U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen U.S. courts of appeals, the intermediate appellate tier of the federal judiciary. It hears appeals from the federal district courts within the Second Circuit, which covers Connecticut, New York and Vermont. Its decisions bind those courts unless reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
| Judge | Appointed by | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Amalya Lyle Kearse | Carter (D) | 1979 |
| Jon Ormond Newman | Carter (D) | 1979 |
| John Mercer Walker Jr. | Bush (R) | 1989 |
| Dennis G. Jacobs | Bush (R) | 1992 |
| Pierre Nelson Leval | Clinton (D) | 1993 |
| José Alberto Cabranes | Clinton (D) | 1994 |
| Guido Calabresi | Clinton (D) | 1994 |
| Robert David Sack | Clinton (D) | 1998 |
| Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. | Bush (R) | 2001 |
| Reena Raggi | Bush (R) | 2002 |
| Richard C. Wesley | Bush (R) | 2003 |
| Debra Ann Livingston | Bush (R) | 2007 |
| Gerard E. Lynch | Obama (D) | 2009 |
| Denny Chin | Obama (D) | 2010 |
| Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. | Obama (D) | 2010 |
| Susan Laura Carney | Obama (D) | 2011 |
| Richard Joseph Sullivan | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Joseph Frank Bianco | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| Steven James Menashi | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| William Joseph Nardini | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| Michael Hun Park | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| Eunice Cheryl Lee | Biden (D) | 2021 |
| Myrna Pérez | Biden (D) | 2021 |
| Beth Robinson | Biden (D) | 2021 |
| Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam | Biden (D) | 2022 |
| Alison Julie Nathan | Biden (D) | 2022 |
| Maria Araujo Kahn | Biden (D) | 2023 |
The federal trial courts whose appeals this circuit reviews.
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 1891.
Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.