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Federal judges nominated by Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan, President from 1981-1989

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 Of those, 382 were to Article III judgeships.[1] Reagan had eight nominees withdrawn and 55 rejected or not voted on by theSenate.[2][3]






List of judges

JudgeFinal post:Term:Previous Post:Term:Bachelors:Law:
Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court9/26/1986-2/13/2016District of Columbia Court of Appeals1982-1986Georgetown U., B.A., 1957Harvard Law, J.D., 1960
Anthony KennedySupreme Court2/17/1988-7/1/2018Ninth Circuit1975-1988Standford, B.A., 1958Harvard Law, LL.B., 1961
Charles Edward WigginsUnited States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit10/11/1984 - 12/31/1996University of Southern California, B.S., 1953University of Southern California Law School, LL.B., 1956
William RehnquistSupreme Court9/25/1986 - 9/3/2005Supreme Court, Associate Justice12/15/1971 - 9/26/1986Stanford, B.A., 1948Stanford Law, LL.B, 1952
Alex KozinskiNinth Circuit11/7/1985 - 12/8/2017Court of Federal Claims1982-1985UCLA 1972UCLA School of Law 1975
Sandra Day O'ConnorSupreme Court9/25/1981-1/31/2006Stanford, A.B., 1950Stanford Law, LL.B., 1952
John ShabazWestern District of Wisconsin12/10/1981-1/20/2009UW-MadisonMarquette U. Law School, LL.B., 1957
Thomas CurranEastern District of Wisconsin11/7/1983 - 1/1/1997Marquette U., B.N.S., 1945Marquette U. Law School, LL.B., 1948
Joseph StadtmuellerEastern District of Wisconsin6/1/1987 - PresentMarquette U., B.A., 1964Marquette U. Law School, J.D., 1967
James HoldermanNorthern District of Illinois4/4/1985 - 6/1/2015U. of Illinois, B.S., 1968U. of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1971
Suzanne ConlonNorthern District of Illinois2/22/1988 - 4/17/2004Mundelein College, B.A., 1963Loyola U. Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1968
William HartNorthern District of Illinois4/21/1982 - 6/1/1996Loyola U. Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1951
Harry LeinenweberNorthern District of Illinois12/17/1985 - 6/3/2002U. of Notre Dame, B.A., 1959U. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1962
George MarovichNorthern District of Illinois4/1/1988 - 1/2/2000U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1952U. of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1954
John NordbergNorthern District of Illinois4/21/1982 - 6/18/1994Carleton CollegeU. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1950
Charles NorgleNorthern District of IllinoisOctober 4, 1984 - October 4, 2022Northwestern U., B.B.A., 1964John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1969
James ZagelNorthern District of Illinois4/22/1987 - 10/16/2016U. of Chicago, B.A., 1962Harvard Law School, J.D., 1965
Michael MihmCentral District of Illinois8/6/1982 - 10/1/2009Loras College, B.A., 1964Saint Louis U. School of Law, J.D., 1967
Richard MillsCentral District of Illinois7/22/1985 - 10/7/1997Illinois College, B.A., 1951Mercer U. School of Law, J.D., 1957
William StiehlSouthern District of Illinois6/16/1986 - 11/30/1996Saint Louis U. School of Law, LL.B., 1949
Robert MillerNorthern District of Indiana12/17/1985 - 1/11/2016Northwestern U., B.A., 1972Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1975
James T. MoodyNorthern District of Indiana2/9/1982 - 6/17/2003Magistrate Judge1979 - 1982Indiana U., A.B., 1960Indiana U. School of Law, LL.B., 1963
William LeeNorthern District of Indiana7/28/1981 - 2/3/2003Yale U., A.B., 1959U. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1962
Bernard FriedmanEastern District of Michigan4/20/1988 - 1/1/2009Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1968
Patrick DugganEastern District of Michigan10/14/1986 - 9/29/2000Xavier U., Ohio, B.S., 1955U. of Detroit School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Paul GadolaEastern District of Michigan10/17/1988 - 1/31/2001Michigan State U., A.B., 1951U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1953
Lawrence ZatkoffEastern District of Michigan3/4/1986 - 6/16/2004U. of Detroit, B.S., 1962Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1966
Robert Holmes BellWestern District of Michigan7/2/1987 - 1/31/2017Wheaton College, B.A., 1966Wayne State U. Law School, J.D., 1969
Sam BellNorthern District of Ohio12/22/1982 - 10/30/1996College of Wooster, B.A., 1947University of Akron School of Law, J.D., 1952
David DowdNorthern District of Ohio9/23/1982 - 6/30/1996College of Wooster, B.A., 1951U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1954
Herman WeberSouthern District of Ohio4/4/1985 - 1/1/2002Otterbein College, B.A., 1949Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1952
George SmithSouthern District of Ohio11/9/1987 - 1/1/2002Ohio State U., B.A., 1957Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1959
James GrahamSouthern District of Ohio9/26/1986 - 8/31/2004Ohio State U., B.A., 1962Ohio State U. College of Law, J.D., 1962
Allan EdgarEastern District of Tennessee4/16/1985 - 10/7/2005Davidson College, B.A., 1962Duke U. School of Law, LL.B., 1965
Robert Leon JordanEastern District of Tennessee10/17/1988 - 11/30/2001U. of Tennessee, B.S., 1958U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1960
James D. ToddWestern District of Tennessee7/11/1985 - 5/20/2008Lambuth College, B.S., 1965U. of Mississippi, Master of Combined Sciences, 1968
Karl ForesterEastern District of Kentucky7/27/1988 - 5/2/2005U. of Kentucky, B.A., 1962U. of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1966
Charles SimpsonWestern District of Kentucky8/4/1986 - 2/1/2013U. of Louisville, B.A., 1967U. of Louisville School of Law, J.D., 1970
James RosenbaumDistrict of Minnesota7/18/1985 - 10/26/2009U. of Minnesota, B.A., 1966U. of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1969
David DotyDistrict of Minnesota5/8/1987 - 6/30/1998U. of Minnesota, B.A., 1952U. of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1961
Paul MagnusonDistrict of Minnesota10/29/1981 - 2/9/2002Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., 1959William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1963
Richard BatteyDistrict of South Dakota10/28/1985 - 1/1/1999U. of South Dakota, 1950U. of South Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1953
John B. JonesDistrict of South Dakota11/18/1981 - 1/1/1995U. of South Dakota, B.S., 1951U. of South Dakota School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Patrick ConmyDistrict of North Dakota12/17/1985 - 5/5/2000Harvard College, B.A., 1955Georgetown U. Law Center, J.D., 1959
Rodney WebbDistrict of North Dakota12/21/1987 - 12/31/2001U. of North Dakota, B.S., 1957U. of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1959
Lyle StromDistrict of Nebraska10/28/1985 - 11/2/1995Creighton U., B.A., 1950Creighton U. School of Law, J.D., 1953
Charles WolleSouthern District of Iowa8/6/1987 - 10/16/2001Harvard College, A.B., 1959U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1961
Dean WhippleWestern District of Missouri12/9/1987 - 4/30/2007Drury College, A.B, 1961U. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., 1965
