Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama
The following is a table of President Obama's nominations for federal judgeships. Among the most notable of these are Supreme Court justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. During his two terms in office, Obama made 334 judicial appointments.[1] Obama withdrew seven nominees and 215 received no vote from the Senate.[2]
List of judges
Name | Nominated to: | First nomination date | Hearing date | Nomination withdrawn | Confirmation date | Senate confirmation vote |
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John Z. Lee (United States Court of Appeals judge) | United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit | April 25, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | September 7, 2022 | 50-44 | |
J. Michelle Childs | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | January 10, 2022 | April 27, 2022 | July 19, 2022 | 64-34 | |
William W. Nooter | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | July 11, 2013 | October 8, 2013 | November 19, 2015 | Voice | |
Sal Mendoza, Jr. | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | April 25, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | September 12, 2022 | 46-40 | |
Regina Rodriguez | United States District Court for the District of Colorado | April 19, 2021 | April 28, 2021 | June 8, 2021 | 72-28 | |
Lydia Kay Griggsby | United States District Court for the District of Maryland | April 19, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | June 16, 2021 | 59-39 | |
Lucy H. Koh | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | September 20, 2021 | October 6, 2021 | December 13, 2021 | 50-45 | |
Leonard Stark | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | November 3, 2021 | December 1, 2021 | February 9, 2022 | 61-35 | |
Ketanji Brown Jackson | Supreme Court of the United States | February 28, 2022 | March 21-24, 2022 | April 7, 2022 | 53-47 | |
Florence Pan | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | May 25, 2022 | June 22, 2022 | September 20, 2022 | 52-42 | |
Ramona V. Manglona (Northern Mariana Islands) | United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands | 1/26/2011 | 3/16/2011 | 7/26/2011 | ||
Irma Ramirez (Texas) | United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | March 15, 2016 | September 7, 2016 | |||
Sal Mendoza, Jr. (Washington) | Eastern District of Washington | January 16, 2014 | March 12, 2014 | June 17, 2014 | 92-4 | |
John Z. Lee (Illinois) | Northern District of Illinois | 11/10/2011 | 1/26/2011 | 5/7/2012 | ||
Lucy H. Koh (California) | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | February 25, 2016 | July 13, 2016 | |||
Robert Pitman | United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | June 26, 2014 | September 9, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Scott Matheson (Utah) | United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | March 3, 2010 | May 13, 2010 | December 22, 2010 | Voice vote | |
J. Michelle Childs (South Carolina) | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | December 22, 2009 | April 16, 2010 | August 5, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Leonard Stark (Delaware) | District of Delaware | March 17, 2010 | April 22, 2010 | August 5, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Armando Omar Bonilla (Washington, D.C.) | United States Court of Federal Claims | May 21, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | |||
Paulette Burton | ||||||
William Pollard | ||||||
Scott L. Silliman | ||||||
Regina Rodriguez (Colorado) | United States District Court for the District of Colorado | April 28, 2016 | ||||
Florence Pan (Washington, D.C.) | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | April 28, 2016 | July 13, 2016 | |||
Julien Xavier Neals (New Jersey) | United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | February 26, 2015 | September 30, 2015 | |||
Lydia Kay Griggsby (Maryland) | United States Court of Federal Claims | April 10, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | December 4, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Ketanji Brown Jackson (Washington, D.C.) | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | September 20, 2012 | December 12, 2012 | March 23, 2013 | Voice Vote | |
Steven M. Wellner | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 21, 2013 | March 27, 2014 | November 19, 2015 | Voice vote | |
Robert A. Salerno | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 12, 2014 | December 3, 2015 | December 17, 2015 | Voice vote | |
Cary Douglas Pugh | United States Tax Court | June 9, 2014 | July 16, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Tamara Ashford | United States Tax Court | September 18, 2013 | January 15, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | Voice vote | |
David Barron | United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit | September 24, 2013 | November 30, 2013 | May 22, 2014 | 53-45 | |
Albert G. Lauber | United States Tax Court | May 26, 2011 | January 2013 | |||
George L. Russell, III | District of Maryland | 11/10/2011 | 1/26/2012 | 5/14/2012 | ||
George Hanks | United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | September 18, 2014 | January 21, 2015 | April 20, 2015 | 91-0 | |
Donald Schott | United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit | January 12, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Todd Sunhwae Kim | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | February 24, 2014 | ||||
Rainey Ransom Brandt | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | September 7, 2017 | July 16, 2019 | August 2, 2019 | Voice vote | |
Deborah Israel | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | September 7, 2017 | October 22, 2019 | November 21, 2019 | Voice | |
Julie Breslow | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | September 27, 2016 | ||||
Abid Qureshi | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | September 6, 2016 | ||||
Jennifer Puhl | United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit | January 28, 2016 | June 21, 2016 | |||
Jason D. Tulley | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | June 29, 2016 | ||||
John E. Sparks | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | July 30, 2015 | December 9, 2015 | April 5, 2016 | Voice | |
Anne Traum | United States District Court for the District of Nevada | November 3, 2021 | December 15, 2021 | March 23, 2022 | 49-47 | |
Patricia Timmons-Goodson | United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | April 28, 2016 | ||||
Philip Lammens | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | April 28, 2016 | ||||
Patricia D. Barksdale | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | April 28, 2016 | ||||
Rebecca Ross Haywood | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | March 15, 2016 | ||||
Kathleen Marie Sweet | United States District Court for the Western District of New York | March 15, 2016 | June 21, 2016 | |||
Scott Frost | United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | March 15, 2016 | September 7, 2016 | |||
