Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Juan Manuel Pérez-GiménezPuerto Rico District Court · 1979–2020
Catherine D. PerryMissouri Eastern District Court · 1994–present
Hernan Gregorio PesqueraPuerto Rico District Court · 1972–1982
James Donald PetersonCurrently servingWisconsin Western District Court · 2014–present
Rosanna Malouf PetersonWashington Eastern District Court · 2010–present
Raymond James PettineRhode Island District Court · 1966–2003
Harry PhillipsSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1985
Mary Elizabeth PhillipsCurrently servingMissouri Western District Court · 2012–present
Orie Leon PhillipsTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1923–1974
Virginia A. PhillipsCalifornia Central District Court · 1999–present
Frank Albert PicardMichigan Eastern District Court · 1939–1963
Lawrence L. PiersolSouth Dakota District Court · 1993–present
David Andrew PineDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1940–1970
Thomas Virgil PittmanAlabama Middle District Court · 1966–2012
Casper Platt1949–1965
Thomas Collier Platt Jr.New York Eastern District Court · 1974–2017
Raymond Eugene PlummerAlaska District Court · 1961–1987
Donald Carl PogueUnited States Court of International Trade · 1995–2016
Sam Clyde Pointer Jr.Alabama Northern District Court · 1970–2000
Henry Anthony PolitzFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2002
Frank Joseph PolozolaLouisiana Middle District Court · 1980–2013- Omer PoosIllinois Southern District Court · 1958–1976
- Walter Lyndon PopeNinth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1969
David Stewart PorterOhio Southern District Court · 1966–1989- Donald James PorterSouth Dakota District Court · 1977–2003
Robert William PorterTexas Northern District Court · 1974–1991
Richard Allen PosnerSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2017- Robert Daniel PotterNorth Carolina Western District Court · 1981–2009
- Charles Lawrence PowellWashington Eastern District Court · 1959–1975
Philip PrattMichigan Eastern District Court · 1970–1989
Robert W. PrattIowa Southern District Court · 1997–2026
Tanya Walton PrattCurrently servingIndiana Southern District Court · 2010–present
Charles Nelson PrayMontana District Court · 1924–1963
Loretta A. PreskaNew York Southern District Court · 1992–present
Elijah Barrett PrettymanDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1945–1971
Philip Martin ProNevada District Court · 1987–2015
R. David ProctorAlabama Northern District Court · 2003–present
Sharon ProstCurrently servingFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 2001–present
William Holcombe Pryor Jr.Currently servingEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 2005–present- Justin Lowe QuackenbushWashington Eastern District Court · 1980–2024
Randall Ray RaderFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1990–2014
Sylvia H. RamboPennsylvania Middle District Court · 1979–2024
Rudolph Thomas RandaWisconsin Eastern District Court · 1992–2016
Kelly Harrison RankinCurrently servingWyoming District Court · 2024–present
Paul Peter RaoUnited States Court of International Trade · 1949–1988
Edward Domenic ReUnited States Court of International Trade · 1968–1991
Linda R. ReadeIowa Northern District Court · 2002–present
Michael Joseph ReaganIllinois Southern District Court · 2000–2019
Manuel Lawrence RealCalifornia Central District Court · 1966–2019- Stephen M. ReasonerArkansas Eastern District Court · 1988–2004
James Anthony ReddenOregon District Court · 1980–2020
Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.Nevada District Court · 1979–2013
Albert L. ReevesMissouri Western District Court · 1923–1971
Danny C. ReevesKentucky Eastern District Court · 2001–present
Pamela Lynn ReevesTennessee Eastern District Court · 2014–2020- George Scott RegisterNorth Dakota District Court · 1955–1972
- Martin Karl ReidingerCurrently servingNorth Carolina Western District Court · 2007–present
Christina Clair ReissCurrently servingVermont District Court · 2009–present
Jane A. RestaniUnited States Court of International Trade · 1983–2015
John W. ReynoldsWisconsin Eastern District Court · 1965–2002- Ben Herbert Rice Jr.Texas Western District Court · 1945–1964
Eugene RiceOklahoma Eastern District Court · 1937–1967
Thomas Owen RiceCurrently servingWashington Eastern District Court · 2012–present
Walter Herbert RiceOhio Southern District Court · 1980–2004
William Adams Richardson1874–1896
Priscilla RichmanCurrently servingFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–present- Albert Alphonso RidgeEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1945–1967
William Jay RileyEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–2023
Willis William RitterUtah District Court · 1950–1978
Richard Taylor RivesEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1951–1982
Jack RobertsTexas Western District Court · 1966–1988
Richard W. RobertsDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1998–present
Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.District of Columbia District Court · 1966–2000
Julie A. RobinsonKansas District Court · 2001–present
Richard Earl RobinsonNebraska District Court · 1956–1991
Spottswood William Robinson IIIDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1964–1998
Sue Lewis RobinsonDelaware District Court · 1991–2017
Edwin Albert RobsonIllinois Northern District Court · 1959–1986- Michael Joseph RocheCalifornia Northern District Court · 1935–1964
Margaret Catharine RodgersCurrently servingFlorida Northern District Court · 2003–present
Norman Charles Roettger Jr.Florida Southern District Court · 1972–2003
Waldo Henry RogersNew Mexico District Court · 1954–1964
John McCarthy RollArizona District Court · 1991–2011
Paul Hitch RoneyEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2006
Stephanie Marie RoseCurrently servingIowa Southern District Court · 2012–present
Gerald Ellis RosenMichigan Eastern District Court · 1990–2017
James Michael RosenbaumMinnesota District Court · 1985–2010
Nancy Jo RosenstengelCurrently servingIllinois Southern District Court · 2014–present
Lee Hyman RosenthalTexas Southern District Court · 1992–present- John Rolly RossNevada District Court · 1954–1963
Robert F. Rossiter Jr.Currently servingNebraska District Court · 2016–present
Barbara Jacobs RothsteinWashington Western District Court · 1980–2011
C. Ashley RoyalGeorgia Middle District Court · 2001–present
Carl Bernard RubinOhio Southern District Court · 1971–1995
Dan Monroe Russell Jr.Mississippi Southern District Court · 1965–2011
David Lynn RussellOklahoma Eastern District Court · 1981–2013
George Levi Russell IIICurrently servingMaryland District Court · 2012–present
Robert Lee RussellFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1940–1955
Thomas B. RussellKentucky Western District Court · 1994–2023
Harold Lyman RyanIdaho District Court · 1981–1995