Scott WrightWestern District of Missouri9/26/1979 - 10/5/1991U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Mark WolfDistrict of Massachusetts4/4/1985-1/1/2013Yale U., B.A., 1968Harvard U. Law, J.D., 1971
Edward HarringtonDistrict of Massachusetts2/2/1988 - 3/1/2001College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1955Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960
William G. Young (Massachusetts)District of MassachusettsApril 4, 1985 - July 1, 2021Superior Court of Massachusetts1978-1985Harvard U., A.B., 1962Harvard Law, LL.B., 1967
Douglas WoodlockDistrict of Massachusetts6/16/1986 - 6/1/2015Yale U., B.A., 1969Georgetown U., Law, J.D., 1975
Jose FusteDistrict of Puerto Rico10/28/1985 - 6/1/2016U. of Puerto Rico, B.B.A., 1965U. Puerto Rico Law, LL.B., 1968
Jaime PierasDistrict of Puerto Rico7/15/1982 - 8/1/1993Catholic U. of America, B.A., 1945Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1948
Raymond AcostaDistrict of Puerto Rico9/30/1982 - 6/1/1994Princeton, 1948Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1951
Ronald LagueuxDistrict of Rhode Island3/4/1986 - 11/30/2001Rhode Island Supreme Court1968-1986Bowdoin College, 1953Harvard Law, 1956
Ernest TorresDistrict of Rhode Island11/6/1987 - 12/1/2006Dartmouth, A.B., 1963Duke U. Law, J.D., 1968
Peter DorseyDistrict of Connecticut7/19/1983 - 1/2/1998Yale, B.A., 1953Harvard Law, LL.B, 1959
Alan NevasDistrict of Connecticut10/17/1985 - 3/27/1997Syracuse U., A.B., 1949New York U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Raymond DearieEastern District of New York03/19/1986 - 04/02/2011Fairfield University, B.A., 1966St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1969
Leo GlasserEastern District of New York12/10/1981 - 06/30/1993College of the City of New York, B.A., 1943Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1948
Edward KormanEastern District of New York11/04/1985 - 10/24/2007Brooklyn College, B.A., 1963Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1966
Leonard WexlerEastern District of New York06/22/1983 - 06/29/1994Indiana U., B.S., 1947New York U. School of Law, J.D., 1950
Thomas McAvoyNorthern District of New York03/04/1986 - 09/16/2003Villanova U., A.B., 1960Albany Law, J.D., 1964
Lewis BabcockDistrict of Colorado10/17/1988 - 4/4/2008U. of Denver, B.A., 1965U. of Denver Law, J.D., 1968
Kimba WoodSouthern District of New York04/20/1988 - 05/31/2009Connecticut College, B.A., 1965Harvard Law, J.D., 1969
Miriam Goldman CedarbaumSouthern District of New York03/04/1986 - 03/30/1998Barnard College, B.A., 1950Columbia Law, LL.B., 1953
John KeenanSouthern District of New York09/20/1983 - 12/30/1996Manhattan College, B.B.A., 1951Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1954
Shirley KramSouthern District of New York03/02/1983 - 05/22/1993Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1950
Peter LeisureSouthern District of New York06/15/1984 - 03/20/1997Yale, B.A., 1952U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1958
Robert PattersonSouthern District of New York10/06/1988 - 12/30/1998Harvard, B.A., 1947Columbia Law, LL.B., 1950
John SprizzoSouthern District of New York9/25/1981 - 1/1/2000St. John's University (1956)St. John's University School of Law (1959)
Louis StantonSouthern District of New York07/18/1985 - 09/30/1996Yale, B.A., 1950U. of Virginia Law, J.D. and L.L.B., 1955
Richard ArcaraWestern District of New York2/22/1988 - 1/3/2015St. Bonaventure U., B.A., 1962Villanova U. Law, J.D., 1965
David LarimerWestern District of New York11/06/1987 - 03/02/2009Western District of New York, Magistrate Judge1983 - 1987St. John Fisher College, B.A., 1966Notre Dame Law, J.D. 1969
Michael TelescaWestern District of New York04/21/1982 - 05/02/1996Monroe County, New York, Surrogate Court Judge1973 - 1982U. of Rochester, B.A., 1952U. of Buffalo Law, LL.B., 1955
Joseph FarnanDistrict of Delaware7/16/1985 - 7/31/2010King's College, B.A., 1967U. of Toledo Law, J.D., 1970
Garrett BrownDistrict of New Jersey12/17/1985 - 1/2/2012Lafayette College, A.B., 1965Duke U. Law, J.D., 1968
Joseph RodriguezDistrict of New Jersey05/10/1985 - 05/21/1998LaSalle U., A.B., 1955Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1958
Lowell ReedEastern District of Pennsylvania04/20/1988 - 06/20/1999U. of Wisconsin, B.B.A., 1952Temple U. Law, J.D., 1958
Thomas O'NeillEastern District of Pennsylvania08/05/1983 - 07/05/1996Catholic U. of America, A.B., 1950U. of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1953
Edmund LudwigEastern District of Pennsylvania10/17/1985 - 05/20/1997Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, Judge1968 - 1985Harvard, A.B., 1949Harvard Law, LL.B., 1952
Robert KellyEastern District of Pennsylvania06/26/1987 - 07/16/2001Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Judge1976 - 1987Villanova U., B.S., 1957Temple U. Law, LL.B., 1960
Jan DuBoisEastern District of Pennsylvania07/27/1988 - 04/14/2002U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1952Yale Law , LL.B., 1957
Alice BatchelderSixth Circuit12/2/1991 - 3/7/2019Northern District of Ohio1985-1991Ohio Wesleyan U. '64Akron U. Law '71
Ralph GuySixth Circuit10/17/1985 - 9/1/1994Eastern District of Michigan1976-1985U. of Michigan '51U. of Michigan Law '53
James L. RyanSixth Circuit10/17/1985 - 1/1/2000Michigan Supreme Court1975-1985U. of Detroit '92U. of Detroit Law '56 (B.L.)
Alan NorrisSixth Circuit7/1/1986 - 7/1/2001Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District1980-1986Otterbein College '57New York U. Law '60
Richard SuhrheinrichSixth Circuit7/10/1990 - 8/15/2001Eastern District of Michigan1984-1990Wayne State U. '60Detroit College of Law '63
Frank EasterbrookSeventh Circuit4/4/1985 - PresentSwarthmore College '70U. of Chicago Law '73
William CaldwellMiddle District of Pennsylvania03/19/1982 - 05/30/1994Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Judge1970 - 1982Dickinson College, A.B., 1948Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1951
Edwin KosikMiddle District of Pennsylvania06/16/1986 - 07/14/1996Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Judge1969 - 1979Wilkes College, B.A., 1949Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1951
Ann WilliamsSeventh Circuit11/15/1999 - 6/5/2017Northern District of Illinois1985-1999Wayne State U. '70Notre Dame Law '75
Sam CrowDistrict of Kansas12/10/1981 - 11/15/1996District of Kansas, Magistrate judge1975-1981U. of Kansas, B.A., 1949Washburn U. Law, J.D., 1952
John ConwayDistrict of New Mexico6/16/1986 - 9/1/2000U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1956Washburn U. Law, LL.B., 1963
John GreeneDistrict of Utah4/4/1985-11/28/1997University of Utah, B.A., 1952University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1955
David SamDistrict of Utah10/16/1985 - 11/1/1999Brigham Young University, B.S., 1957University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1960
Alan JohnsonDistrict of Wyoming12/17/1985 - PresentFederal Magistrate Judge1971 - 1974Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1961U. of Wyoming Law, J.D., 1964
David L. RussellWestern District of Oklahoma12/17/1981 - 7/7/2013Eastern District of Oklahoma1981 - 1990Oklahoma Baptist U.,, B.S., 1963U. of Oklahoma Law, J.D., 1965