Lisabeth Tabor Hughes | United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit | March 17, 2016 | ||||
Claude Kelly | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | February 4, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Stephanie A. Finley | United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | February 4, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Terrence Campbell | United States District Court for the District of Kansas | January 28, 2016 | ||||
Winfield Ong | United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | January 12, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Myra Selby | United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit | January 12, 2016 | ||||
Suzanne Mitchell | United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | December 16, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | |||
Paul Abrams | United States District Court for the Central District of California | December 16, 2015 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Ronald Russell (Utah) | United States District Court for the District of Utah | December 16, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | |||
Steven Nathan Berk | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 30, 2015 | March 2, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | Voice vote | |
Elizabeth Carroll Wingo | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 30, 2015 | March 2, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | Voice vote | |
Vik Edwin Stoll | United States Tax Court | November 9, 2015 | February 4, 2016 | |||
Clare E. Connors | United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | September 8, 2015 | January 27, 2016 | |||
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger | United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | September 15, 2015 | October 21, 2015 | February 8, 2016 | 83-0 | |
Dax E. Lopez | United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | July 30, 2015 | ||||
Inga S. Bernstein | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | July 30, 2015 | April 20, 2016 | |||
Gary Katzmann | United States Court of International Trade | July 30, 2015 | January 27, 2016 | June 6, 2016 | Voice vote | |
Jennifer Choe Groves | United States Court of International Trade | July 30, 2015 | January 27, 2016 | June 6, 2016 | Voice vote | |
Elizabeth J. Drake | United States Court of International Trade | July 30, 2015 | January 27, 2016 | |||
Leonard T. Strand | United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | July 21, 2015 | October 21, 2015 | February 11, 2016 | 93-0 | |
Mark A. Young | United States District Court for the Central District of California | July 16, 2015 | October 21, 2015 | |||
Darlene Michele Soltys | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | July 9, 2015 | December 3, 2015 | December 17, 2015 | Voice | |
Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. | United States District Court for the District of Nebraska | June 11, 2015 | September 30, 2015 | June 27, 2016 | 90-0 | |
Brian R. Martinotti | United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | June 11, 2015 | September 30, 2015 | July 6, 2016 | 92-5 | |
Edward L. Stanton III | Western District of Tennessee | May 21, 2015 | September 30, 2015 | |||
Elizabeth Ann Copeland | United States Tax Court | August 3, 2017 | June 12, 2018 | August 28, 2018 | ||
Julie Helene Becker | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | April 30, 2015 | March 2, 2016 | June 23, 2016 | Voice vote | |
Wilhelmina Wright | District of Minnesota | April 15, 2015 | July 22, 2015 | January 19, 2016 | 58-36 | |
Paula Xinis | District of Maryland | March 26, 2015 | July 22, 2015 | May 16, 2016 | 53-34 | |
John Michael Vazquez | District of New Jersey | March 26, 2015 | July 22, 2015 | January 27, 2016 | 84-2 | |
Lawrence Joseph Vilardo | United States District Court for the Western District of New York | February 4, 2015 | May 6, 2015 | October 26, 2015 | 88-0 | |
Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. | United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | February 4, 2015 | June 10, 2015 | April 11, 2016 | 92-0 | |
Travis Randall McDonough | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | November 20, 2014 | June 10, 2015 | December 7, 2015 | 89-0 | |
LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall | United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | November 12, 2014 | May 6, 2015 | November 16, 2015 | 93-1 | |
Elizabeth K. Dillon | United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia | September 18, 2014 | November 13, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Loretta Copeland Biggs | United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | September 18, 2014 | November 13, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr. | United States District Court for the Northern District of California | August 18, 2014 | September 17, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Jeanne E. Davidson | United States Court of International Trade | August 18, 2014 | September 17, 2014 | |||
Roseann A. Ketchmark | Western District of Missouri | November 20, 2014 | March 11, 2015 | September 8, 2015 | 96-0 | |
John Robert Blakey | United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | August 5, 2014 | 9/9/2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Allison Dale Burroughs | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | July 31, 2014 | September 17, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Amit Priyavadan Mehta | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | July 31, 2014 | September 17, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Robert William Schroeder III | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | June 26, 2014 | September 9, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Greg N. Stivers | Western District of Kentucky | June 19, 2014 | July 29, 2014 | December 4, 2014 | Voice vote | |
David J. Hale | Western District of Kentucky | June 19, 2014 | July 29, 2014 | December 3, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Victor Allen Bolden | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | June 16, 2014 | July 29, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | 49-46 | |
Gerald J. Pappert | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | June 16, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | December 3, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | June 16, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | December 4, 2014 | 76-16 | |
Mark A. Kearney | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | June 16, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | December 3, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Wendy Beetlestone | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | June 16, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Jeri Kaylene Somers | United States Court of Federal Claims | May 21, 2014 | June 24, 2014, | |||
Patricia M. McCarthy | United States Court of Federal Claims | May 21, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | |||
