Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Joseph R. Biden

Joseph R. Biden (Democratic) made 235 Article III appointments between 2021 and 2025, by commission date. 230 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court1
Courts of appeals45
District courts187
Other courts2
Total appointments235

The appointees

GenderFemale 150 Male 85
Race or ethnicityWhite 97 African American 63 Asian American 39 Hispanic 39 American Indian 4 Latino 2 South Asian American 1 Portuguese 1 Korean American 1 Middle Eastern 1 North African 1 Caribbean American 1 Pacific Islander 1 Pakistani 1 Cuban American 1
ABA ratingWell Qualified 197 Qualified 36 Qualified/Well Qualified 2

Counts per appointment as recorded in the Federal Judicial Center's directory. The American Bar Association has rated nominees since the 1950s; older appointments carry no rating, and some recent nominees were not rated.

Supreme Court (1)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Ketanji Brown Jackson Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 53-47 Well Qualified Active

Courts of appeals (45)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Ketanji Brown Jackson Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 53-44 Well Qualified Appointed to another court 2022
Julianna Michelle Childs Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 64-34 Well Qualified Active
Florence Y. Pan Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 52-42 Well Qualified Active
Bradley Nelson Garcia Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 53-40 Well Qualified Active
Nancy Gbana Abudu Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Embry Jerode Kidd Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 49-45 Well Qualified Active
Tiffany Patrice Cunningham Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 63-33 Well Qualified Active
Leonard Philip Stark Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 61-35 Well Qualified Active
Dana Marie Douglas Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 65-31 Qualified Active
Irma Carrillo Ramirez Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 80-12 Well Qualified Active
Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 52-41 Well Qualified Active
Lara Elizabeth Montecalvo Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 52-47 Well Qualified Active
Julie Rikelman Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 51-43 Well Qualified Active
Seth Robert Aframe Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 49-40 Well Qualified Active
Toby Jay Heytens Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 53-43 Well Qualified Active
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 53-44 Qualified Active
Nicole Gina Berner Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 50-47 Well Qualified Active
Lucy Haeran Koh Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 50-45 Well Qualified Active
Jennifer Sung Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Gabriel Patrick Sanchez Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 52-47 Well Qualified Active
Holly Aiyisha Thomas Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 48-40 Qualified Active
Salvador Mendoza Jr. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 46-40 Well Qualified Active
Roopali H. Desai Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 67-29 Qualified Active
Anthony Devos Johnstone Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 49-45 Well Qualified Active
Ana Isabel de Alba Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 48-43 Qualified Active
Eunice Cheryl Lee Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 50-47 Well Qualified Active
Beth Robinson Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 51-45 Well Qualified Active
Myrna Pérez Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 48-43 Qualified Active
Alison Julie Nathan Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 53-44 Well Qualified Active
Maria Araujo Kahn Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 51-42 Well Qualified Active
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 53-40 Well Qualified Active
John Zihun Lee Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 50-44 Well Qualified Active
Doris Lenea Pryor Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 60-31 Qualified Active
Joshua Paul Kolar Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 66-25 Well Qualified Active
Nancy Lee Maldonado Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 47-43 Well Qualified Active
Stephanie Dawkins Davis Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 49-43 Well Qualified Active
Andre Bernard Mathis Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 48-47 Well Qualified Active
Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 50-48 Well Qualified Active
Kevin Gafford Ritz Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 48-46 Well Qualified Active
Veronica Sophia Rossman Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 50-42 Qualified Active
Richard Edward Neel Federico Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 61-29 Well Qualified Active
Arianna Julia Freeman Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 50-47 Well Qualified Active
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 53-35 Well Qualified Active
Cindy Kyounga Chung Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 50-44 Well Qualified Active