William AckerNorthern District of Alabama8/18/1982 - 5/31/1996Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., 1949Yale Law, LL.B., 1952
Gene CarterDistrict of Maine6/23/1983 - 1/2/2003University of Maine, B.A., 1958New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1961
Conrad CyrFirst Circuit11/20/1989 - 1/31/1997District of Maine1981-1989Holy Cross College, B.S., 1953Yale Law, J.D., 1956
Bruce Marshall SelyaFirst Circuit10/14/1986 - 12/31/2006District of Rhode Island1982-1986Harvard '55Harvard Law '58
Juan TorruellaFirst Circuit10/4/1984 - 10/26/2020District of Puerto Rico1974-1984U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1954Boston U. Law, J.D., 1957
Frank AltimariSecond Circuit12/16/1985 - 1/1/1996Eastern District of New York11/23/1982-12/23/1985Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, 1948Brooklyn Law, L.B., 1951
Charles ButlerSouthern District of Alabama10/17/1988 - 3/28/2005Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1962University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1966
Patricia FawsettMiddle District of Florida6/9/1986 - 8/25/2008University of Florida, B.A., 1965Florida Law School, J.D., 1973
John MooreMiddle District of Florida12/1/1981 - 12/31/1995Syracuse University, B.S., 1952University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1961
George SharpMiddle District of Florida11/16/1983 - 1/1/2000Yale University, B.A., 1957University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1963
Elizabeth KovachevichMiddle District of Florida3/9/1982 - 12/14/2018Florida 6th Circuit Court1973-1982U. of Miami, B.A., 1958Stetson U. Law, J.D., 1961
Maurice PaulNorthern District of Florida6/21/1982 - 7/31/1997University of Florida, B.A., 1954University of Florida College of Law, LL.B., 1960
Clyde Roger VinsonNorthern District of Florida10/5/1983 - 3/31/2005Naval Academy, B.A., 1962Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1971
Paul PlunkettNorthern District of Illinois12/11/1982 - 7/10/1998Harvard University (1957)Harvard Law School (1960)
Joel FlaumSeventh Circuit5/5/1983 - 11/30/2020Northern District of Illinois1974-1983Union College '58Northwestern U. Law '63
Daniel ManionSeventh Circuit7/24/1986 - 12/18/2007Northern District of Illinois1971-1975Notre Dame '64Indiana U. Law '73
Brian DuffNorthern District of Illinois10/17/1985 - 10/30/1996U. of Notre Dame, A.B., 1953DePaul U. College of Law, J.D., 1962
Ilana RovnerSeventh Circuit8/17/1992 - PresentNorthern District of Illinois1984-1992Bryn Mawr College '60Chicago-Kent Law '66
Michael KanneSeventh Circuit5/20/1987 - PresentNorthern District of Indiana1982-1987Indiana U. '62Indiana U. Law '68
Richard PosnerSeventh Circuit12/1/1981 - 9/2/2017Yale University, 1959Harvard Law, 1962
John CoffeySeventh Circuit5/10/1982 - 7/2/2004Wisconsin Supreme Court1978-1982Marquette U. '43Marquette U. Law '58
Kenneth RyskampSouthern District of Florida4/24/1986 - 1/1/2000Calvin College, B.A., 1955University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1956
William ZlochSouthern District of Florida11/4/1985 - 1/31/2017University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1966University of Notre Dame Law, J.D., 1974
David R. HansenEighth Circuit11/18/1991 - 4/1/2003Northern District of Iowa1986-1991Northwest Missouri State U. '60George Washington U. Law '63
Jesse EschbachSeventh Circuit12/1/1981 - 11/4/1985Northern District of Indiana4/13/1962 - 12/11/1981Indiana University, B.S., 1943Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949
John PotterNorthern District of Ohio6/21/1982 - 8/1/1992U. of Toledo, Ph.B., 1940U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1946
Rudy LozanoNorthern District of Indiana2/26/1988 - 7/10/2007Indiana U., B.S., 1963Indiana U. School of Law, LL.B., 1966
Sarah BarkerSouthern District of Indiana3/14/1984 - 6/30/2014Indiana U., B.S., 1965American U., Washington College of Law, J.D., 1969
Larry McKinneySouthern District of Indiana7/20/1987 - 7/4/2009MacMurray College, B.A., 1966Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1969
John TinderSeventh Circuit12/21/2007 - 10/9/2015Southern District of Indiana1987-2007Indiana U. '72Indiana U. Law '75
Stanley MarcusEleventh Circuit11/12/1997 - PresentSouthern District of Florida1985-1997Queens College CUNY, 1967Harvard Law, 1971
Jack CampNorthern District of Georgia4/20/1988 - 12/31/2008The Citadel (1965)University of Virginia (1973)
Owen ForresterNorthern District of Georgia12/10/1981 - 4/27/2004Federal magistrate judge1976 - 1981Georgia Institute of Technology, B.A., 1961Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1966
Duross FitzpatrickMiddle District of Georgia12/17/1985 - 2/1/2001U. of Georgia, B.S.F.., 1961U. of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1966
William CambridgeDistrict of Nebraska6/6/1988 - 7/11/2000U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.S., 1953U. of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., 1955
Morris ArnoldEighth Circuit5/26/1992 - 10/9/2006Western District of Arkansas1985-1992U. of Arkansas '65U. of Arkansas '68
Barbara HackettEastern District of Michigan4/7/1986 - 4/8/1997University of Detroit (1948)University of Detroit School of Law (1950)
Ken RippleSeventh Circuit5/10/1985 - 9/1/2008Fordham University, 1965University of Virginia Law, 1968
Julia GibbonsSixth Circuit7/31/2002 - PresentWestern District of Tennessee6/7/1983 - 8/2/2002Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1972U. of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1975
Hugh WatersWestern District of Arkansas10/26/1981 - 8/1/1997U. of Arkansas, B.S.Ag.E., 1955Saint Louis U. School of Law, LL.B., 1964
Danny BoggsSixth Circuit3/25/1986 - 2/28/2017Harvard '65U. of Chicago Law '68
Harry WellfordSixth Circuit8/20/1982 - 1/15/1991Western District of Tennessee1970-1991Washington and Lee U. '47Vanderbilt U. Law '50
Robert KrupanskySixth Circuit3/10/1982 - 7/1/1991Northern District of Ohio1970 -1982Case Western Reserve University (1946)Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1948)
Leroy ContieNorthern District of Ohio3/9/1982 - 6/30/1986Northern District of Ohio1971 - 1982University of Michigan (1941)University of Michigan Law School (1948)
Herbert MilburnSixth Circuit10/4/1984 - 7/1/1996Eastern District of Tennessee6/7/1983 - 10/9/1984East Tennessee State U., B.S., 1953U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1959
George La PlataEastern District of Michigan4/4/1985 - 8/3/1996Wayne State University (1951)Detroit College of Law (1956)
Roger WollmanEighth Circuit7/22/1985 - 12/14/2018Tabor College '57U. of South Dakota '62
John GibsonEighth Circuit3/9/1982 - 1/1/1994Western District of Missouri1981-1982U. of Missouri '49U. of Missouri Law '52
Pasco BowmanEighth Circuit7/19/1983 - 8/1/2003Bridgewater College '55New York U. Law '58
Arlen BeamEighth Circuit11/9/1987 - 2/1/2001District of Nebraska11/18/1981 - 11/9/1987U. of Nebraska, B.S., 1951U. of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., 1965
David EbelTenth Circuit04/20/1988 - 01/15/2006Northwestern U., B.A., 1962U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1965
Wade BrorbyTenth Circuit2/17/1988 - 5/25/2001U. of Wyoming '56U. of Wyoming Law '58