Pamela A. Harris | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | May 8, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | July 28, 2014 | 50-43 | |
Brenda K. Sannes | Northern District of New York | May 8, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | 96-0 | |
Thomas L. Halkowski | United States Court of Federal Claims | April 10, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | |||
André Birotte, Jr. | Central District of California | April 3, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | July 22, 2014 | 100-0 | |
Randolph D. Moss | District of Columbia | April 3, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | November 13, 2014 | 54-45 | |
John W. deGravelles | Middle District of Louisiana | March 13, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | July 22, 2014 | 100-0 | |
Leslie Abrams Gardner | Middle District of Georgia | March 11, 2014 | May 13, 2014 | November 18, 2014 | 100-0 | |
Paul G. Byron | Middle District of Florida | February 6, 2014 | April 1, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Cheryl Ann Krause | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | February 6, 2014 | March 12, 2014 | July 7, 2014 | 93-0 | |
Staci Michelle Yandle | United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | January 16, 2014 | March 12, 2014 | June 17, 2014 | 52-44 | |
Richard Franklin Boulware II | District of Nevada | January 16, 2014 | March 12, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | 58-35 | |
Stephen R. Bough | Western District of Missouri | January 16, 2014 | July 24, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | 51-38 | |
Leigh Martin May | Northern District of Georgia | December 19, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | November 13, 2014 | 99-0 | |
Mark Howard Cohen | Northern District of Georgia | December 19, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | November 18, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Tanya S. Chutkan | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | December 19, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Kara Farnandez Stoll | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | November 12, 2014 | March 11, 2015 | July 7, 2015 | 95-0 | |
Nancy J. Rosenstengel | Southern District of Illinois | November 7, 2013 | January 8, 2014 | May 8, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Ronnie L. White | Eastern District of Missouri | November 7, 2013 | May 20, 2014 | July 16, 2014 | 53-44 | |
James D. Peterson | United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | November 7, 2013 | January 8, 2014 | May 8, 2014 | 70-24 | |
Kevin A. Ohlson | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | September 14, 2011 | September 19, 2013 | October 16, 2013 | Voice | |
Mary Barzee Flores | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | February 26, 2015 | ||||
Joseph W. Nega | United States Tax Court | May 8, 2013 | September 4, 2013 | |||
Indira Talwani | District of Massachusetts | September 24, 2013 | January 8, 2014 | May 8, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Mark G. Mastroianni | District of Massachusetts | September 24, 2013 | February 11, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | 92-2 | |
George Jarrod Hazel | District of Maryland | September 25, 2013 | December 19, 2013 | May 1, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Theodore Chuang | District of Maryland | September 25, 2013 | December 19, 2013 | May 1, 2014 | 53-42 | |
Manish Shah | Northern District of Illinois | September 19, 2013 | November 13, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Stanley Bastian | Eastern District of Washington | September 19, 2013 | November 13, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 95-0 | |
John Tuchi | District of Arizona | September 19, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | May 14, 2014 | 96-0 | |
Diane Humetewa | District of Arizona | September 19, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | May 14, 2014 | 96-0 | |
Margaret Bartley | United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | 3/28/2012 | 6/2012 | |||
Coral W. Pietsch | United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | November 1, 2011 | March 28, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | August 1, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | March 26, 2014 | 59-41 | |
Sheryl H. Lipman | United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | August 1, 2013 | November 13, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 95-0 | |
M. Douglas Harpool | Western District of Missouri | August 1, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | March 26, 2014 | 93-5 | |
Daniel D. Crabtree | District of Kansas | August 1, 2013 | December 19, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Christopher Reid Cooper | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | August 1, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | March 26, 2014 | 100-0 | |
Michelle T. Friedland | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | August 1, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | April 28, 2014 | 51-40 | |
John B. Owens | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | August 1, 2013 | October 30, 2013 | March 31, 2014 | 56-43 | |
Vince Girdhari Chhabria | Northern District of California | July 25, 2013 | September 25, 2013 | March 5, 2014 | 58-41 | |
Matthew Frederick Leitman | Eastern District of Michigan | July 25, 2013 | October 20, 2013 | March 12, 2014 | 98-0 | |
Judith Ellen Levy | Eastern District of Michigan | July 25, 2013 | October 30, 2013 | March 12, 2014 | 97-0 | |
Pedro A. Delgado Hernández | District of Puerto Rico | June 26, 2013 | September 11, 2013 | March 5, 2014 | 98-0 | |
Jennifer May-Parker | United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | June 20, 2013 | ||||
James Donato | Northern District of California | June 20, 2013 | September 11, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | 90-5 | |
Timothy Brooks (Arkansas) | Western District of Arkansas | June 7, 2013 | September 11, 2013 | March 5, 2014 | 100-0 | |
Jeffrey Meyer | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | June 7, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | February 24, 2014 | 91-2 | |
Cornelia T. L. Pillard | District of Columbia Circuit | June 4, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | December 12, 2013 | 51-44 | |
Patricia Ann Millett | District of Columbia Circuit | June 4, 2013 | July 10, 2013 | December 10, 2013 | 56-38 | |
Roy W. McLeese | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 11/17/2011 | 5/24/2012 | |||
Elizabeth A. Wolford | United States District Court for the Western District of New York | May 16, 2013 | July 10, 2013 | December 12, 2013 | 70-29 | |
Pamela L. Reeves | Eastern District of Tennessee | May 16, 2013 | September 25, 2013 | March 5, 2014 | 99-0 | |
Debra M. Brown (Mississippi) | Northern District of Mississippi | May 16, 2013 | July 10, 2013 | November 4,2013 | 90-0 | |
Gregory Howard Woods | Southern District of New York | May 9, 2013 | July 10, 2013 | November 4, 2013 | Voice vote | |
Kathleen Kerrigan | United States Tax Court | May 4, 2012 | 2012 | |||