District courts (187)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong District Court for the Central District of California 46-24 Well Qualified Active
Fred Wallace Slaughter District Court for the Central District of California 57-41 Well Qualified Active
Sunshine Suzanne Sykes District Court for the Central District of California 51-45 Well Qualified Active
Sherilyn Peace Garnett District Court for the Central District of California 62-33 Well Qualified Active
Wesley Liu Hsu District Court for the Central District of California 53-43 Well Qualified Active
Hernán Diego Vera District Court for the Central District of California 51-48 Well Qualified Active
Kenly Kiya Kato District Court for the Central District of California 51-46 Well Qualified Active
Monica Ramirez Almadani District Court for the Central District of California 51-44 Well Qualified Active
Michelle Williams Court District Court for the Central District of California 49-44 Well Qualified Active
Anne Hwang District Court for the Central District of California 48-43 Well Qualified Active
Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon District Court for the Central District of California 49-47 Qualified Active
Serena Raquel Murillo District Court for the Central District of California 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Colleen Rae Lawless District Court for the Central District of Illinois 51-41 Well Qualified Active
Jonathan Eugene Hawley District Court for the Central District of Illinois 50-46 Well Qualified Active
Krissa Marie Lanham District Court for the District of Arizona 66-26 Well Qualified Active
Angela Marie Martinez District Court for the District of Arizona 66-28 Well Qualified Active
Sharad Harshad Desai District Court for the District of Arizona 82-12 Qualified Active
Regina Marie Rodriguez District Court for the District of Colorado 72-28 Well Qualified Active
Charlotte Noelle Sweeney District Court for the District of Colorado 48-46 Well Qualified Active
Nina Nin-Yuen Wang District Court for the District of Colorado 58-36 Well Qualified Active
Gordon Paul Gallagher District Court for the District of Colorado 53-43 Well Qualified Active
S. Kato Crews District Court for the District of Colorado 51-48 Well Qualified Active
Florence Y. Pan District Court for the District of Columbia 68-30 Well Qualified Appointed to another court 2022
Jia Michelle Cobb District Court for the District of Columbia 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Ana Cecilia Reyes District Court for the District of Columbia 51-47 Well Qualified Active
Loren Linn AliKhan District Court for the District of Columbia 51-50 Well Qualified Active
Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali District Court for the District of Columbia 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Sparkle Leah Sooknanan District Court for the District of Columbia 50-48 Well Qualified Active
Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam District Court for the District of Connecticut 54-46 Well Qualified Appointed to another court 2022
Sarala Vidya Nagala District Court for the District of Connecticut 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Omar Antonio Williams District Court for the District of Connecticut 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Vernon Dion Oliver District Court for the District of Connecticut 53-44 Well Qualified Active
Sarah French Russell District Court for the District of Connecticut 50-44 Well Qualified Active
Gregory Brian Williams District Court for the District of Delaware 52-43 Well Qualified Active
Jennifer Lynne Hall District Court for the District of Delaware 67-29 Well Qualified Active
Micah William Janso Smith District Court for the District of Hawaii 57-41 Well Qualified Active
Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park District Court for the District of Hawaii 53-45 Qualified Active
Amanda Kathleen Brailsford District Court for the District of Idaho Well Qualified Active
Stacey Diane Neumann District Court for the District of Maine 50-43 Well Qualified Active
Deborah Lynn Boardman District Court for the District of Maryland 52-48 Well Qualified Active
Lydia Kay Griggsby District Court for the District of Maryland 59-39 Well Qualified Active
Julie Rebecca Rubin District Court for the District of Maryland 51-46 Well Qualified Active
Brendan Abell Hurson District Court for the District of Maryland 53-44 Well Qualified Active
Matthew James Maddox District Court for the District of Maryland 55-42 Well Qualified Active
Adam Ben Abelson District Court for the District of Maryland 53-43 Well Qualified Active
Angel Kelley District Court for the District of Massachusetts 52-44 Well Qualified Active
Margaret Rose Guzman District Court for the District of Massachusetts 49-48 Qualified/Well Qualified Active
Myong Jin Joun District Court for the District of Massachusetts 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Julia Eleanor Kobick District Court for the District of Massachusetts 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Brian Edward Murphy District Court for the District of Massachusetts 47-45 Well Qualified Active
Katherine Marie Menendez District Court for the District of Minnesota 49-21 Well Qualified Active
Jerry Wayne Blackwell District Court for the District of Minnesota 51-43 Well Qualified Active
Jeffrey Marc Bryan District Court for the District of Minnesota 49-46 Well Qualified Active
Laura Margarete Provinzino District Court for the District of Minnesota 54-41 Well Qualified Active
Susan Mason Bazis District Court for the District of Nebraska 78-21 Well Qualified Active
Anne Rachel Traum District Court for the District of Nevada 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Cristina Dionne Silva District Court for the District of Nevada 50-46 Well Qualified Active
Samantha Dowd Elliott District Court for the District of New Hampshire 62-37 Well Qualified Active
Julien Xavier Neals District Court for the District of New Jersey 66-33 Well Qualified Active
Zahid Nisar Quraishi District Court for the District of New Jersey 81-16 Well Qualified Active
Christine Patricia O'Hearn District Court for the District of New Jersey 52-44 Well Qualified Active
Karen McGlashan Williams District Court for the District of New Jersey 56-38 Well Qualified Active
Georgette Castner District Court for the District of New Jersey 52-47 Qualified Active
Evelyn Padin District Court for the District of New Jersey 51-43 Qualified Active
Michael Etan Farbiarz District Court for the District of New Jersey 65-34 Well Qualified Active