Bobby BaldockTenth Circuit12/17/1985 - 1/26/2001District of New Mexico1983-1986New Mexico Military Institute '56U. of Arizona Law '60
Deanell TachaTenth Circuit12/16/1985 - 1/27/2011U. of Kansas '68U. of Michigan Law '71
Stephen AndersonTenth Circuit10/16/1985 - 1/1/2000U. of Utah Law '60
John PorfilioTenth Circuit5/10/1985 - 10/15/1999District of Colorado1982-1985Denver U. '56U. of Denver Law '59
James L. EdmondsonEleventh Circuit5/7/1986 - 7/15/2012Emory U., B.A., 1968U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 1971
Emmett CoxEleventh Circuit4/18/1988 - 12/18/2000Southern District of Alabama1981-1988U. of Alabama '57U. of Alabama Law '59
Joel DubinaEleventh Circuit11/1/1990 - 11/26/2013Middle District of Alabama1986-1990U. of Alabama, B.S., 1970Samford U. Law, J.D., 1973
George FaggEighth Circuit10/1/1982 - 5/1/1999Iowa 2nd Judicial District1972-1982Drake U. '56Drake U. '58
Ralph WinterSecond Circuit12/10/1981 - 9/30/2000Yale, B.A., 1957Yale Law, LL.B., 1960
Roger MinerSecond Circuit7/22/1985 - 1/1/1997Northern District of New York1981-1985SUNY, B.S., 1977New York Law School, LL.B., 1956
John WalkerSecond Circuit11/27/1989 - 10/1/2006Southern District of New York1985-1989Yale, B.A., 1962U. Michigan Law, J.D., 1966
Joseph McLaughlinSecond Circuit10/17/1990 - 3/20/1998Eastern District of New York1981-1990Fordham College, A.B., 1954Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1959
Reena RaggiSecond Circuit10/4/2002 - 8/31/2018Eastern District of New York1987 - 2002Wellesley College '73Harvard Law '76
John MahoneySecond Circuit4/7/1986 - 10/23/1996St. Bonaventure U., B.A., 1952Columbia Law, LL.B., 1955
George PrattSecond Circuit6/21/1982 - 5/22/1993Eastern District of New York5/7/1976 - 6/29/1982Yale, B.A., 1950Yale Law, J.D., 1953
Richard CardamoneSecond Circuit10/29/1981- 11/13/1993New York Supreme Court1963-1981Harvard, B.A., 1948Syracuse U. Law, LL.B., 1952
Lawrence PierceSecond Circuit11/18/1981 - 1/1/1990Southern District of New York5/20/1971 - 11/30/1981St. Joseph's U., B.S., 1948Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Edith JonesFifth Circuit04/04/1985 - PresentCornell University, 1971University of Texas Law School, 1974
Patrick HigginbothamFifth Circuit07/30/1982 - 08/27/2006Northern District of Texas1975 - 1982University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1960University of Alabama School of Law, 1961
John DuheFifth Circuit10/17/1988 - 04/06/1999Western District of Louisiana1984 - 1988Tulane University, 1955Tulane University Law School, 1957
Edward PradoFifth Circuit05/05/2003 - 4/2/2018Western District of Texas1984 - 2003University of Texas, 1969University of Texas School of Law, 1972
Emilio GarzaFifth Circuit05/30/1991 - 8/1/2012Western District of Texas1988 - 1991University of Notre Dame, 1969University of Texas School of Law, 1976
Jerry SmithFifth Circuit12/21/1987 -PresentYale University, 1969Yale Law School, 1972
Eugene DavisFifth Circuit11/16/1983 - 12/31/2018Western District of Louisiana1976 - 1983Tulane Law School, 1960
Grady JollyFifth Circuit07/30/1992 - 11/3/2017University of Mississippi, 1959University of Mississippi School of Law, 1962
William GarwoodFifth Circuit10/26/1981 - 01/22/1997Princeton University, 1952University of Texas School of Law, 1955
Robert Madden HillFifth Circuit6/15/1984 - 10/19/1987Northern District of Texas1984 - 1987University of Texas (1948)University of Texas School of Law (1950)
Clyde HamiltonFourth Circuit7/22/1991 - 11/30/1999District of South Carolina1981-1991Wofford College '56George Washington U. Law '61
Harvie WilkinsonFourth Circuit8/13/1984 - PresentYale '67U. Virginia Law '72
Paul NiemeyerFourth Circuit8/7/1990 - PresentDistrict of Maryland1988-1990Kenyon College '62Notre Dame Law '66
Emory SneedenUnited States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit10/4/1984 - 3/1/1986Wake Forest College, B.S., 1949Wake Forest College School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Anthony SciricaThird Circuit8/6/1987 - 7/1/2013Eastern District of Pennsylvania1984-1987Wesleyan U., B.A., 1962U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1965
Walter StapletonThird Circuit4/4/1985 - 6/2/1999District of Delaware1970 - 1985Princeton '56Harvard Law '59
Morton GreenbergThird Circuit3/23/1987 - 6/30/2000U. of Pennsylvania '54Yale Law '57
Robert CowenThird Circuit11/9/1987 - 9/4/1998District of New Jersey1985-1987Drake U. '52Rutgers U. Law '58
Jane RothThird Circuit7/2/1991 - 5/31/2006District of Delaware1985-1991Smith College '56Harvard Law '65
Franklin Van AntwerpenThird Circuit5/24/2004 - 10/23/2006Eastern District of Pennsylvania1987-2004U. of Maine '64Temple U. Law '67
Richard NygaardThird Circuit10/17/1988 - 7/9/2005U. of Southern California '69U. of Michigan Law '71
Maryanne BarryThird Circuit9/22/1999 - 6/30/2011District of New Jersey1983-1999Mount Holyoke College '62Hofstra U. Law '74
Brooks SmithThird Circuit8/2/2002 - PresentWestern District of Pennsylvania1988-2002Franklin and Marshall College '73Dickinson School of Law '76
James SpencerEastern District of Virginia10/14/1986 - 6/2/2017Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia, B.A., 1971Harvard Law, J.D., 1974
T.S. EllisEastern District of Virginia08/06/1987 - 03/31/2007Princeton, B.S.E., 1961Harvard, J.D., 1969
Claude HiltonEastern District of Virginia07/11/1985 - 12/30/2005Ohio State U., B.S., 1963American U. Law, J.D., 1966
James CacherisEastern District of Virginia12/01/1981 - 03/29/1998Fairfax Circuit Court, Judge1971 - 1981U. of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1955George Washington U. Law, J.D., 1960
Robert DoumarEastern District of Virginia12/03/1981 - 04/29/1996U. of Virginia, B.A., 1951U. of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Jackson KiserWestern District of Virginia12/03/1981 - 04/29/1997Concord College, B.A., 1951Washington and Lee U. Law, LL.B., 1952
Walter BlackDistrict of Maryland04/21/1982 - 10/20/1994Harvard, A.B., 1947Harvard Law, LL.B., 1949
Frederick MotzDistrict of Maryland07/12/1985 - 12/16/2010Wesleyan U., A.B., 1964U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1967
Joseph AndersonDistrict of South Carolina10/14/1986 - 11/16/2014Clemson U., B.A., 1972U. of South Carolina Law Center, J.D., 1975
James FoxEastern District of North Carolina09/30/1982 - 01/30/2001U. of North Carolina, B.S., 1950U. of North Carolina Law, J.D., 1957
Malcolm HowardEastern District of North Carolina02/26/1998 - 12/30/2005U.S. Military Academy, West Point, B.S., 1962Wake Forest Law, J.D., 1970
Terrence BoyleEastern District of North Carolina05/03/1984 - PresentBrown, B.A., 1967American U. Law, J.D., 1970
Norwood TilleyMiddle District of North Carolina10/17/1988 - 12/15/2008Wake Forest, B.S., 1966Wake Forest Law, J.D., 1969
Richard VoorheesWestern District of North Carolina10/17/1988 -8/31/2017Davidson College, B.A., 1963U. of North Carolina Law, J.D., 1968
Martin FeldmanEastern District of LouisianaOctober 5, 1983 - January 26, 2022Tulane U., B.A., 1955Tulane Law, J.D., 1957
A.J. McNamaraEastern District of Louisiana06/21/1982 - 06/08/2001Louisiana State U., B.S., 1959Loyola Law, J.D., 1968
