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Sylvester J. Ryan
New York Southern District Court · 1947–1981
Dana Makoto SabrawCurrently serving
California Southern District Court · 2003–present
Howard Frederic Sachs
Missouri Western District Court · 1979–1992
David Sam
Utah District Court · 1985–1999
Juan Ramon SánchezCurrently serving
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2004–present
Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.
Texas Northern District Court · 1979–2008
W[illie] Louis Sands
Georgia Middle District Court · 1994–2014
Brenda Kay SannesCurrently serving
New York Northern District Court · 2014–present
Edmund A. Sargus Jr.Currently serving
Ohio Southern District Court · 1996–present
Patti B. SarisCurrently serving
Massachusetts District Court · 1993–present
Royce H. Savage
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1940–1961
F. Dennis Saylor IVCurrently serving
Massachusetts District Court · 2004–present
Richard A. Schell
Texas Eastern District Court · 1988–2015
Patrick Joseph SchiltzCurrently serving
Minnesota District Court · 2006–present
Karen E. SchreierCurrently serving
South Dakota District Court · 1999–present
Mary Murphy Schroeder
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1975–2011
Thomas D. SchroederCurrently serving
North Carolina Middle District Court · 2008–present
Edward Joseph Schwartz
California Southern District Court · 1968–2000
Murray Merle Schwartz
Delaware District Court · 1974–2013
Anthony Joseph Scirica
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–2013
Nauman Steele Scott
Louisiana Western District Court · 1970–2001
Frederick James Scullin Jr.
New York Northern District Court · 1992–2006
J[ohn] Michael Seabright
Hawaii District Court · 2005–present
Morey Leonard Sear
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1976–2004
Frank Howell Seay
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1979–2003
John W. Sedwick
Alaska District Court · 1992–2011
Richard G. SeeborgCurrently serving
California Northern District Court · 2010–present
Collins Jacques Seitz
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1998
David Bryan Sentelle
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–present
Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr.
Mississippi Northern District Court · 1979–2011
William K. Sessions III
Vermont District Court · 1995–2014
William Steele Sessions
Texas Western District Court · 1974–1987
Oliver Seth
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1996
Margaret B. Seymour
South Carolina District Court · 1998–2022
Stephanie Kulp Seymour
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2005
John C. Shabaz
Wisconsin Western District Court · 1981–2012
James Edward Shadid
Illinois Central District Court · 2011–2025
Jack D. Shanstrom
Montana District Court · 1990–2020
Allen Sharp
Indiana Northern District Court · 1969–2009
Kevin Hunter Sharp
Tennessee Middle District Court · 2011–2017
Gary L. Sharpe
New York Northern District Court · 2004–2024
John Malach Shaw
Louisiana Western District Court · 1979–1999
Michael P. SheaCurrently serving
Connecticut District Court · 2012–present
Joseph Warren Sheehy
Texas Eastern District Court · 1951–1967
Roy Mahlon Shelbourne
Kentucky Western District Court · 1946–1974
Robert James ShelbyCurrently serving
Utah District Court · 2012–present
Seth Shepard
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1893–1917
Michael Henry Sheridan
Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 1961–1976
William B. Shubb
California Eastern District Court · 1990–2004
Charles Proctor Sifton
New York Eastern District Court · 1977–2009
Eugene Edward Siler Jr.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1975–2001
Roslyn O. Silver
Arizona District Court · 1994–2013
Jerome B. Simandle
New Jersey District Court · 1992–2019
Philip P. SimonCurrently serving
Indiana Northern District Court · 2003–present
Charles Casper Simons
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1923–1964
Charles Earl Simons Jr.
South Carolina District Court · 1964–1999
Charles Ralph Simpson III
Kentucky Western District Court · 1986–2013
John Milton Bryan Simpson
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1987
George Z. Singal
Maine District Court · 2000–2013
James Keith Singleton Jr.
Alaska District Court · 1980–2005
John Virgil Singleton Jr.
Texas Southern District Court · 1966–1992
Rodney W. Sippel
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1997–present
John Joseph Sirica
District of Columbia District Court · 1957–1992
Scott Wesley SkavdahlCurrently serving
Wyoming District Court · 2011–present
Otto Richard Skopil Jr.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1972–2012
William M. Skretny
New York Western District Court · 1990–2015
Gregory Moneta Sleet
Delaware District Court · 1998–2018
Dolores Korman Sloviter
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2022
Frederic N. Smalkin
Maryland District Court · 1986–2011
D[avid] Brooks Smith
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1988–present
John Joseph Smith
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1980
John Lewis Smith Jr.
District of Columbia District Court · 1966–1992
Lavenski R. SmithCurrently serving
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1997–present
Randle Jasper Smith
Missouri Western District Court · 1956–1962
Rebecca Beach Smith
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1989–present
Russell Evans Smith
Montana District Court · 1966–1990
Sidney Oslin Smith Jr.
Georgia Northern District Court · 1965–1974
Walter Scott Smith Jr.
Texas Western District Court · 1984–2016
William E. Smith
Rhode Island District Court · 2002–2026
William Francis Smith
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1968
Laurie Smith Camp
Nebraska District Court · 2001–2020
Constantine Joseph Smyth
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1917–1924
G. Murray Snow
Arizona District Court · 2008–present
Simon E. Sobeloff
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1952–1973
Jorge Antonio Solis
Texas Northern District Court · 1991–2016
Gus Jerome Solomon
Oregon District Court · 1950–1987
Herbert Peter Sorg
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1955–1979
William Morris Sparks
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1950
Adrian Anthony Spears
Texas Western District Court · 1962–1982
James Randolph Spencer
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1986–2017
Theresa Lazar Springmann
Indiana Northern District Court · 2003–present
Srikanth SrinivasanCurrently serving
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 2013–present
Joseph Peter StadtmuellerCurrently serving
Wisconsin Eastern District Court · 1987–present
William Henry Stafford Jr.
Florida Northern District Court · 1975–2025
Thomas E. Stagg Jr.
Louisiana Western District Court · 1974–2015
Austin Leander Staley
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1978
Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1990–2006
Timothy C. Stanceu
United States Court of International Trade · 2003–present
Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr.
Kansas District Court · 1958–2001
Edwin Monroe Stanley
North Carolina Middle District Court · 1958–1971

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