Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama

Barack Obama, President from 2009

This is a table of the judges that President Obama has nominated for federal judgeships.

Judge	Candidate to:	Term:	Confirmation:	Appointed from:	Term:	Bachelors:	Law:
Sue Myerscough	Central District of Illinois	3/14/2011 - Present				Southern Illinois U., B.A., 1973	Southern Illinois U. School of Law, J.D., 1980
Louis Butler	Western District of Wisconsin		Nominated 1/5/2011, Returned 12/17/2011			Lawrence University '73	U. of Wisconsin '77
James Graves	Fifth Circuit	2/14/2011- Present	Confirmed 2/14/2011	Mississippi Supreme Court	11/1/2001 - 2/14/2011	Millsaps College, B.A., 1975	Syracuse U. Law, J.D., 1980
Andrew Hurwitz	Ninth Circuit	6/12/2012-Present		Arizona Supreme Court	2003-2012	Princeton, A.B., 1968	Yale, J.D., 1972
John Gerrard	District of Nebraska	1/23/2012 - Present		Nebraska Supreme Court	1995-2012	Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1976	University of the Pacific Law, 1981
Barbara Keenan	Fourth Circuit	3/2/2010 - Present		Supreme Court of Virginia	1991-2010	Cornell U.	George Washington U. '74
Elissa Cadish	District of Nevada			Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court	7/2007 - Present	U. of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1986	U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1989
Kathleen M. O'Malley	Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit	12/27/2010 - Present		Northern District of Ohio	1994-2010	Kenyon College, A.B., 1979	Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Bernice Donald	Sixth Circuit	10/20/2011 - Present	9/6/2011	Western District of Tennessee	12/1995 - 9/2011	Memphis State U. '74	Memphis State U. '79
Gershwin Drain	Eastern District of Michigan	8/2/2012 - Present	Appointed 11/17/2011, Confirmed 8/2/2012	3rd Circuit Court, Michigan		Western Michigan U., B.S., 1970	U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1972
Timothy Hillman	District of Massachusetts	4/4/2012 - Present		District of Massachusetts, Magistrate	2/13/2006 - Present	Coe College, B.A., 1970	Suffolk U. Law, J.D., 1973
Robert Chatigny	District of Connecticut	9/28/1994 - Present				Brown U., B.A., 1973	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1978
Christopher Droney	Second Circuit	11/28/2011-Present	Appointed 5/4/2011, Confirmed 11/28/2011	District of Connecticut	1997 - 2011	College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 1976	U. of Connecticut Law, J.D., 1979
Denny Chin	Second Circuit	4/23/2010 - Present		Southern District of New York	1994 - 2010	Princeton, B.A., 1975	Fordham U. Law, J.D., 1978
Gerard Lynch	Second Circuit	9/17/2009 - Present		Southern District of New York	2000-2009	Columbia, B.A., 1972	Columbia Law, J.D., 1975
Leonard Stark	District of Delaware	8/5/2010 - Present				U. of Delaware, 1991	Yale Law, 1996
Joseph Greenaway	Third Circuit	2/9/2010 - Present		District of New Jersey	1996-2010	Columbia '78	Harvard Law '81
Claire Cecchi	District of New Jersey	6/14/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 3/2/2011, Confirmed 6/14/2011	District of New Jersey, Magistrate judge	4/26/2006 - 6/14/2011	Barnard College, Columbia U. '82	Fordham University Law '89
Esther Salas	District of New Jersey	6/14/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 3/2/2011, confirmed 6/14/2011	District of New Jersey, Magistrate Judge	11/3/2006 - 6/14/2011	Rutgers University '91	Rutgers University Law '94
Patty Shwartz	Third Circuit	4/9/2013 - Present	3/19/2013	District of New Jersey, Magistrate Judge	3/10/2003 - 4/9/2013	Rutgers College, B.A., 1983	U. of Pennsylvania Law, J.D., 1986
Michael Shipp	District of New Jersey	7/23/2012 - Present		District of New Jersey, Magistrate	10/2007 - 7/2012	Rutgers U., B.S., 1987	Seton Hall U. Law, J.D., 1994
Felipe Restrepo	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	06/2006 - Present				U. of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1981	Tulane Law, J.D., 1986
Thomas Vanaskie	Third Circuit	4/21/2010 - Present		Middle District of Pennsylvania	1994-2010	Lycoming College '75	Dickinson School of Law '78
Malachy Mannion	Middle District of Pennsylvania	12/21/2012 - Present		Middle District of Pennsylvania, Magistrate	01/04/2001 - 12/21/2012	U. of Scranton, B.S., 1976	Pace U. Law, J.D., 1979
Mark Goldsmith	Eastern District of Michigan	6/2/2010 - Present				U. of Michigan, B.A., 1974	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1977
Elena Kagan	Supreme Court	8/7/2010 - Present		United States Solicitor General	2009-2010	Princeton, A.B., 1981	Harvard Law, J.D., 1986
Adalberto Jordan	Eleventh Circuit	2/15/2012 - Present	Nominated 8/2/2011, Confirmed 2/15/2012	Southern District of Florida	9/9/1999 - 2/15/2012	U. of Miami, B.A., 1984	U. of Miami, J.D., 1987
David Hamilton	Seventh Circuit	11/23/2009 - Present		Southern District of Indiana	10/11/1994 - 11/24/2009	Haverford College, B.A., 1979	Yale Law School, J.D., 1983