Robert Andrew Kirsch District Court for the District of New Jersey 57-42 Well Qualified Active
Jamel Ken Semper District Court for the District of New Jersey 54-44 Well Qualified Active
Edward Sunyol Kiel District Court for the District of New Jersey 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Margaret Irene Strickland District Court for the District of New Mexico 52-45 Well Qualified Active
David Herrera Urias District Court for the District of New Mexico 45-26 Well Qualified Active
Matthew Lane Garcia District Court for the District of New Mexico 53-46 Well Qualified Active
Sarah Morgan Davenport District Court for the District of New Mexico 52-45 Qualified Active
Adrienne Camille Nelson District Court for the District of Oregon 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Amy Margaret Baggio District Court for the District of Oregon 54-44 Well Qualified Active
Mustafa Taher Kasubhai District Court for the District of Oregon 51-44 Well Qualified Active
María del R. Antongiorgi-Jordán District Court for the District of Puerto Rico 55-43 Qualified Active
Camille Lizette Vélez-Rivé District Court for the District of Puerto Rico 55-42 Well Qualified Active
Gina Raquel Méndez-Miró District Court for the District of Puerto Rico 54-45 Qualified Active
Melissa Raye DuBose District Court for the District of Rhode Island 51-47 Qualified Active
Jacquelyn Denise Austin District Court for the District of South Carolina 80-17 Well Qualified Active
Eric Claude Schulte District Court for the District of South Dakota 61-33 Well Qualified Active
Camela Catherine Theeler District Court for the District of South Dakota 90-4 Well Qualified Active
Ann Marie McIff Allen District Court for the District of Utah 100-0 Well Qualified Active
Mary Kay Lanthier District Court for the District of Vermont 55-42 Well Qualified Active
Kelly Harrison Rankin District Court for the District of Wyoming Well Qualified Active
Jennifer Leigh Thurston District Court for the Eastern District of California 46-24 Well Qualified Active
Ana Isabel de Alba District Court for the Eastern District of California 53-45 Qualified Appointed to another court 2023
Daniel Joe Powell Calabretta District Court for the Eastern District of California 51-45 Well Qualified Active
Kirk Edward Sherriff District Court for the Eastern District of California 54-45 Well Qualified Active
Dena Michaela Coggins District Court for the Eastern District of California 50-44 Well Qualified Active
Darrel James Papillion District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 59-31 Well Qualified Active
Brandon Scott Long District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 64-22 Well Qualified Active
Shalina Deborah Kumar District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 44-25 Well Qualified Active
Frances Kay Behm District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Jonathan James Canada Grey District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 49-42 Well Qualified Active
Susan Kim DeClercq District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 52-42 Qualified Active
Brandy Renée McMillion District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 53-42 Well Qualified Active
Robert Jerome White District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 58-42 Well Qualified Active
Hector Gonzalez District Court for the Eastern District of New York 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Nina Rauh Morrison District Court for the Eastern District of New York 53-46 Well Qualified Active
Orelia Eleta Merchant District Court for the Eastern District of New York 51-48 Qualified Active
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury District Court for the Eastern District of New York 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Natasha Clarise Merle District Court for the Eastern District of New York 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr. District Court for the Eastern District of New York 51-48 Well Qualified Active
Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara District Court for the Eastern District of New York 51-42 Well Qualified Active
Mia Roberts Perez District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 52-43 Well Qualified Active
John Frank Murphy District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 63-28 Well Qualified Active
Kelley Brisbon Hodge District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 52-44 Well Qualified Active
Kai Niambi Scott District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 50-42 Well Qualified Active
Mary Kathleen Costello District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 52-41 Well Qualified Active
Catherine Henry District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 50-48 Well Qualified Active
Gail Allison Weilheimer District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 50-48 Well Qualified Active
Patricia Tolliver Giles District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 68-27 Well Qualified Active
Michael Stefan Nachmanoff District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 52-46 Well Qualified Active
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 59-37 Qualified Active
Jamar Kentrell Walker District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 52-41 Well Qualified Active
Mary Katherine Dimke District Court for the Eastern District of Washington 47-23 Well Qualified Active
Rebecca Louise Pennell District Court for the Eastern District of Washington 50-48 Well Qualified Active
Byron Browning Conway District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin 58-37 Qualified Active
Julie Simone Sneed District Court for the Middle District of Florida 54-44 Well Qualified Active
Julia Kathleen Munley District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Karoline Mehalchick District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 50-49 Qualified Active
Joseph Francis Saporito Jr. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 53-39 Well Qualified Active
Keli Marie Neary District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 49-48 Well Qualified Active
Jacqueline Scott Corley District Court for the Northern District of California 63-36 Well Qualified Active
Trina Lynn Thompson District Court for the Northern District of California 51-44 Well Qualified Active
Araceli Martinez-Olguin District Court for the Northern District of California 49-48 Qualified/Well Qualified Active
