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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by William J. Clinton
William J. Clinton (Democratic) made 383 Article III appointments between 1993 and 2001, by commission date. 217 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court2
Courts of appeals66
District courts310
Other courts5
Total appointments383
The appointees
GenderMale 270 Female 113
Race or ethnicityWhite 288 African American 62 Hispanic 25 Asian American 5 American Indian 3
ABA ratingWell Qualified 237 Qualified 143 Not Qualified 3
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 (2)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 96-3 | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | |
| Stephen Gerald Breyer Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 87-9 | Well Qualified | Retired since 2022 |
Courts of appeals (66)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Ann Wilson Rogers | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| David S. Tatel | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2024 | ||
| Merrick B. Garland | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 76-23 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2021 | |
| Diana E. Murphy | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| John David Kelly | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Kermit Edward Bye | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 98-0 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | |
| Rosemary Barkett | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 61-37 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | |
| Frank M. Hull | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 96-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | |
| Stanley Marcus | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Charles R. Wilson | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| William Curtis Bryson | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Arthur J. Gajarsa | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| Richard Linn | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Timothy B. Dyk | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 74-25 | Qualified | Active | |
| Carl E. Stewart | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Fortunato Pedro Benavides | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Robert Manley Parker | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2002 | ||
| James L. Dennis | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| Sandra Lea Lynch | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| Kermit Victor Lipez | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| M. Blane Michael | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Diana Jane Gribbon Motz | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| William Byrd Traxler Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Robert Bruce King | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Roger L. Gregory | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 93-1 | Qualified | Active | |
| Michael Daly Hawkins | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Atsushi Wallace Tashima | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Sidney Runyan Thomas | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Barry G. Silverman | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Susan Graber | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 98-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | |
| M. Margaret McKeown | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 80-11 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | |
| Kim McLane Wardlaw | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| William A. Fletcher | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 57-41 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | |
| Raymond C. Fisher | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 69-29 | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | |
| Ronald Murray Gould | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Richard A. Paez | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 59-39 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | |
| Marsha Siegel Berzon | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 64-34 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | |
| Richard C. Tallman | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Johnnie B. Rawlinson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Pierre Nelson Leval | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Guido Calabresi | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| José Alberto Cabranes | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Fred I. Parker | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Chester J. Straub | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Rosemary S. Pooler | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Robert David Sack | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Sonia Sotomayor | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 68-28 | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2009 | |
| Robert A. Katzmann | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Diane Pamela Wood | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2024 | ||
| Terence Thomas Evans | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Ann Claire Williams | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| Martha Craig Daughtrey | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Karen Nelson Moore | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Ransey Guy Cole Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Eric L. Clay | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Ronald Lee Gilman | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 98-1 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | |
| Robert Harlan Henry | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Resignation 2010 | ||
| Mary Beck Briscoe | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Carlos F. Lucero | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Michael R. Murphy | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Theodore Alexander McKee | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| H. Lee Sarokin | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 63-35 | Well Qualified | Retirement 1996 | |
| Marjorie O. Rendell | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Maryanne Trump Barry | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| Thomas L. Ambro | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 96-2 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | |
| Julio M. Fuentes | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 93-0 | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 |
District courts (310)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey B. Collins | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Richard A. Paez | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2000 | ||
| Robert J. Timlin | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| George H. King | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Kim McLane Wardlaw | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1998 | ||
| Dean D. Pregerson | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Retirement 2025 | ||
| Christina A. Snyder | District Court for the Central District of California | 93-6 | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | |
| Carlos R. Moreno | District Court for the Central District of California | 96-0 | Well Qualified | Resignation 2001 | |
| Margaret M. Morrow | District Court for the Central District of California | 67-28 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | |
| A. Howard Matz | District Court for the Central District of California | 85-0 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | |
| David O. Carter | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Active | ||
| Nora Margaret Manella | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Resignation 2006 | ||
| Gary Allen Feess | District Court for the Central District of California | 94-4 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2015 | |
