TheBiographical Directory of Federal Judges is a publication of theFederal Judicial Center providing basic biographical information on all past and presentUnited States federal courtArticle III judges (thosefederal judges withlife tenure).
These include justices of theSupreme Court of the United States and judges ofUnited States courts of appeals,district courts, and the now-obsoletecircuit courts.
TheBiographical Directory is available online in searchable format. Biographical information provided for each judge includes birth and death dates, educational background, a summary of the judge's professional career and a summary of the judge's federal judicial service (including dates of nomination, confirmation, and acceptance of commission.) Where available, links to the location of the judge's manuscript papers, biographical sources, andoral history sources are also provided.
As a non-copyrightedwork of the United States government, theBiographical Directory is in thepublic domain within the United States.[1]