Beverly Martin	Eleventh Circuit	1/20/2010 - Present		Northern District of Georgia	2000-2009	Stetson U., B.A., 1976	U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 198
Sonia Sotomayor	Supreme Court	8/6/2009-present		Second Circuit	1998-2009	Princeton U., B.A., 1976	Yale Law, J.D., 1979
Andre Davis	Fourth Circuit	11/10/2009 - Present		District of Maryland	1995-2009	U. of Pennsylvania '71	U. Maryland Law '78
Henry Floyd	Fourth Circuit	10/3/2011 - Present	Nominated 1/26/2011, Confirmed 10/3/2011	District of South Carolina	2003-2011	Wofford College, B.A., 1970	U. of South Carolina Law, J.D., 19'73
Mary Murguia	Ninth Circuit	1/4/2011 - Present		District of Arizona	2000 - 2011	U. of Kansas, 1982	U. of Kansas Law School, 1985
D.P. Marshall	Eastern District of Arkansas	5/6/2010 - Present				Arkansas State U., B.A., 1985	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1989
Ellen Hollander	District of Maryland	12/28/2010 - Present		Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Associate Judge	1994 - 2010	Goucher College, B.A., 1971	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1974
Morgan Christen	Ninth Circuit	1/11/2012 - Present		Alaska Supreme Court	2009-2011	U. of Washington, 1983	Golden Gate U. Law, 1986
James Wynn	Fourth Circuit	8/5/2010 - Present		North Carolina Court of Appeals	1991-2010	U. of North Carolina '75	Marquette U. Law '79
Jane Magnus-Stinson	Southern District of Indiana	6/9/2010 - Present		Magistrate Judge	2007 - 2010	Butler U., B.A., 1979	Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1983
Susan Richard Nelson	District of Minnesota	12/21/2010 - Present		Magistrate Judge	2000 - 2010	Oberlin College, B.A., 1974	U. of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1978
Audrey Fleissig	Eastern District of Missouri	6/9/2010 - Present		Magistrate Judge	2001 - 2010	Carleton College, B.A., 1976	Washington U. School of Law, J.D., 1980
Timothy S. Black	Southern District of Ohio	5/13/2010 - Present		Magistrate Judge	2004 - 2010	Harvard U., A.B., 1975	Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky U., J.D., 1983
Evan Wallach	Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit	11/8/2011 - Present	Nominated 7/28/2011, Confirmed 11/8/2011	United States Court of International Trade	1995 - 2011	U. of Arizona, B.A,, 1973	U. of California Law, J.D., 1976
Diana Saldaña	Southern District of Texas	02/07/2011 - Present	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 2/7/2011	Southern District of Texas, Magistrate Judge	2006-2011	U. of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1993 and 1994	U. of Texas Law, J.D., 19'97
Michael Urbanski	Western District of Virginia	05/11/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 2/16/2011, Confirmed 5/11/2011	Western District of Virginia, Magistrate	1/23/2004 - 5/11/2011	College of William and Mary 1978	U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1981
James Bredar	District of Maryland	12/16/2010 - Present		District of Maryland, Magistrate Judge	1998 - 2010	Harvard University, B.A., 1979	Georgetown University, J.D., 1982
Charles Day	District of Maryland	2/18/1997 - Present	Nominated 1/5/2011, Nomination withdrawn			U. of Maryland '78	U. of Maryland Law '84
Paul Grimm	District of Maryland	12/3/2012 - Present	Appointed 2/16/2012, Confirmed 12/3/2012		02/05/1997 - 12/3/2012	U. of California, Davis, A.B., 1973	U. of New Mexico Law, J.D., 1976
David Nuffer	District of Utah	3/22/2012 - Present	Nominated 6/29/2011, Confirmed 3/22/2012	District of Utah, Magistrate	2003-2012	Brigham Young U., 1975	Brigham Young U. Law, 1978
Sharon Coleman	Northern District of Illinois	7/13/2010 - Present				Northern Illinois U., B.A., 1981	Washington U. School of Law, J.D., 1984
Cathy Bissoon	Western District of Pennsylvania	10/17/2011 - Present	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 10/13/2011	Western District of Pennsylvania, Magistrate	2008 - 2011	Alfred University '90	Harvard Law '93
Robert Bacharach	Tenth Circuit	2/25/2013 - Present		Magistrate judge, Western District of Oklahoma	03/29/1999 - 2/25/2013	U. of Oklahoma, B.A., 1981	Washington U. Law, J.D., 1985
Leslie Kobayashi	District of Hawaii	12/22/2010 - Present				Wellesley College, B.A., 1979	Boston College School of Law, J.D., 1983
Richard Seeborg	Northern District of California	1/4/2010 - Present		Federal magistrate judge	2001 - 2009	Yale College, B.A., 1978	Columbia U. School of Law, J.D., 1981
Anthony J. Battaglia	Southern District of California	3/9/2011 - Present		Federal Magistrate Judge	1993 - 2011	United States International U., B.A., 1971	California Western School of Law, J.D., 1974
Cathy Bencivengo	Southern District of California	2/9/2012 - Present	2/9/2012	Southern District of California, Magistrate Judge	12/5/2005 - 2/9/2012	Rutgers University, B.A., 1980	U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1988
Fernando Olguin	Central District of California	12/17/2012 - Present		Central District of California, Magistrate Judge	07/23/2001 - 12/17/2012	Harvard, 1985	U. of California, Berkeley Law, J.D., 1989