Marcel LivaudaisUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana9/18/1984 - 12/31/1996Tulane University, B.A., 1945Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1949
Donald WalterWestern District of Louisiana07/11/1985 - 11/29/2001Louisiana State U., B.A., 1961Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1964
Henry WingateSouthern District of Mississippi10/17/1985 - PresentGrinnell College, B.A., 1969Yale Law, J.D., 1972
William BarbourSouthern District of Mississippi04/25/1983 - 02/03/2006Princeton, B.A., 1963U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1966
Walter GexSouthern District of Mississippi02/26/1986 - 03/23/2004U. of Mississippi, B.A., 1962U. of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1963
Tom LeeSouthern District of Mississippi06/11/1984 - 04/07/2006City of Forest, Municipal Judge1982Mississippi College, B.A., 1963U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1965
Neal BiggersNorthern District of Mississippi03/28/1984 - 09/30/2000Mississippi First Judicial District, Judge1975 - 1984Millsaps College, B.A., 1956U. of Mississippi Law School, J.D., 1963
Glen DavidsonNorthern District of Mississippi10/17/1985 - 05/31/2007U. of Mississippi, B.A., 1962U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1965
Sidney FitzwaterNorthern District of Texas3/19/1986 - 9/22/2018Texas District 298, District Judge1982 - 1986Baylor U., B.A., 1975Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1976
Joe FishNorthern District of Texas2/24/1983 - 11/12/2007Yale College, B.A., 1965Yale Law School, LL.B., 1968
Robert MaloneyNorthern District of Texas10/17/1985 - 8/31/2000Southern Methodist U., B.B.A., 1956Southern Methodist U. School of Law, J.D., 1960
Sam CummingsNorthern District of Texas12/9/1987 - 12/31/2014Texas Tech U., B.B.A., 1967Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1970
Richard SchellEastern District of Texas6/6/1988 - 3/10/2015Southern Methodist U., B.A., 1972Southern Methodist U., J.D., 1975
Hayden HeadSouthern District of Texas10/26/1981 - 11/13/2009U. of Texas, B.A., 1966U. of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1968
Lynn HughesSouthern District of Texas12/17/1985 - 2/12/2023Texas District 189, Judge1981 - 1985U. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.A., 1963U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1966
Ricardo HinojosaSouthern District of Texas05/05/1983 - 05/21/2025U. of Texas, Austin, B.A., 1972Harvard Law, J.D., 1975
David HittnerSouthern District of Texas06/09/1986 - 11/10/2004Texas District 133, Judge1978 - 1986New York U., B.S., 1961New York U. Law, J.D., 1964
Kenneth HoytSouthern District of Texas04/01/1988 - 3/2/2013Texas First District Court of Appeals, Justice1985 - 1988Texas Southern U., A.B., 1969Texas Southern U. Law, J.D., 1972
Sim LakeSouthern District of Texas08/12/1988 - 7/5/2019Texas A&M U., B.A., 1966U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1969
Hilda TagleSouthern District of Texas05/17/1998 - 12/31/2012Texas District 148, Judge1995 - 1998East Texas State U., B.A., 1969U. of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1977
Walter Smith, Jr.Western District of Texas10/4/1984 - 9/4/2016Western District of Texas, Magistrate Judge1983 - 1984Baylor U., B.A., 1964Baylor U. School of Law, J.D., 1966
William StandishWestern District of Pennsylvania11/06/1987 - 02/28/2002Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Judge1980 - 1987Yale, B.A., 1953U. of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1956
Phil ProDistrict of Nevada7/23/1987 - 12/31/2011San Francisco State U., B.A., 1968Golden Gate U. School of Law, J.D., 1972
Lloyd GeorgeDistrict of Nevada5/3/1984 - 12/1/1997Brigham Young U., B.S., 1955U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1961
Howard McKibbenDistrict of Nevada10/4/1984 - 4/1/2005Bradley U., B.S., 1962U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1967
Robert BroomfieldDistrict of Arizona7/11/1985 - 8/12/1999Pennsylvania State U., B.S., 1955U. of Arizona, LL.B., 1961
Paul RosenblattDistrict of Arizona6/11/1984 - 10/30/2003U. of Arizona, A.B., 1958U. of Arizona College of Law, J.D., 1963
Roger StrandDistrict of Arizona7/22/1985 - 4/28/2000Hamilton College, B.A., 1955Cornell Law School, LL.B., 1961
Russel HollandDistrict of Alaska7/16/1984 - 9/18/2001U. of Michigan, B.B.A., 1958U. of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1961
Charles LovellDistrict of Montana4/4/1985 - 6/14/2000U. of Montana, B.S., 1952U. of Montana School of Law, J.D., 1959
Alan Cooke KayDistrict of Hawaii9/15/1986 - 1/2/2000Princeton U., A.B., 1957U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1960
David Alan EzraDistrict of Hawaii5/20/1988 - 6/27/2012St. Mary`s U., B.B.A., 1969St. Mary`s U. School of Law, J.D., 1972
Edward GarciaEastern District of California3/14/1984-11/24/1996Sacramento City College, A.A., 1951McGeorge School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Robert CoyleEastern District of California4/1/1982 - 5/13/1996Fresno State College, A.B., 1953U. of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1956
Alicemarie StotlerCentral District of California5/3/1984 - 1/5/2009U. of Southern California, B.A., 1964U. of Southern California Law School, J.D., 1967
Bill KellerCentral District of California10/4/1984 - 10/29/1999U. of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1956U. of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, LL.B., 1960
Spencer LettsCentral District of California12/17/1985 - 12/19/2000Yale U., B.A., 1956Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1960
Ronald LewCentral District of California5/7/1987 - 9/19/2006Loyola U., Los Angeles, CA, B.A., 1964Southwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1971
Stephen V. WilsonCentral District of California10/17/1985 - PresentLehigh U., B.A., 1963Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1967
Frank SchwelbDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals1988-2012Judge,District of Columbia Superior Court1979-1988Yale UniversityHarvard Law School
John TerryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals1982-2006Yale UniversityGeorgetown University
John SteadmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals1985-2004Associate Academic Dean, Georgetown1978-1984Yale College, 1952Harvard Law School, 1955
Warren KingDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals1981- 1988Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice,United States Department of Justice1977-1981Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1960American University Law School, 1967
James BelsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals1981-1991Associate Judge,District of Columbia Superior Court1968-1981Georgetown University, 1953Georgetown Law Center, 1956
Rudi BrewsterSouthern District of California6/15/1984 - 7/1/1998Princeton U., B.A., 1954Stanford Law School, J.D., 1960
Robert BryanWestern District of Washington5/7/1986 - 11/1/2000U. of Washington, B.A., 1956U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1958
John CoughenourWestern District of Washington9/28/1981 - 7/27/2006Kansas State College of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1963U. of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1966