Patrick Casey Pitts District Court for the Northern District of California 53-46 Qualified Active
Rita Faye Lin District Court for the Northern District of California 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Eumi Kim Lee District Court for the Northern District of California 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Noël Wise District Court for the Northern District of California 50-47 Well Qualified Active
Victoria Marie Calvert District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 50-46 Well Qualified Active
Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 52-48 Qualified Active
Tiffany Rene Johnson District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 48-44 Well Qualified Active
Nancy Lee Maldonado District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 53-45 Well Qualified Appointed to another court 2024
Lindsay Clayton Jenkins District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 59-40 Well Qualified Active
LaShonda Annette Hunt District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 56-41 Well Qualified Active
Jeremy Christen Daniel District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 56-40 Well Qualified Active
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 50-45 Well Qualified Active
Sunil Ramesh Harjani District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 53-46 Well Qualified Active
Georgia Nick Alexakis District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 54-44 Well Qualified Active
April Michelle Perry District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 51-44 Well Qualified Active
Cristal C. Brisco District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 67-32 Well Qualified Active
Gretchen Suzanne Lund District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 87-6 Well Qualified Active
Anne Marie Nardacci District Court for the Northern District of New York 52-44 Qualified Active
Anthony Joseph Brindisi District Court for the Northern District of New York 50-49 Qualified Active
Elizabeth Cheryl Coombe District Court for the Northern District of New York 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Bridget Meehan Brennan District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 61-35 Qualified Active
Charles Esque Fleming District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 56-42 Well Qualified Active
David Augustin Ruiz District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 62-35 Well Qualified Active
Sara Elizabeth Hill District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma 52-14 Qualified Active
John David Russell District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Well Qualified Active
Linda Lopez District Court for the Southern District of California 48-25 Well Qualified Active
Jinsook Ohta District Court for the Southern District of California 47-24 Well Qualified Active
Ruth Bermudez Montenegro District Court for the Southern District of California 55-41 Qualified Active
Robert Steven Huie District Court for the Southern District of California 51-46 Well Qualified Active
Andrew George Schopler District Court for the Southern District of California 56-39 Well Qualified Active
James Edward Simmons Jr. District Court for the Southern District of California 51-43 Well Qualified Active
Benjamin Jerome Cheeks District Court for the Southern District of California 49-47 Qualified Active
Jacqueline Becerra District Court for the Southern District of Florida 56-40 Well Qualified Active
David Seymour Leibowitz District Court for the Southern District of Florida 64-33 Well Qualified Active
Melissa Damian District Court for the Southern District of Florida 77-20 Well Qualified Active
Matthew Paul Brookman District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Well Qualified Active
Stephen Henley Locher District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Well Qualified Active
Jennifer Louise Rochon District Court for the Southern District of New York 51-47 Well Qualified Active
Jennifer Hutchison Rearden District Court for the Southern District of New York Well Qualified Active
Arun Srinivas Subramanian District Court for the Southern District of New York 59-37 Well Qualified Active
Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke District Court for the Southern District of New York 48-43 Qualified Active
Dale Edwin Ho District Court for the Southern District of New York 50-49 Well Qualified Active
Margaret M. Garnett District Court for the Southern District of New York 49-46 Well Qualified Active
Jeannette Anne Vargas District Court for the Southern District of New York 51-43 Well Qualified Active
Jeffery Paul Hopkins District Court for the Southern District of Ohio 64-32 Well Qualified Active
John Andrew Kazen District Court for the Southern District of Texas 83-14 Well Qualified Active
Jerry Edwards Jr. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana 66-24 Well Qualified Active
Jane Marie Beckering District Court for the Western District of Michigan 45-25 Well Qualified Active
Meredith Anne Vacca District Court for the Western District of New York 50-41 Qualified Active
Leon Schydlower District Court for the Western District of Texas 90-8 Well Qualified Active
Ernest Gonzalez District Court for the Western District of Texas 88-7 Well Qualified Active
Robert Stewart Ballou District Court for the Western District of Virginia 59-37 Well Qualified Active
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon District Court for the Western District of Virginia 55-41 Well Qualified Active
David Estudillo District Court for the Western District of Washington 54-41 Qualified Active
Tana Lin District Court for the Western District of Washington 52-45 Well Qualified Active
Lauren Jennifer King District Court for the Western District of Washington 55-44 Well Qualified Active
John Hyungseung Chun District Court for the Western District of Washington 49-47 Well Qualified Active
Jamal Norman Whitehead District Court for the Western District of Washington 51-43 Well Qualified Active
Kymberly Kathryn Evanson District Court for the Western District of Washington 50-42 Well Qualified Active
Tiffany Mae Cartwright District Court for the Western District of Washington 50-47 Qualified Active

Other courts (2)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Lisa Wen-Jia Wang Court of International Trade 53-42 Well Qualified Active
Joseph A. Laroski Jr. Court of International Trade 76-0 Qualified Active

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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.