Kimberly Mueller	Eastern District of California	12/21/2010 - Present		Federal Magistrate Judge	2003 - 2010	Pomona College, B.A., 1981	Stanford Law School, J.D., 1995
Edward Chen	Northern District of California	5/12/2011 - Present		Federal Magistrate Judge	2001 - 2011	U. of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1975	U. of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1979
Linda T. Walker	Northern District of Georgia		Nominated 1/26/2011, Returned 12/17/2011	Northern District of Georgia	1999-Present	Southern U., B.S., 1983	U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 1989
Sheri Chappell	Middle District of Florida	04/21/2003 - Present				U. of Wisconsin, B.A., 1984	Nova Southeastern U., J.D., 1987
Robin Rosenbaum	Southern District of Florida	6/26/2012 - Present		Magistrate, Southern District of Florida	5/2007 - 6/26/2012	Coe College, B.A., 1970	Suffolk U. Law, J.D., 1973
Jeffrey Viken	District of South Dakota	9/30/2009 - Present				U. of South Dakota, B.A., 1974	U. of South Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1977
Charlene Honeywell	Middle District of Florida	11/12/2009 - Present		Florida Thirteenth Circuit Court	2000-2009	Howard U., B.A., 1979	U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1981
Irene Berger	Southern District of West Virginia	11/09/2009 - Present		West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge of Kanawha County	1994 - 2009	West Virginia U., B.A., 1976	West Virginia U. Law, J.D., 1979
Roberto Lange	District of South Dakota	10/21/2009 - Present				U. of South Dakota, B.A., 1985	Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1988
Catherine Eagles	Middle District of North Carolina	12/16/2010 - Present		North Carolina Superior Courts, Superior Court Judge	1993 - 2010	Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), 1979	National Law Center, George Washington University, 1982
Christina Reiss	District of Vermont	02/07/2010 - Present		Vermont District Courts, Judge	2004 - 2009	St. Michael’s College, B.A.	U. of Arizona Law, J.D., 1989
Benita Pearson	Northern District of Ohio	12/27/2010 - Present		Magistrate Judge	2008 - 2010	Georgetown U., B.S., 1985	Cleveland State U., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 1995
Dolly Gee	Central District of California	1/4/2010 - Present				U. of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1981	U. of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1984
Jacqueline Nguyen	Ninth Circuit	5/7/2012 - Present		Central District of California	12/4/2009 - 5/7/2012	Occidental College, A.B., 1987	U. of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1991
Jane Stranch	Sixth Circuit	9/13/2010 - Present				Vanderbuilt U. '75	Vanderbuilt U. Law '78
Gina Marie Groh	Northern District of West Virginia	3/15/2012 - Present	3/15/2012	Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, West Virginia	2006-2012	Shepherd U., B.S., 1986	West Virginia U. Law, J.D., 1989
Abdul Kallon	Northern District of Alabama	1/4/2010 - Present				Dartmouth College, A.B., 1990	U. of Pennsylvania Law, J.D., 1993
O. Rogeriee Thompson	First Circuit	3/17/2010 - Present		Rhode Island Superior Court	1997-2010	Brown U. '73	Boston U. Law '76
Rosanna Peterson	Eastern District of Washington	1/26/2010 - Present				U. of North Dakota School, B.A., 1977	U. of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1991
William Thomas (Florida)	Florida Eleventh Circuit Court	2005 - 1/2/2017		Federal Public Defender	1997 - 2005	Washington and Jefferson College, 1991	Temple University, 1994
Michael McShane	Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon					Gonzaga U., B.A., 1983	Lewis and Clark College Law, J.D., 1988
Sharon L. Gleason	District of Alaska	11/15/2011 - Present	Nominated 4/6/2011, Confirmed 11/15/2011	Alaska Third District	2001-2011	Washington U., St. Louis, B.A., 1979	U. of California, Davis Law, J.D., 1983
Marco A. Hernandez	District of Oregon	2/9/2011 - Present				Western Oregon State College, B.A., 1983	U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1986
Jeffrey L. Schmehl	Berks County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania
Albert Diaz	Fourth Circuit	12/22/2010 - Present				U. of Pennsylvania '83	New York U. Law '88
John T. Fowlkes	Western District of Tennessee	7/10/2012 - Present		Thirtieth Judicial District, Tennessee	2007 – 2016	Valparaiso University, 1975	University of Denver, 1977
William Conley	Western District of Wisconsin	3/25/2010 - Present				U. of Wisconsin, B.A., 1978	U. of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1982
Brian Jackson	Middle District of Louisiana	06/15/2010 - Present				Xavier U., 1982	Southern U. Law, 1985
Andrew L. Carter, Jr.	Southern District of New York	12/5/2011 - Present	Appointed 5/19/2011, Confirmed 12/5/2011	Eastern District of New York, Magistrate Judge	2009-2011	U. of Texas, B.A., 1991	Harvard Law, J.D., 1994
