Gerber | United States Tax Court | 6/18/1984 - 6/17/1999 and 12/15/2000 - 5/31/2006 |  |  | Roosevelt University, B.S., 1962 | DePaul University, J.D., 1965
Julian I. Jacobs | United States Tax Court | 3/30/1984 - 3/29/1999 |  |  | University of Maryland, B.A., 1958 | University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1960
Robert P. Ruwe | United States Tax Court | 11/20/1987 - 11/19/2002 |  |  |  | Salmon P. Chase College of Law, J.D., 1970
Thomas B. Wells | United States Tax Court | 10/13/1986 - 1/1/2011 |  |  | Miami University, Oxford, B.S., 1967 | Emory University Law School, J.D., 1973
Laurence J. Whalen | United States Tax Court | 11/23/1987 - 11/22/2002 |  |  | Georgetown University, A.B., 1967 | Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1970
Frank J. Magill | Eighth Circuit | 3/4/1986 - 4/1/1997 |  |  | Georgetown U. '51 | Georgetown U. Law '55
Marian Blank Horn | United States Court of Federal Claims | 1986 - 2018 |  |  | Barnard College, Columbia University | Fordham U. Law, J.D.
Christine Odell Cook Miller | United States Court of Federal Claims | 1/24/1983 - 2/28/2013 |  |  | Stanford, B.A., 1966 | U. of Utah Law, J.D., 1969
Bohdan A. Futey | United States Court of Federal Claims | 5/27/1987 - 2002 |  |  | Western Reserve U., B.A., 1962 | Cleveland Marshall Law, J.D., 1968
Lawrence S. Margolis | United States Court of Federal Claims | 12/10/1982 - 12/15/1997 |  |  | Drexel U., B.S., 1957 | George Washington U. Law, J.D., 1961
James F. Merow | United States Court of Federal Claims | 10/1/1982 - 8/5/1998 | United States Court of Claims | 1978-1982 |  |
Loren A. Smith | United States Court of Federal Claims | 9/12/1985 - 2000 |  |  | Northwestern U., B.A., 1966 | Northwestern U. Law, J.D., 1969
John Paul Wiese | United States Court of Federal Claims | 10/1/1982 - 1997 |  |  | Hobart College, 1962 | U. of Virginia Law, L.L.B., 1965
Robert J. Yock | United States Court of Federal Claims | 10/1/1982 - 8/5/1998 | Trial Judge, United States Court of Claims | 1977-1982 | St. Olaf College, B.A., 1959 | U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1962
Eric G. Bruggink | United States Court of Federal Claims | 4/21/1986 - 2001 |  |  | Auburn U., B.A., 1971 | U. of Alabama Law, J.D., 1975
Thomas J. Lydon | United States Court of Federal Claims | 10/1/1982 - 8/1/1987 | Commissioner (Judge), United States Court of Claims | 1972-1982 | U. of Maine, B.A., 1952 | Georgetown Law, L.L.B., 1955
Reginald W. Gibson | United States Court of Federal Claims | 12/15/1982 - 8/15/1995 |  |  | Virginia Union U., B.S., 1962 | Howard U. Law, L.L.B., 1956
Eugene Sullivan | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 5/27/1986 - 9/30/2002 |  |  |  |
Walter Cox III | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 9/6/1984 - 9/18/2000 |  |  |  |
John L. Napier | United States Court of Federal Claims | 1986-1989 |  |  | Davidson College, 1969 | University of South Carolina Law School, 1972

## Historical context[edit]

### Appointments by current president[edit]

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated 42 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of February 5, 2026, 33 of the nominees were confirmed.

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made 245 judicial appointments.[4] Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges.[5] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.[6]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in  February 2026, there were 41 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here. The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for March 1, 2026, details the number of appointments made by President Trump to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.

### Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt[edit]

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2024.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2024. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2024.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through March 1 of the second year of each president's second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most appeals court appointments with 12.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through March 1 of the second year of presidents' second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most district court appointments with 36.

## See also[edit]

* Federal judicial appointments by president
* Current federal judicial vacancies
* Judicial vacancies in federal courts
* Ronald Reagan

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* United States Courts
* Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed April 6, 2021
2. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
3. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
4. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 20, 2021
5. ↑ Article III judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. They serve for life.
6. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021

v • e

Federal judges nominated by Ronald Reagan

|

1981|

Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter

1982|

Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford

1983|

Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler •

Woods
1984|

Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson

1985|

Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch

1986|

Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff

1987|

Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel

1988|

Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly

v • e

Federal judges as nominated by U.S. presidents

Federal judicial appointments by president • Washington • Adams • Jefferson • Madison • Monroe • Quincy Adams • Jackson • Van Buren • Harrison • Tyler • Polk • Taylor • Fillmore • Pierce • Buchanan • Lincoln • A. Johnson • Grant • Hayes • Garfield • Arthur • Cleveland • Harrison • McKinley • T. Roosevelt • Taft • Wilson • Harding • Coolidge • Hoover • F. Roosevelt • Truman • Eisenhower • Kennedy • L. Johnson • Nixon • Ford • Carter • Reagan • H.W. Bush • Clinton • W. Bush • Obama • Trump • Biden • Trump