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Judges

JudgeDegreeRoleYear
Oliver Perry ShirasLL.B.Judge1856
James Perry PlattLL.B.Judge1875
William Kneeland TownsendD.C.L.Judge1880
Wilbur Franklin BoothLL.B.Judge1888
Edwin Stark ThomasLL.B.Judge1895
William Josiah TilsonLL.M.Associate Justice1897
David Jackson DavisLL.B.Judge1906
James Francis Thaddeus O'ConnorLL.B.Judge1909
Charles Edward ClarkLL.B.Judge1913
Carroll Clark HincksLL.B.Judge1914
Herschel Whitfield ArantLL.B.Judge1915
Sherman MintonLL.M.Associate Justice1916
Robert Love TaylorLL.B.Judge1924
Charles Hardy CarrLL.B.Judge1926
John Joseph SmithLL.B.Judge1927
Robert Palmer AndersonLL.B.Judge1929
Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.LL.B.Judge1931
Roger RobbLL.B.Judge1931
George Thomas WashingtonLL.B.Judge1932
Abe FortasLL.B.Associate Justice1933
Caleb Merrill WrightLL.B.Judge1933
William Ernest MillerLL.B.Judge1933
Gerhard Alden GesellLL.B.Judge1935
Charles Henry TenneyLL.B.Judge1936
Oliver SethLL.B.Judge1940
Samuel Pailthorpe KingLL.B.Judge1940
William Homer TimbersLL.B.Judge1940
Morris Edward LaskerLL.B.Judge1941
Potter StewartLL.B.Associate Justice1941
A. Andrew HaukJ.S.D.Judge1942
Richard Wellington McLarenLL.B.Judge1942
Byron Raymond WhiteLL.B.Associate Justice1946
Louis Falk OberdorferLL.B.Judge1946
Albert Tate Jr.LL.B.Judge1947
Ellen Bree BurnsLL.B.Judge1947
Howard C. BrattonLL.B.Judge1947
Louis Heilprin PollakLL.B.Judge1948
Robert Workman SweetLL.B.Judge1948
Truman McGill HobbsLL.B.Judge1948
James Lane BuckleyLL.B.Judge1949
Thomas Collier Platt Jr.LL.B.Judge1950
Patricia McGowan WaldLL.B.Judge1951
Warren William EgintonLL.B.Judge1951
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.LL.B.Judge1952
William Marsh Acker Jr.LL.B.Judge1952
George Cheney PrattJ.D.Judge1953
Marvin KatzLL.B.Judge1954
Robert Carmine ZampanoLL.B.Judge1954
Stephen Roy ReinhardtLL.B.Judge1954
Charles Sherman Haight Jr.LL.B.Judge1955
Frank Hampton McFaddenLL.B.Judge1955
Richard Dickson CudahyJ.D.Judge1955
Conrad Keefe CyrJ.D.Judge1956
Jon Ormond NewmanLL.B.Judge1956
Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs TaylorLL.B.Judge1957
Edward Roy BeckerLL.B.Judge1957
Harold Baer Jr.LL.B.Judge1957
Jan Ely DuBoisLL.B.Judge1957
Morton Ira GreenbergLL.B.Judge1957
Stanley SporkinLL.B.Judge1957
T. F. Gilroy DalyLL.B.Judge1957
William H. WallsLL.B.Judge1957
Edward Norman CahnLL.B.Judge1958
Guido CalabresiLL.B.Judge1958
Bruce William KauffmanLL.B.Judge1959
Ralph K. Winter Jr.LL.B.Judge1960
William Hendricks Yohn Jr.J.D.Judge1960
Carolyn Dineen KingLL.B.Judge1962
Eldon E. FallonLL.M.Judge1963
Frank C. Damrell Jr.LL.B.Judge1964
Paul D. BormanLL.M.Judge1964
Dominic J. SquatritoLL.B.Judge1965
José Alberto CabranesJ.D.Judge1965
Nina GershonLL.B.Judge1965
Joseph A. DiClerico Jr.LL.B.Judge1966
Raymond Charles Clevenger IIILL.B.Judge1966
David A. FaberJ.D.Judge1967
James Tyrone GilesLL.B.Judge1967
Kermit Victor LipezLL.B.Judge1967
Michael B. MukaseyLL.B.Judge1967
Allen Joe FishLL.B.Judge1968
Victor MarreroLL.B.Judge1968
Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.LL.B.Judge1969
Nancy GertnerJ.D.Judge1971
Andrew David HurwitzJ.D.Judge1972
Eric L. ClayJ.D.Judge1972