Ronald L. Buch | United States Tax Court | January 14, 2013 | 2013 | |||
Andrea R. Wood | Northern District of Illinois | May 6, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | October 14, 2013 | Voice vote | |
Sara Lee Ellis | Northern District of Illinois | May 6, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | October 7, 2013 | Voice | |
Colin Stirling Bruce | Central District of Illinois | May 6, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | October 7, 2013 | 98-0 | |
Vernon Broderick | Southern District of New York | April 15, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | September 9, 2013 | voice vote | |
Alison Renee Lee | District of South Carolina | June 26, 2013 | September 18, 2014 | |||
Robert Okun | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | March 19, 2013 | May 15, 2013 | May 22, 2013 | ||
Michael Kenny O'Keefe | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | March 19, 2013 | May 15, 2013 | May 22, 2013 | ||
Elaine Kaplan | Federal Claims | March 19, 2013 | May 8, 2013 | September 19, 2013 | ||
Todd Hughes | Federal Circuit | February 7, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | September 24, 2013 | 98-0 | |
Raymond Chen | Federal Circuit | February 7, 2013 | April 24, 2013 | August 1, 2013 | 97-0 | |
Jane Kelly | United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit | January 31, 2013 | February 27, 2013 | April 24, 2013 | 96-0 | |
Brian J. Davis | Middle District of Florida | February 29, 2012 | May 9, 2012 | December 20, 2013 | 68-26 | |
Stuart G. Nash | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | June 2009 | June 4, 2010 | |||
Kimberley S. Knowles | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 6/11/2012 | 12/2/2012 | |||
William Greenberg | United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | 11/15/2012 | 12/21/2012 | |||
Claire R. Kelly | International Trade | November 14, 2012 | January 23, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | Voice | |
Derrick Kahala Watson | District of Hawaii | November 15, 2012 | January 23, 2013 | April 18, 2013 | 94-0 | |
Raymond P. Moore | District of Colorado | November 15, 2012 | January 23, 2013 | March 23, 2013 | Voice | |
Kenneth John Gonzales | District of New Mexico | November 15, 2012 | February 13, 2013 | June 17, 2013 | 89-0 | |
Valerie Caproni | Southern District of New York | November 15, 2012 | May 23, 2013 | September 9, 2013 | 73-24 | |
Madeline Haikala | United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | May 9, 2013 | June 19, 2013 | October 14, 2013 | 90-0 | |
Andrew Gordon (Nevada) | District of Nevada | September 19, 2012 | December 12, 2012 | March 11, 2013 | Voice | |
Jennifer Dorsey | District of Nevada | September 19, 2012 | April 24, 2013 | July 9, 2013 | 54-41 | |
Danya Ariel Dayson | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 7/11/2011 | 11/8/2011 | 11/18/2011 | ||
Pamela Ki Mai Chen | Eastern District of New York | August 2, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | March 4, 2013 | Voice | |
Mark A. Barnett | Court of International Trade | July 12, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | May 23, 2013 | Voice | |
Katherine Failla | Southern District of New York | June 26, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | March 4, 2013 | 91-0 | |
William Orrick III | Northern District of California | June 12, 2012 | July 11, 2012 | May 15, 2013 | 56-41 | |
Srikanth Srinivasan | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | June 11, 2012 | April 10, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | 97-0 | |
Thomas M. Durkin | Northern District of Illinois | 5/21/2012 | 7/11/2012 | 12/17/2012 | Voice vote | |
Matthew Brann | United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | May 17, 2012 | June 27, 2012 | December 21, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Lorna Schofield | Southern District of New York | April 25, 2012 | June 6, 2012 | December 13, 2012 | ||
Shelly Deckert Dick | Middle District of Louisiana | April 25, 2012 | December 12, 2012 | May 9, 2013 | Voice Vote | |
Jesus Bernal | Central District of California | April 25, 2012 | June 6, 2012 | December 11, 2012 | Voice | |
Terrence Berg | Eastern District of Michigan | April 25, 2012 | June 6, 2012 | December 6, 2012 | Voice | |
Peter Arno Krauthamer | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 7/11/2011 | 11/8/2011 | 11/18/2011 | ||
Steven Logan | District of Arizona | September 19, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | May 14, 2014 | 96-0 | |
Laurie Michelson | Eastern District of Michigan | July 25, 2013 | October 30, 2013 | March 12, 2014 | 97-0 | |
John Dowdell | Northern District of Oklahoma | February 29, 2012 | May 9, 2012 | December 11, 2012 | 95-0 | |
Jill Pryor | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | February 16, 2012 | May 13, 2014 | September 8, 2014 | 97-0 | |
Catharine Easterly | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 8/2/2011 | 11/18/2011 | |||
Stephanie Rose | Southern District of Iowa | 2/3/2012 | 3/14/2012 | 9/10/2012 | ||
Michael Shea | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | February 2, 2012 | March 28, 2012 | December 5, 2012 | 72-23 | |
William Kayatta | United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit | January 23, 2012 | March 14, 2012 | February 13, 2013 | 88-12 | |
Kevin McNulty | District of New Jersey | 12/16/2011 | 3/14/2012 | 7/16/2012 | ||
Patricia Campbell-Smith | United States Court of Federal Claims | March 19, 2013 | May 8, 2013 | September 19, 2013 | ||
Robert Shelby | District of Utah | 11/30/2011 | 3/28/2012 | 9/22/2012 | ||
Nancy B. Firestone | United States Court of Federal Claims | April 10, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | |||
John Tharp, Jr. | Northern District of Illinois | 11/10/2011 | 1/26/2012 | 5/14/2012 | ||
Richard Gary Taranto | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | November 10, 2011 | February 29, 2012 | March 11, 2013 | 91-0 | |
Kristine Gerhard Baker | Eastern District of Arkansas | November 2, 2011 | January 26, 2012 | May 7, 2012 | Voice Vote | |
Yvonne Williams (Washington D.C.) | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 2011 | December 16, 2011 | Voice vote | ||
Jennifer Di Toro | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | February 2011 | August 2011 | |||
Paul Watford | Ninth Circuit | October 17, 2011 | December 13, 2011 | May 21, 2012 | 61-34 | |
Gregg Costa | United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | December 19, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | 97-0 | |
Stephanie Thacker | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | September 8, 2011 | October 4, 2011 | April 16, 2012 | 91-3 | |
Miranda Du | District of Nevada | 8/2/2011 | 10/4/2011 | 3/28/2012 | ||
Rudolph Contreras | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | July 28, 2011 | October 4, 2011 | March 22, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Ronnie Abrams | Southern District of New York | July 28, 2011 | October 4, 2011 | March 22, 2012 | 96-2 | |