David Guaderrama	Western District of Texas	4/26/2012 - Present	Nominated 9/14/2011, Awaiting hearing	Magistrate Western District of Texas	2010 - 2012	New Mexico State U., B.A., 1975	Notre Dame Law, J.D., 1979
Nelva Gonzales Ramos	Southern District of Texas	08/08/2011-Current	08/04/2011	Texas District 347	2000 - 2011	Southwest Texas State U., B.S., 1987	U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1991
Timothy M. Cain	District of South Carolina	9/20/2011 - Present	Confirmed 9/20/2011	10th Judicial Circuit, South Carolina	2000 - 2011	University of South Carolina, B.S., 1983	University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1986
Scott W. Skavdahl	District of Wyoming	11/3/2011 - Present	Nominated 2/16/2011, Confirmed 11/3/2011	District of Wyoming, Magistrate	2001 - 2003, 2010 - 2011	University of Wyoming, B.S., 1989	University of Wyoming School of Law, J.D., 1992
Nancy D. Freudenthal	District of Wyoming	5/6/2010 - Present				U. of Wyoming, B.A., 1976	U. of Wyoming Law, J.D., 1980
George L. Russell, III	District of Maryland	5/14/2012-Current	Nominated 11/10/2011, Confirmed 5/14/2012	Maryland Eighth Circuit	2007-2012	Morehouse College, B.A., 1988	U. of Maryland Law, J.D., 1991
Mark E. Walker	Northern District of Florida	12/6/2012 - Present	Appointed 2/16/2012, Confirmed 12/6/2012	Florida Second Circuit Court	2008 - 2012	U. of Florida, B.A., 1989	U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1992
Brian C. Wimes	Western District of Missouri	4/23/2012 - Present	Nominated 9/22/2011, Confirmed 4/23/2012	Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court	2007 - 2012	U. of Kansas, B.G.S., 1990	Texas Southern U., J.D., 1994
John A. Ross	Eastern District of Missouri	10/11/2011 - Present				Emory U., B.A., 1976	Emory U. School of Law, J.D., 1979
Robert N. Scola, Jr.	Southern District of Florida	10/19/2011 - Present	10/19/2011	Florida Eleventh Circuit Court, Family Division		Brown U., B.A., 1977	Boston College Law, J.D., 1980
J. Michelle Childs	District of South Carolina	08/05/2010 - Present				U. of South Florida, B.A., 1984	U. of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1991
Richard Mark Gergel	District of South Carolina	08/9/2010 - Present				Duke U., B.A., 1975	Duke U., J.D., 1979
Beverly Reid O'Connell	Central District of California	4/11/2013 - Present		Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California	2005-2013	U. of California, Los Angeles, B.A. 1986	Pepperdine U. Law, J.D., 1990
John A. Kronstadt	Central District of California	4/14/2011 - Present				Cornell University, B.A., 1973	Yale Law School, J.D., 1976
Josephine S. Tucker	Central District of California	6/22/2010 - Present				William Jewell College, B.A., 1983	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986
Troy L. Nunley		3/23/2013 - Present		Superior Court of Sacramento County, California	2002-2013	St. Mary`s College of California, B.A., 1986	U. of California Law, J.D., 1990
Gonzalo P. Curiel	Southern District of California	9/22/2012 - Present	Nominated 11/10/2011, Confirmed 9/22/2012	Superior Court of San Diego County, California		Indiana U., B.A., 1976	Indiana U. Law, J.D., 1979
Edward J. Davila	Northern District of California	3/3/2011 - Present		Superior Court of Santa Clara County	2001-2011	California State U., San Diego, B.A., 1976	U. of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1979
Lucy H. Koh	Northern District of California	6/9/2010 - Present				Harvard U., B.A., 1990	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1993
R. Brooke Jackson	District of Colorado	8/2/2011 - Present	Confirmed by committee 5/12/2011, Confirmed 8/2/2011	Colorado First Judicial District	1998 - 2011	Dartmouth '69	Harvard Law '72
Gloria M. Navarro	District of Nevada	5/6/2010 - Present				U. of Nevada Las Vegas, B.A., 1989	Arizona State U. College of Law, J.D., 1992
Frank P. Geraci, Jr.	Western District of New York	12/13/2012 - Present		Monroe County Supreme Court, New York	2000 - 2012; 1999 - 2012	U. of Dayton, B.A., 1973	U. of Dayton Law, J.D., 1973
James E. Boasberg	D.C. District Court	3/14/2011 - Present		Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2002 - 2011	Yale '85	Yale Law '90
Florence Pan	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2009-Present				University of Pennsylvania	Stanford Law School
Marisa Demeo	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2010-Present		Magistrate Judge, DC Superior Court	2007-2010	Princeton University	New York University School of Law
John McCabe	Superior Court for the District of Columbia	2012-Present		Family Court Magistrate	2002-2012	Duke University	Tulane University Law School
Judith A. Smith	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2010-2025		Magistrate judge, Superior Court of D.C.	2008-2010	Pennsylvania State University, 1985	Georgetown University Law Center, 1992
James E. Shadid	Central District of Illinois	3/10/2011 - Present				Bradley U., B.S., 1979	John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1983