Carol DimmickWestern District of Washington4/4/1985 - 11/1/1997U. of Washington, B.A., 1951U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1953
Thomas ZillyWestern District of Washington4/20/1988 - 1/1/2004U. of Michigan, B.A., 1956Cornell Law School, J.D., 1962
Royce LamberthD.C. District Court11/13/1987 - 7/15/2013U. Texas, Austin '65U. Texas, Austin '67
Thomas HoganD.C. District Court8/20/1982 - 5/1/2008Georgetown '60Goergetown Law '66
Robert ChapmanFourth Circuit9/19/1981 - 5/31/1991District of South Carolina1971-1981U. of South Carolina '45U. of South Carolina Law '49
Diarmuid O'ScannlainNinth Circuit9/26/1986 - 12/31/2016St. John`s University 1957Harvard Law School 1963
Pamela RymerNinth Circuit5/22/1989 - 9/2011Central District of California1983 - 1989Vassar College 1961Stanford Law School 1964
Andrew KleinfeldNinth Circuit9/16/1991 - 6/12/2010District of Alaska1986-1991Wesleyan University 1966Harvard Law School 1969
Cynthia Holcomb HallNinth Circuit10/4/1984 - 8/31/1997Central District of California1981 - 1984Stanford University 1951Stanford Law School 1954
Robert BeezerNinth Circuit3/28/1984 - 7/31/1996Seattle Municipal Court1962-1976University of Virginia 1951University of Virginia School of Law 1956
Melvin BrunettiUnited States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit4/4/1985 - 11/11/1999University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1964
John NoonanNinth Circuit12/17/1985-12/27/1996Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law1966 - 1986Harvard College 1946Catholic University of America 1949
Edward LeavyNinth Circuit3/23/1987 - 5/19/1997District of Oregon1984 - 1987University of Portland 1950Notre Dame Law School 1953
David R. ThompsonNinth Circuit12/17/1985 - 12/31/1998Private practice1957 - 1985University of Southern California 1952University of Southern California Law School 1955
Stephen TrottNinth Circuit3/25/1988 - 12/31/2004Associate attorney general1986 - 1988Wesleyan University 1962Harvard Law School 1965
Ferdinand Francis FernandezNinth Circuit5/22/1989-6/1/2002Central District of California1985 - 1989University of Southern California 1958University of Southern California Law School 1962
Herbert HuttonEastern District of Pennsylvania8/12/1988 - 9/5/2003Lincoln University (1959)Temple University School of Law (1962)
James McGirr KellyEastern District of Pennsylvania8/6/1983 - 3/30/1996University of Pennsylvania (1951)Temple University School of Law (1957)
Marvin KatzEastern District of Pennsylvania8/6/1983 - 8/25/1997University of Pennsylvania (1951)Yale Law School (1954)
Stephen F. WilliamsD.C. Circuit6/16/1986 - 9/30/2008Yale U. '58Harvard Law '61
David SentelleD.C. Circuit9/11/1987 - 2/12/2013Western District of North Carolina1985-1987U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill '65U. of North Carolina Law '68
Douglas GinsburgD.C. Circuit10/14/1986 - 10/14/2011Cornell'70U. of Chicago Law '73
Karen HendersonD.C. Circuit7/5/1990 - PresentDistrict of South Carolina1986-1990Duke U. '66U. of North Carolina Law '69
Laurence SilbermanD.C. Circuit10/28/1985 - 11/1/2000Dartmouth '57Harvard Law '61
Pauline NewmanCourt of Appeals, Federal Circuit7/28/1984 - PresentVassar College, B.A., 1947New York University School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Haldane MayerUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit6/15/1987 - 6/30/2010United States Court of Claims1982 - 1987U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1963William and Mary Law School, J.D., 1971
Glenn ArcherUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit12/17/1985 - 12/24/1997Yale University, B.A., 1951George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1954
Thomas Penfield JacksonUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia6/25/1982 - 1/31/2002Dartmouth College, A.B., 1958Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964
Franklin BillingsDistrict of Vermont06/15/1984 - 09/08/1994Vermont Supreme Court, Justice1975 - 1983Harvard, B.S., 1943U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1947
Hector LaffitteDistrict of Puerto Rico7/27/1983 - 11/15/2005Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1955U. of Puerto Rico Law, LL.B., 1959
Kenneth ConboySouthern District of New York12/19/1987 - 12/31/1993Fordham College (1961)University of Virginia School of Law (1964)
Richard DaroncoSouthern District of New York5/7/1987 - 5/21/1988Providence College (1953)Albany Law School (1956)
Thomas HullEastern District of Tennessee11/14/1983 - 10/1/2002U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1951
James JarvisEastern District of Tennessee10/12/1984 - 2/28/2002U. of Tennessee, B.A., 1958U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1960
Constantine CholakisNorthern District of New York3/17/1986-6/29/1996Siena College, 1955Albany Law School, 1958
Thomas HigginsMiddle District of Tennessee10/4/1984 - 2/28/1999Christian Brother College (1952), University of Tennessee (1954)Vanderbilt University Law School (1957)
John BissellDistrict of New Jersey12/10/1982 - 9/1/2005Superior Court of New Jersey1981-1982Princeton, A.B., 1962U. of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1965
Alfred LechnerDistrict of New Jersey6/9/1986 - 10/1/2001Xavier University (1969)Notre Dame Law School (1972)
John LiflandDistrict of New Jersey5/20/1988 - 6/14/2001Yale University (1954)Harvard Law School (1957)
Nicholas PolitanDistrict of New Jersey11/9/1987 - 1/4/2002Rutgers University (1957)Rutgers University School of Law (1960)
Alfred WolinDistrict of New Jersey12/9/1987 - 9/18/2000University of Michigan (1954)Rutgers University School of Law (1959)
Joseph LongobardiDistrict of Delaware5/03/1984 - 6/14/1997Delaware Court of Chancery, Vice Chancellor1982 - 1984Washington College, B.A., 1952Temple U. Law, LL.B., 1957
Edward BeckerThird Circuit12/31/1981 - 5/4/2003Eastern District of Pennsylvania1970-1981U. Pennsylvania '54Yale Law '57
Robert GawthropEastern District of Pennsylvania12/9/1987 - 8/1/1999Amherst College (1964)Dickinson School of Law (1970)
Jay WaldmanEastern District of Pennsylvania10/17/1988 - 5/30/2003University of Wisconsin (1966)University of Pennsylvania Law School (1969)
Carol MansmannThird Circuit4/4/1985 - 3/9/2002Western District of Pennsylvania3/19/1982 - 4/22/1985Duquesne University (1964)Duquesne University (1967)
Glenn MencerWestern District of Pennsylvania3/18/1982 - 4/17/1994University of Michigan (1949)University of Michigan Law School (1952)
Paul N. BrownEastern District of Texas10/17/1985 - 1/1/2001U. of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1950
John HargroveDistrict of Maryland2/10/1984 - 2/20/1994Howard University (1947)University of Maryland School of Law (1950)
Jane RestaniUnited States Court of International Trade11/16/1983 - 3/1/2015U. of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1969U. of California, Davis Law, J.D., 1973
Gregory CarmanUnited States Court of International Trade3/2/1983 - 9/8/2014St. Lawrence U., B.A., 1958St. Johns U. Law, J.D., 1961
Thomas AquilinoUnited States Court of International Trade4/4/1985 - 12/10/2004Drew U., B.A., 1962Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1969