Michael Fitzgerald (California) | Central District of California | July 20, 2011 | March 15, 2012 | |||
Carlos E. Mendoza | Middle District of Florida | February 6, 2014 | April 1, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Thomas Rice | Eastern District of Washington | June 29, 2011 | September 20, 2011 | March 6, 2012 | 93-4 | |
Rosemary Marquez | District of Arizona | June 23, 2011 | January 28, 2014 | May 15, 2014 | 81-15 | |
Jennifer Zipps | District of Arizona | 6/23/2011 | 10/3/2011 | |||
Mary Elizabeth Phillips | Western District of Missouri | 6/7/2011 | September 20, 2011 | 3/6/2012 | ||
Susie Morgan | Eastern District of Louisiana | 6/7/2011 | 10/19/2011 | 3/28/2012 | ||
Jesse Furman | Southern District of New York | June 7, 2011 | July 28, 2011 | February 17, 2012 | 62-34 | |
Margo Brodie | Eastern District of New York | June 7, 2011 | September 7, 2011 | February 27, 2012 | 86-2 | |
James Gilstrap | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | May 19, 2011 | July 27, 2011 | December 5, 2011 | Voice vote | |
Jeffrey J. Helmick | Northern District of Ohio | May 11, 2011 | 2/15/2012 | June 6, 2012 | ||
Richard G. Andrews (Delaware) | District of Delaware | May 11, 2011 | July 13, 2011 | November 3, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Stephen Higginson | United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | May 9, 2011 | June 8, 2011 | October 31, 2011 | 88-0 | |
Katherine Forrest | Southern District of New York | May 4, 2011 | June 8, 2011 | October 13, 2011 | Voice vote | |
Edgardo Ramos | Southern District of New York | May 4, 2011 | July 28, 2011 | December 5, 2011 | ||
Dana Christensen | District of Montana | May 4, 2011 | September 7, 2011 | December 5, 2011 | Voice | |
Nannette Jolivette Brown | Eastern District of Louisiana | March 2, 2011 | May 4, 2011 | October 3, 2011 | Voice | |
William Kuntz | Eastern District of New York | 3/9/2011 | 5/4/2011 | 10/3/2011 | ||
James Moody Jr. (Arkansas federal court judge) | Eastern District of Arkansas | July 25, 2013 | September 25, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | 95-4 | |
Eleanor L. Ross | Northern District of Georgia | December 19, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | November 18, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Corinne Ann Beckwith | District of Columbia Court of Appeals | 3/31/2011 | 11/18/2011 | |||
Alison J. Nathan | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | November 18, 2021 | December 15, 2021 | March 23, 2022 | 49-47 | |
Arvo Mikkanen | Northern District of Oklahoma | February 2, 2011 | ||||
Mary Geiger Lewis | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | March 16, 2011 | February 15, 2012 | June 18, 2012 | 64-29 | |
Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | November 27, 2012 | February 13, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | Voice | |
Juan F. Vasquez | United States Tax Court | 1995 | ||||
Michael B. Thornton | United States Tax Court | August 7, 2013 | 2013 | |||
Nancy Torresen | District of Maine | 3/2/2011 | 5/4/2011 | 10/3/2011 | ||
Wilma A. Lewis | District Court of the Virgin Islands | 3/2/2011 | 5/24/2011 | 6/30/2011 | ||
L. Paige Marvel | United States Tax Court | 2014 | 2014 | |||
Joseph H. Gale | United States Tax Court | October 18, 2011 | 2011 | |||
Jorge L. Alonso | United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | August 5, 2014 | September 9, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Ann M. Donnelly | United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | November 20, 2014 | May 6, 2015 | October 20, 2015 | 95-2 | |
Paul A. Engelmayer | Southern District of New York | 2/2/2011 | 3/16/2011 | 7/26/2011 | ||
Kevin Hunter Sharp | Middle District of Tennessee | November 17, 2010 | March 2, 2011 | May 2, 2011 | 89-0 | |
Sara Lynn Darrow | Central District of Illinois | November 17, 2010 | April 13, 2011 | August 2, 2011 | Voice | |
Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. | Middle District of Florida | 11/17/2010 | 3/2/2011 | 5/2/2011 | Voice | |
Vincent L. Briccetti | Southern District of New York | November 17, 2010 | February 16, 2011 | April 12, 2011 | Voice | |
Mark Raymond Hornak | United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | December 1, 2010 | June 22, 2011 | October 19, 2011 | Voice vote | |
Arenda L. Wright Allen | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | December 1, 2010 | February 16, 2011 | May 11, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Natasha P. Silas | Northern District of Georgia | January 26, 2011 | ||||
J. Paul Oetken | Southern District of New York | January 26, 2011 | March 16, 2011 | July 18,2011 | ||
Ramona V. Manglona | United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands | September 11, 2023 | November 15, 2023 | April 16, 2024 | 96-2 | |
Michael C. Green | Western District of New York | January 26, 2011 | May 24, 2011 | |||
Robert David Mariani | United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | December 1, 2010 | June 22, 2011 | October 19, 2011 | 82-17 | |
Diana Saldana | Southern District of Texas | July 14, 2010 | September 29, 2010 | February 7, 2011 | ||
Analisa Torres | Southern District of New York | November 15, 2012 | January 23, 2013 | April 18, 2013 | Voice vote | |
Jimmie V. Reyna | Federal Circuit | September 29, 2010 | February 16, 2011 | April 4, 2011 | 86-0 | |
Caitlin J. Halligan | District of Columbia Circuit | September 29, 2010 | February 2, 2011 | |||
Mae A. D'Agostino | Northern District of New York | September 29, 2010 | February 2, 2011 | March 28, 2011 | 88-0 | |
Susan Hickey | Western District of Arkansas | 4/6/2011 | 6/8/2011 | 10/13/2011 | ||
Marina Garcia Marmolejo | Southern District of Texas | 7/28/2010 | 5/24/2011 | 10/3/2011 | ||
Maria Elizabeth Raffinan | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | July 28, 2010 | September 29, 2010 | |||
Nelson S. Roman | Southern District of New York | September 20, 2012 | January 23, 2013 | May 9, 2013 | 97-0 | |
Kathleen M. Williams | Southern District of Florida | 7/21/2010 | 2/2/2011 | 8/2/2011 | ||
Michael H. Simon | United States District Court for the District of Oregon | July 14, 2010 | November 17, 2010 | June 21, 2011 | 64-35 | |
Beryl A. Howell | District of Columbia | July 14, 2010 | July 28, 2010 | December 22, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Victoria F. Nourse | Seventh Circuit | July 14, 2010 | ||||
Jane Triche-Milazzo | Eastern District of Louisiana | 3/16/2011 | 8/8/2011 | 10/11/2011 | ||
Linda V. Parker | Eastern District of Michigan | July 25, 2013 | October 30, 2013 | March 12, 2014 | 60-37 | |
Amy B. Jackson | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | June 17, 2010 | September 15, 2010 | March 17, 2011 | 97-0 | |
Max O. Cogburn, Jr. | Western District of North Carolina | May 27, 2010 | November 17, 2010 | March 10, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Robert Leon Wilkins | District of Columbia Circuit | June 4, 2013 | September 11, 2013 | January 13, 2014 | 55-43 | |
Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit) | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | May 20, 2010 | September 15, 2010 | May 17, 2011 | 71-28 | |