Tanya Walton Pratt	Southern District of Indiana	6/15/2010 - Present				Spelman College, B.A., 1981	Howard U. School of Law, J.D., 1984
Jon E. DeGuilio	Northern District of Indiana	5/13/2010 - Present				U. of Notre Dame, B.A., 1977	Valparaiso U. School of Law, J.D., 1981
Steve C. Jones	Northern District of Georgia	3/3/2011 - Present		Tenth Superior Court District of Georgia	1995-2011	U. of Georgia '78	U. of Georgia Law '87
Elizabeth Erny Foote	Western District of Louisiana	06/15/2010 - Present				Louisiana State U., 1974	Louisiana State U. Law, 1978
Marc Thomas Treadwell	Middle District of Georgia	6/22/2010 - Present				Valdosta State U., B.A., 1978	Mercer U. Law, J.D., 1981
Goodwin Liu	California Supreme Court	2011-2014		Associate Dean and Professor of Law, UC Berkeley	2003-2011	Stanford University, 1991	Yale Law School, 1998
Gary Feinerman	Northern District of Illinois	6/29/2010 - Present				Yale College, B.A., 1987	Stanford Law School, J.D., 1991
William J. Martinez	District of Colorado	12/21/2010 - Present				U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.Sc. & B.A., 1977	U. of Chicago Law, J.D., 1980
Scott Matheson	Tenth Circuit	12/22/2010 - Present				Stanford U. '75	Yale Law '80
John McConnell	District of Rhode Island	5/4/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 5/13/2010, Confirmed 5/4/2011			Brown, A.B., 1980	Case Western Reserve U. Law, J.D., 1983
Raymond Lohier	Second Circuit	12/19/2010 - Present				Harvard, A.B., 1988	New York U., J.D., 1991
Amy Totenberg	Northern District of Georgia	2/28/2011 - Present				Harvard-Radcliffe '74	Harvard Law '77
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers	Northern District of California	11/15/2011-Present	Appointed 5/4/2011, Confirmed 11/15/2011	Superior Court of Alameda County, California	2010-2011	Princeton U., A.B., 1987	U. of of Texas Law, J.D., 1991
Jon S. Tigar	Northern District of California	12/21/2012 - Present		Superior Court of Alameda County, California	2002-20012	Williams College, B.A., 1984	U. of California, Berkeley Law, J.D., 1989
Todd E. Edelman	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	6/2010-Present		Clinical professor, Georgetown Law School	2008-2010	Yale University, 1990	New York University School of Law, 1994
Paul K. Holmes	Western District of Arkansas	2/8/2011 - Present				Westminster College, B.A., 1973	U. of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1978
Edward C. DuMont			Nominated 1/5/2011, Nomination Withdrawn			Yale '83	Stanford Law '86
John A. Gibney	Eastern District of Virginia	12/16/2010 - Present				College of William & Mary, 1973	U. of Virginia Law, 1976
Edmond E. Chang	Northern District of Illinois	12/20/2010 - Present				U. of Michigan, B.S.E., 1991	Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1994
Carlton W. Reeves	Southern District of Mississippi	12/20/2010 - Present				Jackson State U., B.A., 1986	U. of Virginia Law, 1989
Denise Casper	District of Massachusetts	12/20/2010 - Present				Wesleyan University, 1990	Harvard Law School, 1994
Susan L. Carney	Second Circuit	5/17/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 9/15/2010, Confirmed 5/17/2011			Harvard, A.B., 1973	Harvard Law, J.D., 1977
Robert Leon Wilkins	D.C. District Court	12/27/2010-present	12/22/2010			Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. 1986	Harvard Law, 1989
Max O. Cogburn, Jr.	Western District of North Carolina	3/10/2011-Current	Confirmed 3/10/2011			U. of North Carolina '73	Samford U. Cumberland Law '76
Amy B. Jackson	D.C. District Court	3/17/2011-Current				Harvard '76	Harvard Law '79
Jane Triche-Milazzo	Eastern District of Louisiana	10/11/2011 - Present	Confirmed 10/11/2011	23rd Judicial District, Louisiana	2008 - 2011	Nicholls State U., B.A., 1977	Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1992
Victoria F. Nourse	Seventh Circuit		Nominated 1/5/2011, Awaiting Hearing			Stanford University '80	U. of California, Boalt Hall'84
Beryl A. Howell	D.C. District Court	12/27/2010 - Present	12/22/2010			Bryn Mawr College '78	Columbia University '83
Michael H. Simon	District of Oregon	6/22/2011 - Present				U. of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1978	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
Kathleen M. Williams	Southern District of Florida	8/2/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 2/2/2011, Confirmed 8/2/2011			Duke U., B.A., 1978	U. of Miami Law, J.D., 1982
Nelson S. Roman	Southern District of New York	5/9/2013 - Present		New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division	2009-2013	Fordham U., B.A., 1984	Brooklyn Law, J.D., 1989
Maria Elizabeth Raffinan	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2010-Present				Boston College	Catholic University of America
Marina Marmolejo	Southern District of Texas	10/3/2011 - Present	10/3/2011			U. of the Incarnate Word '92	St. Mary's University '96