| Florence-Marie Cooper | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Virginia A. Phillips | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| Michael Patrick McCuskey | District Court for the Central District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Jeanne E. Scott | District Court for the Central District of Illinois | Qualified | Resignation 2010 | ||
| Roslyn O. Silver | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Frank R. Zapata | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Raner Christercunean Collins | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| James A. Teilborg | District Court for the District of Arizona | 95-0 | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | |
| Mary Helen Murguia | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2011 | ||
| Susan Ritchie Bolton | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Wiley Young Daniel | District Court for the District of Colorado | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Walker David Miller | District Court for the District of Colorado | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Emmet G. Sullivan | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Gladys Kessler | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Paul L. Friedman | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Ricardo M. Urbina | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| James Robertson | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Colleen Kollar-Kotelly | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. | District Court for the District of Columbia | 96-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | |
| Richard W. Roberts | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Ellen Segal Huvelle | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2025 | ||
| Robert N. Chatigny | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Dominic J. Squatrito | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Alvin W. Thompson | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Janet Bond Arterton | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Christopher Fitzgerald Droney | District Court for the District of Connecticut | 100-0 | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2011 | |
| Janet C. Hall | District Court for the District of Connecticut | 98-1 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | |
| Stefan R. Underhill | District Court for the District of Connecticut | 94-4 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | |
| Gregory Moneta Sleet | District Court for the District of Delaware | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| Helen W. Gillmor | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Susan Oki Mollway | District Court for the District of Hawaii | 56-34 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | |
| B. Lynn Winmill | District Court for the District of Idaho | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| John Thomas Marten | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2021 | ||
| Carlos Murguia | District Court for the District of Kansas | Qualified | Resignation 2020 | ||
| George Z. Singal | District Court for the District of Maine | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Deborah K. Chasanow | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Peter Jo Messitte | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Alexander Williams Jr. | District Court for the District of Maryland | Not Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Andre Maurice Davis | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2009 | ||
| Catherine C. Blake | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Patti B. Saris | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Reginald C. Lindsay | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Richard Gaylore Stearns | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Michael Adrian Ponsor | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Nancy Gertner | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| George A. O'Toole Jr. | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Michael James Davis | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| John R. Tunheim | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Ann D. Montgomery | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Donovan W. Frank | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Donald W. Molloy | District Court for the District of Montana | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Thomas Michael Shanahan | District Court for the District of Nebraska | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Joseph F. Bataillon | District Court for the District of Nebraska | 100-0 | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | |
| David Warner Hagen | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| Johnnie B. Rawlinson | District Court for the District of Nevada | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2000 | ||
| Roger L. Hunt | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Kent J. Dawson | District Court for the District of Nevada | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| William H. Walls | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Stephen Murray Orlofsky | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Resignation 2003 | ||
| Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2010 | ||
| Katharine Sweeney Hayden | District Court for the District of New Jersey | 97-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | |
| Faith S. Hochberg | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| Joel A. Pisano | District Court for the District of New Jersey | 95-2 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2015 | |
| Dennis M. Cavanaugh | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Martha Alicia Vázquez | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Bruce D. Black | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Ancer Lee Haggerty | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Ann L. Aiken | District Court for the District of Oregon | 67-30 | Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | |
| Garr M. King | District Court for the District of Oregon | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Anna J. Brown | District Court for the District of Oregon | Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Daniel R. Domínguez | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Retirement 2024 | ||
| Salvador E. Casellas | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Jay A. Garcia-Gregory | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Mary M. Lisi | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Cameron McGowan Currie | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Patrick Michael Duffy | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| Margaret B. Seymour | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Retirement 2022 | ||
| Lawrence L. Piersol | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Charles B. Kornmann | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Karen E. Schreier | District Court for the District of South Dakota | 94-4 | Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | |
| Tena Campbell | District Court for the District of Utah | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Dale A. Kimball | District Court for the District of Utah | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Brian Theadore Stewart | District Court for the District of Utah | 93-5 | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | |
| John Garvan Murtha | District Court for the District of Vermont | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| William K. Sessions III | District Court for the District of Vermont | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| William F. Downes | District Court for the District of Wyoming | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Billy Roy Wilson | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| James Maxwell Moody | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Anthony W. Ishii | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Frank C. Damrell Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Jennifer B. Coffman | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Helen Ginger Berrigan | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Sarah S. Vance | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Stanwood R. Duval Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| G. Thomas Porteous Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Impeachment & Conviction 2010 | ||