Frederic SmalkinDistrict of Maryland09/26/1986 - 01/07/2003District of Maryland, Magistrate Judge1976 - 1986Johns Hopkins U., B.A., 1968U. of Maryland Law, J.D., 1971
Kenton MusgraveUnited States Court of International Trade11/9/1987 - 11/14/1997U. of Washington, B.A., 1948Emory U., J.D., 1953
Frank BullockMiddle District of North Carolina12/10/1982 - 12/31/2005U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.S., 1961U. of North Carolina Law, LL.B., 1963
Robert PotterWestern District of North Carolina10/29/1981 - 5/1/1994Duke University, A.B., 1947Duke University School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Elizabeth HallananSouthern District of West Virginia11/14/1983 - 12/1/1996Morris Harvey College (1946)West Virginia University College of Law (1951)
Henry MentzEastern District of Louisiana6/25/1982 - 7/1/1992Tulane University (1941)Louisiana State University Law School (1943)
F.A. LittleWestern District of Louisiana10/12/1984 - 5/30/2002Tulane U., B.A., 1958Tulane Law, J.D., 1961
Howell CobbEastern District of Texas4/4/1985 - 3/1/2001University of Virginia School of Law (1948)
James NowlinWestern District of Texas10/26/1981 - 05/30/2003Trinity U., B.A., 1959U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1963
Ronald MeredithWestern District of Kentucky4/4/1985 - 12/1/1994Georgetown College, Kentucky, B.A., 1967George Washington U. Law School, J.D., 1971
George WoodsEastern District of Michigan11/16/1983 - 11/16/1993Detroit College of Law (1949)
Alvin KrenzlerNorthern District of Ohio12/10/1981 - 1/1/1992Case Western Reserve University (1946)Case Western Reserve University (1948), (1963)
Richard McQuadeNorthern District of Ohio9/15/1986 - 9/30/1989University of Toledo (1961)University of Toledo (1965)
James AlesiaNorthern District of Illinois5/20/1987 - 2/1/1998Loyola University Chicago (1956)Chicago-Kent College of Law (1960)
Stephen ReasonerEastern District of Arkansas2/26/1988 - 9/17/2002U. of Arkansas, B.A., 1966U. of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1969
William BrowningDistrict of Arizona5/3/1984 - 5/14/1998University of Arizona, B.S./B.A., 1954University of Arizona College of Law, LL.B., 1960
John DaviesCentral District of California6/9/1986 - 7/18/1998University of Michigan (1953)University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (1959)
Joseph StevensEastern District of Missouri9/18/1981 - 7/1/1995Western District of Missouri9/18/1981 - 12/18/1998Yale U., B.A., 1949U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1952
Richard GadboisCentral District of California7/28/1982 - 10/2/1996St. John's University (1955)Loyola Law School (1958), Universityo f Southern California Law School (1960)
George GunnEastern District of Missouri5/10/1985 - 12/1/1996Westminster College (1950)Washington University School of Law (1955)
Brook BartlettWestern District of Missouri9/19/1981 - 1/21/2000Princeton U., B.A., 1959Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1962
Harry HuppCentral District of California3/21/1984 - 4/1/1997Stanford University (1953)Stanford Law School (1955)
James IdemanCentral District of California6/15/1984 - 4/2/1998The Citadel (1953)University of Southern California Law School (1963)
Edward RafeedieCentral District of California9/24/1982 - 1/6/1996University of Southern California (1956)University of Southern California Law School (1959)
William ReaCentral District of California6/15/1984 - 3/31/1998Loyola University (1942)University of Colorado School of Law (1949)
Ross RobertsWestern District of Missouri8/20/1982 - 4/24/1987DePauw University (1960)University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (1963)
Wayne AlleyWestern District of Oklahoma7/11/1985 - 5/16/1999Stanford U., A.B., 1952Stanford Law, J.D., 1957
Layn PhillipsWestern District of Oklahoma6/15/1987 - 6/22/1991University of Tulsa (1974)University of Tulsa College of Law (1977)
Dickran TevrizianCentral District of California12/16/1985 - 8/5/2005University of Southern California (1962)University of Southern California Law School (1965)
Lawrence IrvingSouthern District of California7/28/1982 - 12/31/1990University of Southern California (1959)University of Southern California Law School (1963)
John RhoadesSouthern District of California10/28/1985 - 11/4/1995Stanford University (1948)University of California, Hastings College of Law (1951)
Lenore NesbittUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida11/16/1983 - 7/19/1998Northwestern University, B.S., 1954University of Miami School of Law, LL.B., 1957
Thomas ScottSouthern District of Florida7/18/1985 - 10/31/1990University of Miami (1969)University of Miami School of Law (1972), University of Virginia School of Law (1989)
Charles LeggeNorthern District of California9/18/1984 - 6/30/2001Stanford University (1952)Stanford Law School (1954)
Eugene LynchNorthern District of California3/9/1982 - 3/14/1997University of Santa Clara (1953)University of California, Hastings College of Law (1958)
Fern SmithNorthern District of California7/27/1988 - 5/15/2003Stanford University (1972)Stanford Law School (1975)
John VukasinNorthern District of California9/20/1983 - 9/20/1993University of California, Berkeley (1950)University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1956)
Delwen JensenNorthern District of California6/25/1986 - 6/27/1997U. of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1949U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1952
Harold FongDistrict of Hawaii6/21/1982 - 4/20/1995U. of Southern California, A.B., 1960U. of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1964
Harold RyanDistrict of Idaho12/17/1981 - 12/30/1992U. of Idaho College of Law, LL.B., 1950
Alan McDonaldEastern District of Washington10/17/1985 - 12/13/1996University of Washington (1950)University of Washington School of Law (1952)
William HutchinsonUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit8/6/1987 - 10/8/1995Moravian College, B.A., 1954Harvard Law School, J.D., 1957
William DwyerWestern District of Washington11/6/1987 - 12/1/1998University of Washington (1951)New York University School of Law (1953)
David Aldrich NelsonUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit10/17/1985 - 10/1/1999Hamilton College, A.B., 1954Harvard Law School, LL.B, 1958
Stanley HarrisUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia11/14/1983 - 2/1/1996University of Virginia, B.S., 1951University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1953
George RevercombUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia12/17/1985 - 8/1/1993Princeton University, A.B., 1950University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1955
Stanley SporkinUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia12/17/1985 - 2/12/1999Pennsylvania State University, A.B., 1953Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957
Robert BorkUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit2/9/1982 - 2/5/1988University of Chicago, B.A., 1948University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1953
Kenneth StarrUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit9/20/1983 - 5/26/1989George Washington University, A.B., 1968Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1973
James L. BuckleyD.C. Circuit12/17/1985 - 8/31/1996Yale '43Yale Law '49