Susan Hickey	Western District of Arkansas	10/19/2011 - Present				U. of Arkansas, B.A., 1977	U. of Arkansas Law, J.D., 1981
Mae A. D'Agostino	Northern District of New York	03/30/2011 - Present				Siena College, B.A., 1977	Syracuse U. Law, J.D., 1980
Caitlin J. Halligan						Princeton '88	Georgetown Law '95
Jimmie V. Reyna	Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit	4/4/2011-Current	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 4/4/2011			U. of Rochester '75	U. of New Mexico Law '78
Analisa Torres	Southern District of New York	4/18/2013 - Present		New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District	2004 - 2013	Harvard, A.B., 1981	Columbia Law, J.D., 1984
Robert David Mariani	Middle District of Pennsylvania	10/19/2011 - Present	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 10/19/2011			Villanova U., A.B., 1972	Syracuse U. Law, J.D., 1976
Michael C. Green	Western District of New York		Nominated 1/26/2011, Returned 12/17/2011			LeMoyne College, B.S., 1983	Western New England College, J.D., 1986
Ramona V. Manglona	United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands	2011-Present	Hearing Date 3/16/2011, Confirmed 7/26/2011	Superior Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	2003-2011	U. of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1990	U. of New Mexico Law, J.D., 1996
J. Paul Oetken	Southern District of New York	7/18/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 3/16/2011, Confirmed 7/18/2011			U. of Iowa, B.A., 1988	Yale Law, J.D., 1991
Natasha P. Silas	Northern District of Georgia		Nominated 1/26/2011, Returned 12/17/2011			Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1988	U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1992
Arenda L. Wright Allen	Eastern District of Virginia	05/11/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 2/16/2011, Confirmed 5/11/2011			Kutztown State College, B.A., 1982	North Carolina Central U. Law, J.D., 1985
Mark Raymond Hornak	Western District of Pennsylvania	10/19/2011 - Present	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 10/19/2011			U. of Pittsburgh '78	U. of Pittsburgh Law '81
Vincent L. Briccetti	Southern District of New York	4/12/2011-Current	Nominated 1/5/2011, Confirmed 4/12/2011			Columbia U. '76	Fordham University Law '80
Roy Bale Dalton, Jr.	Middle District of Florida	5/2/2011 - Present	Hearing Date 3/2/2011, Confirmed 5/2/2011			U. of Florida, B.A., 1974	U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1976
Sara Lynn Darrow	Central District of Illinois	8/3/2011 - Present				Marquette U., B.A., 1992	Saint Louis U. School of Law, J.D., 1997
Kevin Hunter Sharp	Middle District of Tennessee	5/3/2011 - Present				Christian Brothers College, B.S., 1990	Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1993
Paul A. Engelmayer	Southern District of New York	7/26/2011 - Present	Nominated 2/2/2011, Confirmed 7/26/2011			Harvard, B.A., 1983	Harvard Law, J.D., 1987
Joseph H. Gale	United States Tax Court	2/6/1996 - Present				Princeton University, A.B., 1976	University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1980
Wilma Lewis	United States District Court for the U.S. Virgin Islands	6/30/2011 - Present	Hearing 5/24/2011, Confirmed 6/30/2011			Swarthmore College, B.A., 1978	Harvard Law, J.D., 1981
Nancy Torresen	District of Maine	10/3/2011 - Present				Hope College, B.A., 1981	U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1987
Juan F. Vasquez	United States Tax Court	5/1/1995 - Present				U. of Texas, B.B.A., 1972	U, of Houston Law, J.D., 1977
Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro	Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania
Mary Geiger Lewis	District of South Carolina	6/18/2012 - Present	Confirmed June 18, 2012			Clemson U., B.A., 1980	U. of South Carolina Law, J.D., 1984
Arvo Mikkanen	Northern District of Oklahoma					Dartmouth College, B.A., 1983	Yale Law School, J.D., 1986
Alison J. Nathan	Southern District of New York	10/13/2011 - Present	Nominated 3/31/2011,Confirmed 10/13/2011			Cornell, B.A., 1994	Cornell Law, J.D., 2000
Corinne Ann Beckwith	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	11/2011-present	Nominated 3/31/2011, 11/2011			Kalamazoo College, B.A.	University of Michigan Law School
Steve Six			Nominated 3/9/2011, Returned 12/17/2011			Carleton College, B.A., 1988	U. of Kansas Law, J.D., 1993
William Kuntz	Eastern District of New York	10/4/2011 - Present	Nominated 3/9/2011, Confirmed 10/3/2011			Harvard, A.B., 1972	Harvard Law, J.D., 1977
Nannette Jolivette-Brown	Eastern District of Louisiana	10/3/2011 - Present				University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.A., 1985	Tulane Law School, J.D., 1988
Dana Christensen	District of Montana	12/5/2011 - Present	12/5/2011			Stanford U., B.A., 1973	U. of Montana Law, J.D., 1976
Edgardo Ramos	Southern District of New York	12/5/2011 - Present	Appointed 5/4/2011, Confirmed 12/5/2011			Yale, B.A., 1982	Harvard Law, J.D., 1987