| Okla Jones II | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Eldon E. Fallon | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Mary Ann Vial Lemmon | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Ivan L. R. Lemelle | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Carl J. Barbier | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Denise Page Hood | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| Paul D. Borman | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| John Corbett O'Meara | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Arthur J. Tarnow | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| George Caram Steeh III | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Victoria A. Roberts | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | 85-0 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2023 | |
| David M. Lawson | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Marianne O. Battani | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Charles Alexander Shaw | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Catherine D. Perry | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| E. Richard Webber | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Nanette Kay Laughrey | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Rodney W. Sippel | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| David G. Trager | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Joanna Seybert | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Allyne R. Ross | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Frederic Block | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| John Gleeson | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Resignation 2016 | ||
| Nina Gershon | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Nicholas Garaufis | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Billy Michael Burrage | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Resignation 2001 | ||
| Marjorie O. Rendell | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1997 | ||
| Bruce William Kauffman | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Retirement 2009 | ||
| Mary A. McLaughlin | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 86-14 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2020 | |
| Petrese B. Tucker | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Berle M. Schiller | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| R[ichard] Barclay Surrick | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Curtis Lynn Collier | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| John H. Hannah Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| David Folsom | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| Thad Heartfield | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| T. John Ward | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Leonie M. Brinkema | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Raymond Alvin Jackson | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Jerome B. Friedman | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Gerald Bruce Lee | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Robert H. Whaley | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Edward F. Shea | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Charles N. Clevert Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Well Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Lynn S. Adelman | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Qualified | Active | ||
| Henry Lee Adams Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Susan C. Bucklew | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Richard A. Lazzara | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| James D. Whittemore | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| John Antoon II | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| John E. Steele | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| James S. Moody Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Gregory A. Presnell | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| W[illie] Louis Sands | District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Hugh Lawson | District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Ralph E. Tyson | District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| James J. Brady | District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana | 83-16 | Qualified | Death 2017 | |
| James A. Beaty Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| Thomas Ignatius Vanaskie | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2010 | ||
| A. Richard Caputo | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| James Martin Munley | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Yvette Kane | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Todd J. Campbell | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Aleta Arthur Trauger | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| William Joseph Haynes Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Charles Lynwood Smith Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| H. Dean Buttram Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Resignation 2002 | ||
| Inge Prytz Johnson | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Claudia Ann Wilken | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Maxine M. Chesney | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Susan Yvonne Illston | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Charles R. Breyer | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Martin J. Jenkins | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Resignation 2008 | ||
| Jeremy D. Fogel | District Court for the Northern District of California | 90-0 | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | |
| William Haskell Alsup | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Phyllis Jean Hamilton | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Robert Lewis Hinkle | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Stephan P. Mickle | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Clarence Cooper | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Frank M. Hull | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1997 | ||
| Willis B. Hunt Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Thomas W. Thrash Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Richard W. Story | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Charles A. Pannell Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Beverly Baldwin Martin | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2010 | ||
| Rubén Castillo | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| Blanche M. Manning | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| David H. Coar | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Elaine E. Bucklo | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Robert William Gettleman | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Joan B. Gottschall | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Matthew F. Kennelly | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| William J. Hibbler | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Ronald A. Guzman | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Joan Humphrey Lefkow | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| John W. Darrah | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Mark W. Bennett | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| W. Allen Pepper Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | 94-4 | Qualified | Death 2012 | |
| Rosemary S. Pooler | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1998 | ||
| Lawrence E. Kahn | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Norman A. Mordue | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| David N. Hurd | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Lesley Brooks Wells | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| James G. Carr | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Solomon Oliver Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| David A. Katz | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Not Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Kathleen McDonald O'Malley | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2010 | ||