William Walter WilkinsFourth Circuit6/16/1986 - 7/1/2007District of South Carolina1981-1986Davidson College '64U. of South Carolina Law '67
Malcolm MarshDistrict of Oregon3/24/1987 - 4/16/1998U. of Oregon, B.S., 1951U. of Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1954
Alex HowardSouthern District of Alabama10/14/1986 - 10/21/1996Vanderbilt University Law School, LL.B., 1950
Geoffrey M. AlprinSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1/7/1983-2/1/2010Assistant Director, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice1973-1977University of Pennsylvania, 1961Georgetown University Law Center, 1964
A. Franklin Burgess, Jr.Superior Court of the District of Columbia1983-8/3/2013Chief of the Appellate Division, Public Defender Service1982-1983Princeton UniversityHarvard
Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr.Superior Court of the District of Columbia1986-12/162015Harvard CollegeGeorgetown University Law Center
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.Superior Court of the District of Columbia1985 - 4/28/2015Howard UniversityGeorgetown University Law Center
Michael L. RankinSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1986-2019Deputy Chief, Felony Trial Division, United States Attorney's Office1984-1986Lincoln UniversityHoward University School of Law
Robert I. RichterSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1984- 10/2/2014Assistant Chief of Operations, U.S. Dept of Justice1978-1984University of Vermont, 1969University of Chicago Law School, 1972
Bruce D. BeaudinSuperior Court of the District of Columbia10/15/1984-1994Fairfield University, 1961Georgetown Law School, 1964
Stephen F. EilperinSuperior Court of the District of ColumbiaColumbia UniversityColumbia University
Richard A. LevieSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1985-2000Dickinson CollegeGeorge Washington University School of Law
Cheryl M. LongSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1988-2009Director, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia1985-1988Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University School of Law
Nan R. ShukerSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1983-2004SUNY at Binghamton, 1966The American University, 1969
Robert S. TignorSuperior Court of the District of ColumbiaHoward UniversityGeorge Washington University
Curtis Von KannSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1985-1995Harvard College, 1964Harvard Law School, 1969
Ronald P. WertheimSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1981-1992University of Pennsylvania, 1954University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1957
Susan R. WinfieldSuperior Court of the District of Columbia1984-2006University of PennsylvaniaBoston College Law School
John O. ColvinUnited States Tax Court9/1/1988 - 8/31/2003 and 8/12/2004 - 8/11/2019University of Missouri, A.B., 1968University of Missouri, J.D., 1971
Mary Ann CohenUnited States Tax Court9/24/1982 - 9/30/2012University of California, B.S., 1964University of Southern California School of Law, J.D., 1967
Joel GerberUnited States Tax Court6/18/1984 - 6/17/1999 and 12/15/2000 - 5/31/2006Roosevelt University, B.S., 1962DePaul University, J.D., 1965
Julian I. JacobsUnited States Tax Court3/30/1984 - 3/29/1999University of Maryland, B.A., 1958University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1960
Robert P. RuweUnited States Tax Court11/20/1987 - 11/19/2002Salmon P. Chase College of Law, J.D., 1970
Thomas B. WellsUnited States Tax Court10/13/1986 - 1/1/2011Miami University, Oxford, B.S., 1967Emory University Law School, J.D., 1973
Laurence J. WhalenUnited States Tax Court11/23/1987 - 11/22/2002Georgetown University, A.B., 1967Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1970
Frank J. MagillEighth Circuit3/4/1986 - 4/1/1997Georgetown U. '51Georgetown U. Law '55
Marian Blank HornUnited States Court of Federal Claims1986 - 2018Barnard College, Columbia UniversityFordham U. Law, J.D.
Christine Odell Cook MillerUnited States Court of Federal Claims1/24/1983 - 2/28/2013Stanford, B.A., 1966U. of Utah Law, J.D., 1969
Bohdan A. FuteyUnited States Court of Federal Claims5/27/1987 - 2002Western Reserve U., B.A., 1962Cleveland Marshall Law, J.D., 1968
Lawrence S. MargolisUnited States Court of Federal Claims12/10/1982 - 12/15/1997Drexel U., B.S., 1957George Washington U. Law, J.D., 1961
James F. MerowUnited States Court of Federal Claims10/1/1982 - 8/5/1998United States Court of Claims1978-1982
Loren A. SmithUnited States Court of Federal Claims9/12/1985 - 2000Northwestern U., B.A., 1966Northwestern U. Law, J.D., 1969
John Paul WieseUnited States Court of Federal Claims10/1/1982 - 1997Hobart College, 1962U. of Virginia Law, L.L.B., 1965
Robert J. YockUnited States Court of Federal Claims10/1/1982 - 8/5/1998Trial Judge, United States Court of Claims1977-1982St. Olaf College, B.A., 1959U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1962
Eric G. BrugginkUnited States Court of Federal Claims4/21/1986 - 2001Auburn U., B.A., 1971U. of Alabama Law, J.D., 1975
Thomas J. LydonUnited States Court of Federal Claims10/1/1982 - 8/1/1987Commissioner (Judge),United States Court of Claims1972-1982U. of Maine, B.A., 1952Georgetown Law, L.L.B., 1955
Reginald W. GibsonUnited States Court of Federal Claims12/15/1982 - 8/15/1995Virginia Union U., B.S., 1962Howard U. Law, L.L.B., 1956
Eugene SullivanUnited States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces5/27/1986 - 9/30/2002
Walter Cox IIIUnited States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces9/6/1984 - 9/18/2000
John L. NapierUnited States Court of Federal Claims1986-1989Davidson College, 1969University of South Carolina Law School, 1972

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also:Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated39 individuals to federal judgeships onArticle III courts. As of February 5, 2026, 33 of the nominees wereconfirmed.

During his first term in office, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made245 judicial appointments.[4] Of those appointments,234 were Article III judges.[5] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from theSenate.[6]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United StatesArticle 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 forJanuary 1, 2025, 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

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 February 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 February 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 32.

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Ronald Reagan
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1981

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1982

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1983

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1984

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1985

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1986

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1987

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1988

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