Katherine Forrest	Southern District of New York	10/13/2011 - Present	10/13/2011			Wesleyan U., B.A., 1986	New York U. Law, J.D., 1990
Stephen Higginson	Fifth Circuit	10/31/2011 - Present	10/31/2011			Harvard, A.B., 1983	Yale Law, J.D., 1987
Richard G. Andrews	District of Delaware	11/3/2011 - Present	11/3/2011			Haverford College, B.A., 1977	U. of California Berkley Law, J.D., 1981
Jeffrey J. Helmick	Northern District of Ohio	6/6/2012 - Present	6/6/2012			Haverford College, B.A., 1977	U. of California Berkley Law, J.D., 1981
James Gilstrap	Eastern District of Texas	12/6/2011 - Present				Baylor University, B.A., 1978	Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1981
Margo Brodie	Eastern District of New York	2/27/2012 - Present	2/27/2012			St. Francis College, B.A., 1988	U. of Pennsylvania Law, J.D., 1991
Jesse Furman	Southern District of New York	2/17/2012 - Present	Appointed 6/7/2011, Confirmed 2/17/2012			Harvard, B.A., 1994	Yale Law, J.D., 1998
Susie Morgan	Eastern District of Louisiana	3/28/2012 - Present	3/28/2012			U. of Louisiana, Monroe, B.A., 1974	Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1980
Mary Elizabeth Phillips	Western District of Missouri	3//6/2012 - Present	Appointed 6/7/2011, Confirmed 3/6/2012			U. of Chicago, B.A., 1991	U. of Missouri Law, J.D., 1996
Jennifer Zipps	District of Arizona	10/5/2011 - Present		District of Arizona, Magistrate	2005 - 2011	U. of Arizona, B.A., 1986	Georgetown U. Law Center, J.D., 1990
Rosemary Marquez	District of Arizona					U. of Arizona, B.A., 1990	U. of Arizona Law, J.D., 1993
Thomas Rice	Eastern District of Washington	3/6/2012 - Present	Nominated 6/29/2011, Confirmed 3/6/2012			Gonzaga U., B.B.A., 1983	Gonzaga U. Law, J.D., 1983
Michael Fitzgerald	Central District of California	3/15/2012 - Present	Nominated 7/20/2011, Confirmed 3/15/2012			Harvard, A.B., 1981	U. of California, Berkeley Law, J.D., 1985
Ronnie Abrams	Southern District of New York	3/22/2012 - Present	Nominated 7/28/2011, Confirmed 3/22/2012			Cornell University, B.A., 1990	Yale Law School, J.D., 1993
Rudolph Contreras	D.C. District Court	3/22/2012 - Present				Florida State U., B.S., 1984	U. of Pennsylvania Law, J.D., 1991
Miranda Du	District of Nevada	3/28/2012 - Present	Nominated 8/2/2011, Confirmed 3/28/2012			U. of California, Davis, B.A., 1991	U. of California, Berkeley Law, J.D., 1994
Stephanie Thacker	Fourth Circuit	4/16/2012 - Present	Nominated 9/8/2011, Confirmed 4/16/2012			Marshall U., B.A., 1987	West Virginia U. Law, J.D., 1990
Gregg Costa	Southern District of Texas	4/26/2012 - Present	Nominated 9/8/2011, Confirmed 4/26			Dartmouth College, B.A., 1994	U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1999
Paul Watford	Ninth Circuit	5/21/2012 - Present	Appointed 10/17/2011, Confirmed 5/21/2012			U. of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1989	U. of California, Los Angeles Law, J.D., 1994
Jennifer Di Toro	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2011-Present				Wesleyan University	Stanford Law School
Yvonne Williams	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2011-Present		Counsel, Miller & Chevalier Charter	2008-2011	UC Berkeley, 1994	Northeastern University School of Law, 1997
Kristine Gerhard Baker	Eastern District of Arkansas	5/7/2012 - Present	Nominated 11/2/2011, Confirmed 5/7/2012			St. Louis U., B.A., 1993	U. of Arkansas Law, J.D., 1996
Richard Gary Taranto	Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit	3/11/2013 - Present	3/11/2013			Pomona College, B.A., 1977	Yale Law, J.D., 1981
John Z. Lee	Northern District of Illinois	5/7/2012 - Present	Nominated 11/10/2011, Confirmed 5/7/2012			Harvard, B.A., 1989	Harvard Law, J.D., 1992
John Tharp, Jr.	Northern District of Illinois	5/14/2012 - Present	Nominated 11/10/2011, Confirmed 5/14/2012			Duke U., A.B., 1982	Northwestern U. Law, J.D., 1990
Robert Shelby	District of Utah	9/22/2012-present		Attorney, private practice	2000-2012	Utah State U., B.A., 1944	U. of Virginia Law, J.D., 1948
Patricia Campbell-Smith	United States Court of Federal Claims	12/19/2005 - Present				Duke U., 1987	Tulane Law, 1992
Kevin McNulty	District of New Jersey	7/16/2012 - Present	Appointed 12/16/2011, Confirmed 7/16/2012			Yale, B.A., 1976	New York U. Law, J.D., 1983
William Kayatta	First Circuit	2/13/2013 - Present				Amherst College, B.A., 1976	Harvard Law, J.D., 1979
Michael Shea	District of Connecticut	12/5/2012 - Present				Amherst College, B.A., 1989	Yale Law, J.D., 1993
Stephanie Rose	Southern District of Iowa	9/10/2012 - Present	Appointed 2/3/2012, Confirmed 10/10/2012			U. of Iowa, B.A., 1994	U. of Iowa Law, J.D., 1996
Catherine Easterly	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	12/2011 - Present	Nominated 3/31/2011, Confirmed 12/2011			Yale	U. of Virginia Law
Jill Pryor	Eleventh Circuit					College of William & Mary, B.A., 1985	Yale Law, J.D., 1988
John Dowdell	Northern District of Oklahoma	12/11/2012-Current		Adjunct Settlement Judge	1999-2012	Wake Forest U., B.A., 1978	U. of Tulsa Law, J.D., 1981