| Donald C. Nugent | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Peter C. Economus | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Patricia Anne Gaughan | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| James S. Gwin | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | 100-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | |
| Dan A. Polster | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Billy Michael Burrage | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Resignation 2001 | ||
| Terence C. Kern | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Sven Erik Holmes | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Resignation 2005 | ||
| Sam A. Lindsay | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Active | ||
| Barbara M. Lynn | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2025 | ||
| W. Craig Broadwater | District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Napoleon A. Jones Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Barry Ted Moskowitz | District Court for the Southern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Jeffrey T. Miller | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Thomas J. Whelan | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| M. James Lorenz | District Court for the Southern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Daniel T. K. Hurley | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Joan A. Lenard | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Donald M. Middlebrooks | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Alan Stephen Gold | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| William P. Dimitrouleas | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Patricia A. Seitz | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Adalberto Jose Jordan | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 93-1 | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2012 | |
| Paul C. Huck | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| William Theodore Moore Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | Qualified | Retirement 2024 | ||
| Paul E. Riley | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| G. Patrick Murphy | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | 98-1 | Qualified | Retirement 2013 | |
| David R. Herndon | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| Michael Joseph Reagan | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Qualified | Retirement 2019 | ||
| David Frank Hamilton | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Not Qualified | Appointed to another court 2009 | ||
| Richard L. Young | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | 81-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | |
| Robert W. Pratt | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Allen G. Schwartz | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Deborah A. Batts | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Denise Cote | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Denny Chin | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2010 | ||
| Harold Baer Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| John George Koeltl | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Lewis A. Kaplan | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2001 | ||
| Shira A. Scheindlin | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Sidney H. Stein | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Barbara S. Jones | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Jed Saul Rakoff | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Richard Conway Casey | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Alvin K. Hellerstein | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Colleen McMahon | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Richard M. Berman | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| William H. Pauley III | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Naomi Reice Buchwald | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Victor Marrero | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| George B. Daniels | District Court for the Southern District of New York | 98-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | |
| Gerard E. Lynch | District Court for the Southern District of New York | 63-36 | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2009 | |
| Laura Taylor Swain | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Active | ||
| Susan J. Dlott | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Edmund A. Sargus Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Algenon L. Marbley | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | 91-0 | Qualified | Active | |
| Janis Graham Jack | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Vanessa D. Gilmore | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Retirement 2022 | ||
| Nancy Friedman Atlas | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Retirement 2022 | ||
| Hilda G. Tagle | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Keith P. Ellison | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | 94-4 | Qualified | Active | |
| Joseph Robert Goodwin | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Robert Charles Chambers | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Qualified | Active | ||
| Harry F. Barnes | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Robert Toombs Dawson | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Jennifer B. Coffman | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Thomas B. Russell | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Retirement 2023 | ||
| Joseph H. McKinley Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Tucker L. Melancon | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Robert Gillespie James | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Ortrie D. Smith | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Gary A. Fenner | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Nanette Kay Laughrey | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Rodney W. Sippel | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| Charles J. Siragusa | District Court for the Western District of New York | 98-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | |
| Lacy Herman Thornburg | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Retirement 2009 | ||
| Billy Michael Burrage | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Resignation 2001 | ||
| Vicki Miles-LaGrange | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| Donetta W. Ambrose | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Gary L. Lancaster | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Robert J. Cindrich | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Resignation 2004 | ||
| Sean J. McLaughlin | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Resignation 2013 | ||
| Bernice Bouie Donald | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2011 | ||
| Orlando Luis Garcia | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Active | ||
| Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| William Royal Furgeson Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| David Briones | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| James Parker Jones | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Norman K. Moon | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Franklin D. Burgess | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Robert S. Lasnik | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Marsha J. Pechman | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 |
Other courts (5)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Carl Pogue | Court of International Trade | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Evan Jonathan Wallach | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2011 | ||
| Judith Morgenstern Barzilay | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Delissa Anne Ridgway | Court of International Trade | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Richard K. Eaton | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.