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A U.S. district court / Established 1865

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

New York · A federal trial court, where federal civil and criminal cases are first heard. Appeals go to the Second Circuit.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York is a United States district court, a federal trial court where most federal civil and criminal cases are first heard. It lies within the Second Circuit, which reviews its decisions on appeal. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former, with who appointed them and whom they succeeded.

73
Judges in history
31
Currently serving
16
Seats over time
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Appointed D / R
Current judges
JudgeAppointed bySince
Israel Leo GlasserReagan (R)1981
Edward Robert KormanReagan (R)1985
Raymond Joseph DearieReagan (R)1986
Carol Bagley AmonBush (R)1990
Denis Reagan HurleyBush (R)1991
Joanna SeybertClinton (D)1993
Frederic BlockClinton (D)1994
Allyne R. RossClinton (D)1994
Nina GershonClinton (D)1996
Nicholas GaraufisClinton (D)2000
Dora L. IrizarryBush (R)2004
Brian Mark CoganBush (R)2006
Eric Nicholas VitalianoBush (R)2006
Kiyo A. MatsumotoBush (R)2008
William Francis Kuntz IIObama (D)2011
Margo Kitsy BrodieObama (D)2012
Pamela Ki Mai ChenObama (D)2013
Joan Marie AzrackObama (D)2014
LaShann Moutique DeArcy HallObama (D)2015
Ann Marie DonnellyObama (D)2015
Gary Richard BrownTrump (R)2019
Eric Ross KomiteeTrump (R)2019
Rachel Peter KovnerTrump (R)2019
Diane GujaratiTrump (R)2020
Hector GonzalezBiden (D)2022
Nina Rauh MorrisonBiden (D)2022
Nusrat Jahan ChoudhuryBiden (D)2023
Orelia Eleta MerchantBiden (D)2023
Natasha Clarise MerleBiden (D)2023
Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr.Biden (D)2023
Sanket Jayshukh BulsaraBiden (D)2024
Former judges
JudgeAppointed byYears
Roslynn Renee MauskopfBush (R)2007–2024
Joseph Frank BiancoBush (R)2006–2019
Sandra L. TownesBush (R)2004–2018
Sandra J. FeuersteinBush (R)2003–2021
John GleesonClinton (D)1994–2016
David G. TragerClinton (D)1993–2011
Sterling Johnson Jr.Bush (R)1991–2022
Arthur Donald SpattBush (R)1989–2020
Reena RaggiReagan (R)1987–2002
Leonard D. WexlerReagan (R)1983–2018
Frank X. AltimariReagan (R)1982–1985
Joseph Michael McLaughlinReagan (R)1981–1990
Eugene Hoffman NickersonCarter (D)1977–2002
Charles Proctor SiftonCarter (D)1977–2009
George Cheney PrattFord (R)1976–1982
Henry BramwellFord (R)1974–2010
Thomas Collier Platt Jr.Nixon (R)1974–2017
Mark Americus CostantinoNixon (R)1971–1990
Edward Raymond NeaherNixon (R)1971–1994
Orrin Grimmell JuddJohnson (D)1968–1976
Anthony John TraviaJohnson (D)1968–1974
Jack Bertrand WeinsteinJohnson (D)1967–2021
George RoslingKennedy (D)1962–1973
John Francis Dooling Jr.Kennedy (D)1961–1981
Jacob MishlerEisenhower (R)1960–2004
John Ries BartelsEisenhower (R)1959–1997
Joseph Carmine ZavattEisenhower (R)1957–1985
Walter BruchhausenEisenhower (R)1953–1976
Leo Frederick RayfielTruman (D)1947–1978
Harold Maurice KennedyRoosevelt (D)1944–1952
Matthew T. AbruzzoRoosevelt (D)1936–1971
Mortimer W. ByersHoover (R)1929–1962
Clarence G. GalstonHoover (R)1929–1964
Grover M. MoscowitzCoolidge (R)1925–1947
Robert Alexander InchHarding (R)1924–1961
Marcus Beach CampbellHarding (R)1923–1944
Edwin Louis GarvinWilson (D)1918–1925
Van Vechten VeederTaft (R)1911–1917
Thomas ChatfieldRoosevelt (R)1907–1922
Edward Beers ThomasMcKinley (R)1898–1906
Asa Wentworth TenneyMcKinley (R)1897–1897
Charles Linnaeus BenedictLincoln (R)1865–1897

How a judge gets here. Each judge is nominated by a president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, then holds a numbered seat, for life, until they take senior status, or until they leave the bench. Open any judge to see who appointed them, how the Senate voted, and whom they succeeded, a chain that runs back to 1865.

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.