Peter Arno Krauthamer	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2012-Present		Public Defender Service Deputy Director	2004-2012	Brandeis University	Boston University School of Law
Terrence Berg	Eastern District of Michigan	12/6/2012 - Present	Appointed 4/25/2012, Confirmed 12/6/2012			Georgetown U., B.S., 1981	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1986
Jesus Bernal	Central District of California	12/11/2012 - Present	Appointed 4/25/2012, Confirmed 12/11/2012			Yale, B.A., 1986	Stanford Law, J.D., 1989
Shelly Deckert Dick	Middle District of Louisiana	5/9/2013 - Present	5/9/2013			U. of Texas, B.S., 1981	Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1988
Lorna Schofield	Southern District of New York	12/13/2012 - Present	Appointed 4/25/2012, Confirmed 12/13/2012			Indiana U., B.A., 1977	New York U. Law, J.D., 1981
Matthew Brann	Middle District of Pennsylvania	12/21/2012 - Present	Appointed 5/17/2012, Confirmed 12/21/2012			Notre Dame, B.A., 1987	Pennsylvania State U. Law, J.D., 1990
Thomas M. Durkin	Northern District of Illinois	12/17/2012 - Present	Appointed 5/21/2012, Confirmed 12/17/2012			U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1975	DePaul U. Law, J.D., 1978
Srikanth Srinivasan	D.C. Circuit					Stanford U., B.A., 1989	Stanford U. Law, J.D., 1995
William Orrick III	Northern District of California	5/15/2013 - Present				Yale, B.A., 1976	Boston College Law, J.D., 1979
Katherine Failla	Southern District of New York	3/4/2013 - Present				College of William & Mary, B.A., 1990	Harvard Law, J.D., 1993
Mark A. Barnett
Pamela Ki Mai Chen	Eastern District of New York	3/4/2013 - Present				U. of Michigan, B.A., 1983	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1986
Danya Ariel Dayson	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	11/9/2011 - Present				Appalachian State U., B.A.	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1998
Ketanji Brown Jackson	D.C. District Court	3/23/2013 - Present				Harvard, B.A., 1992	Harvard Law, J.D., 1996
Jennifer Dorsey						U. of Nevadas, Las Vegas, B.A., 1994	Pepperdine U. Law, J.D., 1997
Andrew Gordon	District of Nevada	3/11/2013 - Present				Claremont McKenna College, B.A., 1984	Harvard Law, J.D., 1987
Madeline Haikala	Northern District of Alabama	10/01/2012-present		Attorney, Lightfoot, Franklin & White	1990-2012	Williams College, 1986	Tulane University Law School, 1989
Valerie Caproni						Tulane U., B.A., 1976	U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 1979
Kenneth John Gonzales						U. of New Mexico, B.A., 1988	U. of New Mexico Law, J.D., 1994
Raymond P. Moore	District of Colorado	3/23/2013 - Present				Yale, B.A., 1975	Yale Law, J.D., 1978
Derrick Kahala Watson	District of Hawaii	4/18/2013 - Present				Harvard, A.B., 1988	Harvard Law, J.D., 1991
Claire R. Kelly						Barnard College, B.A., 1987	Brooklyn Law, J.D., 1993
William Greenberg						Johns Hopkins U., B.A.	Rutgers U. Law, J.D.
Kimberley S. Knowles	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2012-2027		Magistrate judge, Superior Court of D.C.	2010-2012	Cornell University, 1992	Howard University School of Law, 1996
Stuart G. Nash	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	2010-2025		Director, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program	2005-2010	Duke University, 1987	Harvard Law School, 1991
Brian J. Davis	Florida Fourth Circuit Court	1994 - 1/2019		Chief Assistant State Attorney	1991 - 1994	Princeton, 1974	U. of Florida Law, 1980
Jane Kelly	Eighth Circuit	4/24/2013-Present				Duke U., B.A., 1987	Harvard Law, J.D., 1991
Gregory Alan Phillips		3/2011 - Present				U. of Wyoming, B.A., 1983	U. of Wyoming Law, J.D., 1987
Raymond Chen						U. of California, Los Angeles, B.S., 1990	New York U. Law, J.D., 1994
Todd Hughes						Harvard, A.B., 1989	Duke U. Law, J.D., 1992
Elaine Kaplan						SUNY Binghamton, B.A., 1976	Georgetown U. Law, J.D., 1979
Michael Kenny O'Keefe						Notre Dame, B.A.	American U. Law, J.D.
Robert Okun						U. of Pennsylvania, B.A.	Harvard Law, J.D.
Vernon Broderick						Yale, B.A., 1985	Harvard Law, J.D., 1988
Colin Stirling Bruce						U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1986	U. of Illinois Law, J.D., 1989
Sara Lee Ellis						Indiana U., B.A., 1991	Loyola U. Law, Chicago, J.D., 1994
Andrea R. Wood						U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1986	U. of Illinois Law, J.D., 1989
Ronald L. Buch	United States Tax Court	2013-Present		Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP	2009-2013	Northwood Institute	Detroit College of Law
Kathleen Kerrigan	United States Tax Court	2012-Present		Tax Counsel for Senator John Kerry	2005-2012	Boston College	University of Notre Dame Law School
Albert G. Lauber	United States Tax Court	2013-Present		Partner, Caplin & Drysdale	1998-2005	Yale College	Yale Law School
Gregory Howard Woods

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