Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Walter King StapletonThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2024
Leonard Philip StarkCurrently servingFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 2010–present
Raymond Wesley StarrMichigan Western District Court · 1946–1968
William Elwood StecklerIndiana Southern District Court · 1950–1995
William H. SteeleAlabama Southern District Court · 2003–present
Lawrence F. StengelPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2004–2018
Albert Lee Stephens Jr.California Central District Court · 1961–2001
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1965
Harold Montelle StephensDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1955
Roy Laverne StephensonEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1960–1982- Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.Missouri Eastern District Court · 1981–1998
Brian Theadore StewartUtah District Court · 1999–2014
Carl E. StewartFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–2019
William Donald StiehlIllinois Southern District Court · 1986–2016
Gregory N. StiversCurrently servingKentucky Western District Court · 2014–present
Alicemarie Huber StotlerCalifornia Central District Court · 1978–2014
Leonard Terry StrandCurrently servingIowa Northern District Court · 2016–present
Lyle Elmer StromNebraska District Court · 1985–2023
Louie Willard StrumFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1954- William Corwin StuartIowa Southern District Court · 1962–2010
Glenn T. SuddabyNew York Northern District Court · 2008–present
Sidney SugarmanNew York Southern District Court · 1950–1974
Lonny R. SukoWashington Eastern District Court · 2003–2013
Philip Leo SullivanIllinois Northern District Court · 1934–1960
Jeffrey S. SuttonCurrently servingSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2003–present
Laura Taylor SwainCurrently servingNew York Southern District Court · 2000–present
Thomas Walter SwanSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1926–1975
George Clinton SweeneyMassachusetts District Court · 1935–1966
James Russell Sweeney IICurrently servingIndiana Southern District Court · 2018–present
Mac SwinfordKentucky Eastern District Court · 1937–1975
Luther Merritt SwygertSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1943–1988
Diane S. SykesSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1999–present
Deanell Reece TachaTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2011
Joseph Louis TauroMassachusetts District Court · 1972–2018- Cyrus Nils TavaresHawaii District Court · 1961–1976
Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs TaylorMichigan Eastern District Court · 1979–2017
Fredrick Monroe TaylorIdaho District Court · 1954–1988
George Caldwell TaylorTennessee Eastern District Court · 1928–1952
Robert Love TaylorTennessee Eastern District Court · 1950–1987
William McLaughlin Taylor Jr.Texas Northern District Court · 1966–1985
Robert Emmet TehanWisconsin Eastern District Court · 1949–1975
Hubert Irving TeitelbaumPennsylvania Western District Court · 1970–1995- Michael Anthony TelescaNew York Western District Court · 1982–2020
Frank Gordon TheisKansas District Court · 1967–1998- Daniel Holcombe ThomasAlabama Southern District Court · 1951–2000
Sidney Runyan ThomasNinth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1996–present
Alvin W. ThompsonCurrently servingConnecticut District Court · 1994–present
Anne Elise ThompsonNew Jersey District Court · 1979–2001- Gordon Thompson Jr.California Southern District Court · 1970–2015
Myron Herbert ThompsonAlabama Middle District Court · 1980–2013- Ralph Gordon ThompsonOklahoma Western District Court · 1975–2007
- Roby Calvin ThompsonVirginia Western District Court · 1957–1960
Roszel Cathcart ThomsenMaryland District Court · 1954–1992
Thomas W. Thrash Jr.Georgia Northern District Court · 1997–present- George Ernest TidwellGeorgia Northern District Court · 1979–2011
Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr.North Carolina Middle District Court · 1988–2008
William Josiah TilsonUnited States Court of International Trade · 1926–1949
William Homer TimbersSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1960–1994
George Bell Timmerman Sr.1942–1966
Gerald Bard TjoflatEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–present
James Dale ToddTennessee Western District Court · 1985–2008
José Victor ToledoPuerto Rico District Court · 1970–1980
Ernest C. TorresRhode Island District Court · 1987–2011
Nancy TorresenMaine District Court · 2011–present
Juan R. TorruellaFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 1974–2020
William Byrd Traxler Jr.Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–present
Marc Thomas TreadwellCurrently servingGeorgia Middle District Court · 2010–present
Thomas Clark Trimble IIIArkansas Eastern District Court · 1937–1965- Petrese B. TuckerPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2000–present
John R. TunheimMinnesota District Court · 1995–present
James Clinton TurkVirginia Western District Court · 1972–2014
Howard Boyd TurrentineCalifornia Southern District Court · 1970–2010
Elbert Parr TuttleEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1996
Timothy M. TymkovichCurrently servingTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2003–present
Ralph E. TysonLouisiana Middle District Court · 1998–2011
Stefan R. UnderhillCurrently servingConnecticut District Court · 1999–present
Mell Gilbert UnderwoodOhio Southern District Court · 1936–1972
Michael Francis UrbanskiVirginia Western District Court · 2011–present
Warren Keith UrbomNebraska District Court · 1970–2017
Thomas Ignatius VanaskieThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–2019![G[eorge] Thomas VanBebber](/images-webp/judges/george-thomas-vanbebber.webp)
G[eorge] Thomas VanBebberKansas District Court · 1989–2005
Sarah S. VanceLouisiana Eastern District Court · 1994–present
Martin Donald Van OosterhoutEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1979
Frederick L. Van SickleWashington Eastern District Court · 1991–2021
Thomas A. VarlanCurrently servingTennessee Eastern District Court · 2003–present
Robert Edward VarnerAlabama Middle District Court · 1971–2006
Edgar Sullins VaughtOklahoma Western District Court · 1929–1959
Martha Alicia VázquezCurrently servingNew Mexico District Court · 1993–present- Harold Duane VietorIowa Southern District Court · 1979–2016
Jeffrey Lynn VikenCurrently servingSouth Dakota District Court · 2009–present- Robert L. Vining Jr.Georgia Northern District Court · 1979–2022
Clyde Roger VinsonFlorida Northern District Court · 1983–2023
Wendy Baldwin VitterCurrently servingLouisiana Eastern District Court · 2019–present- Charles Joseph VogelEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1980
Frank William VolkCurrently servingWest Virginia Southern District Court · 2015–present
James Arnold von der HeydtAlaska District Court · 1966–2013
Richard Lesley VoorheesNorth Carolina Western District Court · 1988–present
Kathryn Hoefer VratilKansas District Court · 1992–2014
Patricia McGowan WaldDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1999
John Mercer Walker Jr.Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2006