Denise Casper | District of Massachusetts | April 28, 2010 | July 15, 2010 | December 17, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Carlton W. Reeves | Southern District of Mississippi | April 28, 2010 | July 15, 2010 | December 19, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Edmond E. Chang | Northern District of Illinois | April 21, 2010 | July 15, 2010 | December 18, 2010 | Voice vote | |
John A. Gibney | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | April 14, 2010 | April 28, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Edward C. DuMont | Federal Circuit | April 14, 2010 | November 10, 2011 | |||
Paul K. Holmes | Western District of Arkansas | 4/28/2010 | 9/29/2010 | 2/7/2011 | ||
Todd E. Edelman | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | September 27, 2022 | November 15, 2022 | |||
Jon S. Tigar | Northern District of California | 6/11/2012 | 7/1/2012 | 12/21/2012 | ||
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers | Northern District of California | 5/4/2011 | 7/13/2011 | 11/15/2011 | ||
Amy Totenberg | Northern District of Georgia | 3/17/2010 | 9/15/2010 | 2/28/2011 | ||
Raymond Lohier | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | March 10, 2010 | April 22, 2010 | December 19, 2010 | 92-0 | |
John J. McConnell, Jr. | United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island | March 10, 2010 | May 13, 2010 | May 4, 2011 | 50-44 | |
William J. Martinez | District of Colorado | February 24, 2010 | March 10, 2010 | December 21, 2010 | 58-37 | |
Gary Feinerman | Northern District of Illinois | February 24, 2010 | March 10, 2010 | June 28, 2010 | 80-0 | |
Goodwin Liu | Ninth Circuit | February 24, 2010 | April 16, 2010 | May 25, 2011 | ||
Darrin P. Gayles | Southern District of Florida | February 6, 2014 | April 1, 2014 | June 17, 2014 | 98-0 | |
Beth Bloom | Southern District of Florida | February 6, 2014 | April 1, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Marc Thomas Treadwell | Middle District of Georgia | February 4, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | June 21, 2010 | 89-0 | |
Elizabeth Erny Foote | Western District of Louisiana | February 4, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | June 15, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Steve C. Jones | Northern District of Geogia | 7/14/2010 | 11/17/2010 | 2/28/2011 | ||
Jon E. DeGuilio | Northern District of Indiana | January 20, 2010 | February 11, 2010 | May 11, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Landya McCafferty | District of New Hampshire | May 23, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | December 12, 2013 | 79-19 | |
Pamela Pepper | Eastern District of Wisconsin | May 1, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Michael P. Boggs | Northern District of Georgia | December 19, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | |||
Tanya Walton Pratt | Southern District of Indiana | January 20, 2010 | February 11, 2010 | June 15, 2010 | 95-0 | |
James E. Shadid | Central District of Illinois | 5/27/2010 | 9/15/2010 | 3/7/2011 | ||
Judith A. Smith | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | March 2010 | June 2010 | |||
John McCabe | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 7/11/2011 | 11/8/2011 | 11/18/2011 | ||
Milton C. Lee | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | 2010 | 2010 | |||
Marisa Demeo | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | March 2009 | April 20, 2010 | |||
James E. Boasberg | District of Columbia | June 17, 2010 | September 15, 2010 | March 14, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Frank P. Geraci, Jr. | United States District Court for the Western District of New York | May 14, 2012 | June 27, 2012 | December 13, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Gloria M. Navarro | United States District Court for the District of Nevada | 2009 | May 5, 2010 | |||
R. Brooke Jackson | District of Colorado | 9/29/2010 | 4/13/2011 | 8/2/2011 | ||
Edward J. Davila | Northern District of California | May 20, 2010 | September 29, 2010 | February 14, 2011 | Voice | |
Beth Labson Freeman | Northern District of California | June 20, 2013 | September 11, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | 91-7 | |
Gonzalo Curiel | Southern District of California | November 10, 2011 | March 28, 2012 | September 22, 2012 | Voice | |
Cynthia A. Bashant | Southern District of California | September 19, 2013 | December 19, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Troy L. Nunley | Eastern District of California | June 25, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | March 23, 2013 | Voice | |
Josephine Staton | Central District of California | February 4, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | June 21, 2010 | Voice vote | |
John A. Kronstadt | Central District of California | 11/17/2010 | 2/16/2011 | 4/12/2011 | ||
Beverly Reid O'Connell | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 15, 2012 | December 12, 2012 | April 11, 2013 | 92-0 | |
Richard Mark Gergel | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | December 22, 2009 | April 16, 2010 | August 5, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Robin L. Rosenberg | Southern District of Florida | February 26, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | July 22, 2014 | 100-0 | |
James A. Soto | District of Arizona | December 19, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | May 15, 2014 | 93-1 | |
Douglas Rayes | District of Arizona | September 19, 2013 | January 28, 2014 | May 15, 2014 | 77-19 | |
Robert N. Scola, Jr. | Southern District of Florida | 5/4/2011 | 6/22/2011 | 10/19/2011 | ||
Susan P. Watters | District of Montana | May 23, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | December 12, 2013 | 77-19 | |
John Ross (Missouri) | Eastern District of Missouri | 12/1/2010 | 5/4/2011 | 9/20/2011 | ||
Brian C. Wimes | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri | September 22, 2011 | November 16, 2011 | April 23, 2012 | 92-1 | |
Mark E. Walker (Federal judge) | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida | February 16, 2012 | May 9, 2012 | December 6, 2012 | 94-0 | |
Nancy D. Freudenthal | District of Wyoming | December 4, 2009 | January 20, 2010 | May 5, 2010 | 96-1 | |
Scott W. Skavdahl | United States District Court for the District of Wyoming | February 16, 2011 | July 13, 2011 | November 3, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Timothy M. Cain | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | February 16, 2011 | May 4, 2011 | September 20, 2011 | 99-0 | |
Nelva Gonzales Ramos | Southern District of Texas | 1/27/2011 | 4/13/2011 | 8/2/2011 | ||
David Guaderrama | United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | September 14, 2011 | November 2, 2011 | April 26, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Rolando Olvera | United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | September 18, 2014 | January 21, 2015 | May 21, 2015 | 100-0 | |
Andrew L. Carter, Jr. | Southern District of New York | May 19, 2011 | July 28, 2011 | December 5, 2011 | Voice | |