Henry Travillion WingateJ.D.Judge1972
Jerry Edwin SmithJ.D.Judge1972
Myron Herbert ThompsonJ.D.Judge1972
Sidney H. SteinJ.D.Judge1972
Susan GraberJ.D.Judge1972
Samuel H. Mays Jr.J.D.Judge1973
Clarence ThomasJ.D.Associate Justice1974
Donald Carl PogueJ.D.Judge1974
Michael Adrian PonsorJ.D.Judge1975
Ransey Guy Cole Jr.J.D.Judge1975
Richard R. CliftonJ.D.Judge1975
Samuel A. Alito Jr.J.D.Associate Justice1975
William A. FletcherJ.D.Judge1975
William Duane BentonJ.D.Judge1975
John Arnold KronstadtJ.D.Judge1976
Keith P. EllisonJ.D.Judge1976
Alvin W. ThompsonJ.D.Judge1978
Raymond Paul MooreJ.D.Judge1978
Gary S. KatzmannJ.D.Judge1979
Sonia SotomayorJ.D.Associate Justice1979
Robert A. KatzmannJ.D.Judge1980
Scott Milne Matheson Jr.J.D.Judge1980
Richard Gary TarantoJ.D.Judge1981
Jean Constance HamiltonLL.M.Judge1982
David Frank HamiltonJ.D.Judge1983
Stefan R. UnderhillJ.D.Judge1984
Jill N. ParrishJ.D.Judge1985
Philip A. BrimmerJ.D.Judge1985
Cecilia M. AltonagaJ.D.Judge1986
Randolph Daniel MossJ.D.Judge1986
Lewis Jeffrey LimanJ.D.Judge1987
Stephen Andrew HigginsonJ.D.Judge1987
Gary Richard BrownJ.D.Judge1988
Jill Anne PryorJ.D.Judge1988
Steven M. CollotonJ.D.Judge1988
Jeffrey Alker MeyerJ.D.Judge1989
Brett M. KavanaughJ.D.Associate Justice1990
James Emanuel BoasbergJ.D.Judge1990
Pamela Ann HarrisJ.D.Judge1990
Richard Joseph SullivanJ.D.Judge1990
James Paul OetkenJ.D.Judge1991
Mary Hannah LauckJ.D.Judge1991
Dabney Langhorne FriedrichJ.D.Judge1992
Michael P. SheaJ.D.Judge1993
Ronnie AbramsJ.D.Judge1993
Jacqueline BecerraJ.D.Judge1994
Stephanos BibasJ.D.Judge1994
William Joseph NardiniJ.D.Judge1994
Cory Todd WilsonJ.D.Judge1995
Diane GujaratiJ.D.Judge1995
Gregory Howard Woods IIIJ.D.Judge1995
Eunice Cheryl LeeJ.D.Judge1996
Leonard Philip StarkJ.D.Judge1996
Wesley Liu HsuJ.D.Judge1996
Paula XinisJ.D.Judge1997
Andrea Robin WoodJ.D.Judge1998
David Bruce BarlowJ.D.Judge1998
Jesse Matthew FurmanJ.D.Judge1998
Michael Etan FarbiarzJ.D.Judge1999
Jeannette Anne VargasJ.D.Judge2000
Sarah Ann Leilani MerriamJ.D.Judge2000
John Peter CronanJ.D.Judge2001
Maame Ewusi-Mensah FrimpongJ.D.Judge2001
Michael Hun ParkJ.D.Judge2001
Jeffrey Marc BryanJ.D.Judge2002
Leslie Abrams GardnerJ.D.Judge2002
Robert Steven HuieJ.D.Judge2002
Sarah French RussellJ.D.Judge2002
Laura Margarete ProvinzinoJ.D.Judge2003
Jennifer SungJ.D.Judge2004
Rebecca Goodgame EbingerJ.D.Judge2004
Candace Rae Jackson-AkiwumiJ.D.Judge2005
Dale Edwin HoJ.D.Judge2005
Gabriel Patrick SanchezJ.D.Judge2005
Nusrat Jahan ChoudhuryJ.D.Judge2006
Arianna Julia FreemanJ.D.Judge2007
Krissa Marie LanhamJ.D.Judge2007
Roy Kalman AltmanJ.D.Judge2007
Anna Marie ManascoJ.D.Judge2008
Embry Jerode KiddJ.D.Judge2008
Patrick Casey PittsJ.D.Judge2008
Sarah Elizabeth PitlykJ.D.Judge2008
Stephen Alexander VadenJ.D.Judge2008
Rebecca Liane TaiblesonJ.D.Judge2010
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.J.D.Judge2011
Matthew James MaddoxJ.D.Judge2011
Joshua Michael DivineJ.D.Judge2016
George Shiras Jr.Associate Justice–
Henry Billings BrownAssociate Justice–
John Anthony DanaherJudge–
Nathaniel ShipmanJudge–
Thomas Day ThacherJudge–
William Henry HuntJudge–
William StrongAssociate Justice–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.