Federal judges nominated by Ronald Reagan

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 Of those, 382 were to Article III judgeships.^[1] Reagan had eight nominees withdrawn and 55 rejected or not voted on by the Senate.^[2]^[3]

List of judges

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

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 252 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of November 21, 2024, 219 of the nominees have been confirmed.^[4]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in November 2024, there were 46 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here.

The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for November 1, 2024, details the number of appointments made by President Biden 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 2021.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2021. 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 2021.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Trump had the most appeals court appointments with 53.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Bill Clinton had the most district court appointments with 169.