Brian Jackson (Louisiana) | Brian Jackson | October 29, 2009 | February 24, 2010 | June 15, 2010 | 96-0 | |
William Conley (Wisconsin) | United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | October 29, 2009 | November 18, 2009 | March 4, 2010 | 99-0 | |
John T. Fowlkes | United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | December 16, 2011 | March 14, 2012 | July 10, 2012 | 94-2 | |
Edward G. Smith | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | August 1, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | March 26, 2014 | 69-31 | |
Albert Diaz | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | November 4, 2009 | December 16, 2009 | December 18, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Jeffrey L. Schmehl | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | November 27, 2012 | February 13, 2013 | June 13, 2013 | 100-0 | |
Marco A. Hernandez (Oregon) | United States District Court for the District of Oregon | January 5, 2011 | February 7, 2011 | |||
Sharon L. Gleason | District of Alaska | 4/6/2011 | 7/13/2011 | 11/15/2011 | ||
Michael McShane | United States District Court for the District of Oregon | September 19, 2012 | February 13, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Voice vote | |
William Thomas (Florida) | Southern District of Florida | November 15, 2012 | ||||
Rosanna Peterson | Eastern District of Washington | October 13, 2009 | November 18, 2009 | January 25, 2010 | 89-0 | |
O. Rogeriee Thompson | United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit | October 6, 2009 | December 1, 2009 | March 17, 2010 | 98-0 | |
Abdul Kallon | United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | July 31, 2009 | November 4, 2009 | November 21, 2009 | Voice vote | |
Gina Marie Groh | Northern District of West Virginia | 5/19/2011 | 9/7/2011 | 3/15/2012 | ||
Geoffrey Crawford | United States District Court for the District of Vermont | May 20, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | June 24, 2014 | 95-0 | |
Alfred Bennett | United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | September 18, 2014 | January 21, 2015 | April 13, 2015 | 95-0 | |
Jane Stranch | United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit | August 6, 2009 | October 21, 2009 | September 13, 2010 | 71-21 | |
Jacqueline Nguyen | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | September 22, 2011 | November 2, 2011 | May 7, 2012 | 91-3 | |
Jacqueline Nguyen | United States District Court for the Central District of California | July 31, 2009 | September 23, 2009 | December 1, 2009 | 97-0 | |
Dolly Gee | Central District of California | August 6, 2009 | September 23, 2009 | December 24, 2009 | Voice vote | |
Benita Pearson | Northern District of Ohio | December 3, 2009 | January 20, 2010 | December 21, 2010 | 56-39 | |
Christina Reiss | United States District Court for the District of Vermont | October 13, 2009 | November 4, 2009 | November 21, 2009 | Voice vote | |
Catherine Eagles | Middle District of North Carolina | March 10, 2010 | April 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Roberto Lange | United States District Court for the District of South Dakota | July 8, 2009 | September 9, 2009 | October 21, 2009 | 100-0 | |
Irene Berger | Southern District of West Virginia | July 8, 2009 | September 9, 2009 | October 27, 2009 | 97-0 | |
Charlene Honeywell | Middle District of Florida | June 25, 2009 | September 9, 2009 | November 9, 2009 | 88-0 | |
Jeffrey Viken | United States District Court for the District of South Dakota | June 25, 2009 | July 29, 2009 | September 29, 2009 | 99-0 | |
Robin Rosenbaum | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | November 7, 2013 | February 11, 2014 | May 12, 2014 | 91-0 | |
Sheri Chappell | Middle District of Florida | June 25, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | May 20, 2013 | 90-0 | |
Linda T. Walker | Northern District of Georgia | January 26, 2011 | ||||
Edward Chen | Northern District of California | August 6, 2009 | September 23, 2009 | May 10, 2011 | 56-42 | |
Kimberly Mueller | Eastern District of California | March 10, 2010 | April 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Dale A. Drozd | United States District Court for the Eastern District of California | November 12, 2014 | May 6, 2015 | October 5, 2015 | 69-21 | |
Fernando Olguin | Central District of California | 5/14/2012 | 6/27/2012 | 12/17/2012 | ||
Cathy Bencivengo | Southern District of California | May 11, 2011 | September 7, 2011 | February 9, 2012 | 90-6 | |
Anthony J. Battaglia | Southern District of California | May 20, 2010 | September 29, 2010 | March 7, 2011 | 89-0 | |
Richard Seeborg | Northern District of California | August 6, 2009 | September 23, 2009 | December 24, 2009 | Voice vote | |
Leslie Kobayashi | District of Hawaii | April 21, 2010 | July 15, 2010 | December 18, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Robert Bacharach | United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | January 23, 2012 | May 9, 2012 | February 25, 2013 | 93-0 | |
Cathy Bissoon | United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | November 17, 2010 | June 22, 2011 | October 17, 2011 | 82-3 | |
Sharon Coleman | Northern District of Illinois | February 24, 2010 | March 10, 2010 | July 12, 2010 | 86-0 | |
Bruce Hendricks | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | June 26, 2013 | February 11, 2014 | June 4, 2014 | 95-0 | |
David Nuffer | District of Utah | 6/29/2011 | 9/20/2011 | 3/22/2012 | ||
Paul Grimm | District of Maryland | 2/16/2012 | 5/9/2012 | 12/3/2012 | ||
Charles Day | District of Maryland | July 21, 2010 | October 31, 2011 | |||
James Bredar | District of Maryland | April 21, 2010 | ay 13, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Michael Urbanski | Western District of Virginia | 12/1/2010 | 2/16/2011 | 5/12/2011 | ||
Evan Wallach | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | July 28, 2011 | September 7, 2011 | November 8, 2011 | 99-0 | |
Timothy S. Black | United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | December 24, 2009 | January 20, 2010 | May 11, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Audrey Fleissig | Eastern District of Missouri | January 20, 2010 | February 11, 2010 | June 7, 2010 | 90-0 | |
Susan Richard Nelson | District of Minnesota | April 21, 2010 | May 13, 2010 | December 17, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Jane Magnus-Stinson | Southern District of Indiana | January 20, 2010 | February 11, 2010 | June 7, 2010 | Voice vote | |
James Wynn | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | November 4, 2009 | December 16, 2009 | August 5, 2010 | Voice vote | |
Morgan Christen | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | May 18, 2011 | July 13, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | 95-3 | |
Ellen Hollander | District of Maryland | April 21, 2010 | May 13, 2010 | December 18, 2010 | 95-0 | |
Nancy Moritz | United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | August 1, 2013 | November 13, 2013 | May 5, 2014 | 90-3 | |
Amos Mazzant | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | June 26, 2014 | September 9, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
D.P. Marshall Jr. | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | 2009 | May 5, 2010 | |||
Mary Murguia | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | March 25, 2010 | July 15, 2010 | December 22, 2010 | 89-0 | |
Carolyn McHugh | United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | May 16, 2013 | September 25, 2013 | March 12, 2014 | 98-0 | |
Henry Floyd | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | January 26, 2011 | April 13, 2011 | October 3, 2011 | 96-0 | |
Andre Davis | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | April 2, 2009 | April 29, 2009 | November 9, 2009 | 72-16 | |
M. Hannah Lauck | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | December 19, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | 90-0 | |
Sonia Sotomayor | Supreme Court of the United States | June 1, 2009 | January 9-13, 2006 | August 6, 2009 | 68-31 | |
Julie Carnes | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | December 19, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | July 21, 2014 | 94-0 | |
Beverly Martin | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | June 19, 2009 | July 29, 2009 | January 20, 2010 | 97-0 | |
David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit) | United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit | March 17, 2009 | April 1, 2009, April 29, 2009 | November 19, 2009 | 59-39 | |
Adalberto Jordan | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | August 2, 2011 | September 20, 2011 | February 15, 2012 | 94-5 | |
Mark Goldsmith | Eastern District of Michigan | February 4, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | June 21, 2010 | 89-0 | |
Malachy Mannion | United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | May 17, 2012 | June 27, 2012 | December 21, 2012 | Voice vote | |
Thomas Vanaskie | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | August 6, 2009 | November 4, 2009 | April 21, 2010 | 77-20 | |
Felipe Restrepo | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | November 12, 2014 | June 10, 2015 | January 11, 2016 | 82-6 | |
Michael Shipp | District of New Jersey | 1/23/2012 | 3/14/2012 | 7/23/2012 | ||
Patty Shwartz | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit | October 5, 2011 | February 15, 2012 | April 19, 2013 | 64-34 | |
Esther Salas | District of New Jersey | 12/1/2010 | 3/2/2011 | 6/14/2011 | ||
Claire Cecchi | District of New Jersey | December 1, 2010 | March 2, 2011 | June 14, 2011 | 98-0 | |
Madeline Arleo | District of New Jersey | June 16, 2014 | July 29, 2014 | November 20, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Joseph Greenaway | Third Circuit | June 19, 2009 | September 9, 2009 | February 9, 2010 | 84-0 | |
Gerard Lynch | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | April 2, 2009 | May 12, 2009 | September 17, 2009 | 94-3 | |
Denny Chin | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | October 6, 2009 | November 18, 2009 | April 22, 2010 | 98-0 | |
Joan Azrack | United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | September 18, 2014 | November 13, 2014 | December 16, 2014 | Voice vote | |
Christopher Droney | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | May 4, 2011 | June 22, 2011 | November 28, 2011 | 88-0 | |
Robert Chatigny | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | August 5, 1994 | September 14, 1994 | September 28, 1994 | Voice vote | |
Robert Chatigny | United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit | February 24, 2010 | April 28, 2010 | |||
Timothy Hillman | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | 2012 | 2012 | |||
Leo Sorokin | District of Massachusetts | December 19, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | 91-0 | |
Gershwin Drain | Eastern District of Michigan | 11/17/2011 | 2/29/2012 | 8/2/2012 | ||
Bernice Donald | United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit | December 1, 2010 | March 16, 2011 | September 6, 2011 | 96-2 | |
Kathleen M. O'Malley | Federal Circuit | March 10, 2010 | July 28, 2010 | December 22, 2010 | Voice vote | |
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Barbara Keenan | United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit | September 14, 2009 | October 7, 2009 | March 2, 2010 | 99-0 | |
John Gerrard | District of Nebraska | 5/4/2011 | 9/20/2011 | 1/23/2012 | ||
Brian Morris (Montana) | District of Montana | May 23, 2013 | July 24, 2013 | December 12, 2013 | 75-20 | |
Andrew Hurwitz | United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | November 2, 2011 | January 26, 2012 | June 12, 2012 | Voice vote | |
James Graves | United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | June 10, 2010 | September 29, 2010 | February 14, 2011 | Voice vote | |
Louis Butler | Western District of Wisconsin | September 30, 2009 | November 4, 2009 | |||
Sue Myerscough | Central District of Illinois | 6/17/2010 | 9/15/2010 | 3/7/2011 | ||
Jon Levy | District of Maine | September 19, 2013 | December 19, 2013 | April 30, 2014 | 75-20 | |
Jill Parrish | United States District Court for the District of Utah | September 18, 2014 | January 21, 2015 | May 21, 2015 | 100-00 | |
Elena Kagan | Supreme Court of the United States | May 10, 2010 | June 28, 2010 | August 5, 2010 | 63-37 | |
Stephen Six | Tenth Circuit | March 9, 2011 | May 24, 2011 | |||
Gregory Alan Phillips | United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | January 31, 2013 | March 19, 2013 | July 8, 2013 | 88-0 |
Historical context
Appointments by current president
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 251 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of July 31, 2024, 206 of the nominees have been confirmed.[3]
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 August 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 August 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
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 August 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 August 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 168.
See also
- Senate Judiciary Committee approves seven nominees
- Four candidates for the federal bench nominated
- August 5, 2010: A busy day for the U.S. Senate
- Goodwin Liu faces Senate Committee
- Obama names four federal court nominees in late July
- Obama nominates five for the federal courts - again
- Five nominated by Obama for District Courts
- Stranch confirmed to Sixth District Appeals Court
External links
- U.S. Courts
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
- The D.C. Law Report blog, "Roundup of President Obama's Judicial Appointments to D.C. Courts During His First Term in Office," February 4, 2013
- The New York Times, "Ratings Shrink President’s List for Judgeships," November 22, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 18, 2019
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021
- ↑ These figures are limited to Article III judges. Article III judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. They serve for life.
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