Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Lance Edward WalkerCurrently servingMaine District Court · 2018–present
Mark Eaton WalkerCurrently servingFlorida Northern District Court · 2012–present
Vaughn R. WalkerCalifornia Northern District Court · 1989–2011
John Clifford WallaceNinth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–1996
James Augustine WalshArizona District Court · 1952–1991- Harris Kenneth WangelinMissouri Eastern District Court · 1970–1987
Hiram Hamilton WardNorth Carolina Middle District Court · 1972–2002
James WareCalifornia Northern District Court · 1988–2012
Julius Waties Waring1942–1968
Wilson WarlickNorth Carolina Western District Court · 1949–1978
Robert Willis WarrenWisconsin Eastern District Court · 1974–1998- H[ugh] Franklin WatersArkansas Western District Court · 1981–2002
- Harry Evans WatkinsWest Virginia Northern District Court · 1937–1963
Robert Dorsey WatkinsMaryland District Court · 1956–1986
William Keith WatkinsAlabama Middle District Court · 2005–present- Albert Leisenring WatsonPennsylvania Middle District Court · 1929–1960
Derrick Kahala WatsonCurrently servingHawaii District Court · 2013–present
Rodney Scott WebbNorth Dakota District Court · 1987–2009
Gerald Joseph WeberPennsylvania Western District Court · 1964–1989- Paul Charles WeickSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–1997
Carl Andrew WeinmanOhio Southern District Court · 1959–1979
Jack Bertrand WeinsteinNew York Eastern District Court · 1967–2021
Peter David WelteCurrently servingNorth Dakota District Court · 2019–present
Elmer Gordon WestLouisiana Middle District Court · 1961–1992
Lee Roy WestOklahoma Western District Court · 1979–2020
Richard Smith Whaley1930–1951
Robert H. WhaleyWashington Eastern District Court · 1995–2009
Fred Louis Wham1927–1967
Alfred Adams WheatDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1929–1943
Dean WhippleMissouri Western District Court · 1987–2007
Lawrence Aloysius WhippleNew Jersey District Court · 1967–1983
George Washington WhiteOhio Northern District Court · 1980–2011
Ronald A. WhiteOklahoma Eastern District Court · 2003–present
George William WhitehurstFlorida Northern District Court · 1950–1974
Frank DeArmon WhitneyNorth Carolina Western District Court · 2006–present
Hiram Emory Widener Jr.Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–2007
Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr.Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1981–2022
Claudia Ann WilkenCalifornia Northern District Court · 1993–2014
Philip Charles WilkinsCalifornia Eastern District Court · 1969–1998
William Walter WilkinsFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2008
James Harvie Wilkinson IIICurrently servingFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–present
Charles Joseph WilliamsCurrently servingIowa Northern District Court · 2018–present
Karen J. WilliamsFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–2013
Paul X WilliamsArkansas Western District Court · 1967–1994
Frank Wiley WilsonTennessee Eastern District Court · 1961–1982
Samuel Grayson WilsonVirginia Western District Court · 1990–2014
Brian Curtis WimesCurrently servingMissouri Eastern District Court · 2012–present
David Keith WinderUtah District Court · 1979–2009
Henry Travillion WingateCurrently servingMississippi Southern District Court · 1985–present
B. Lynn WinmillIdaho District Court · 1995–present
Fred M. WinnerColorado District Court · 1970–1984
Allen Cothrel WinsorCurrently servingFlorida Northern District Court · 2019–present
Harrison Lee WinterFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1990
Ralph K. Winter Jr.Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2020- Henry Seiler WiseIllinois Central District Court · 1966–1982
Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr.Tennessee Middle District Court · 1978–2020
Mark Lawrence WolfMassachusetts District Court · 1985–2025
Elizabeth Ann WolfordCurrently servingNew York Western District Court · 2013–present
Freda L. WolfsonNew Jersey District Court · 2002–2023
Charles Robert WolleIowa Southern District Court · 1983–2022
Roger Leland WollmanEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–present
Diane Pamela WoodSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–2024
Kimba Maureen WoodNew York Southern District Court · 1988–2009
Lisa Godbey WoodCurrently servingGeorgia Southern District Court · 2007–present- Peter WoodburyFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1970
John A. Woodcock Jr.Maine District Court · 2003–present
Halbert Owen WoodwardTexas Northern District Court · 1968–2000
Terry L. WootenSouth Carolina District Court · 2001–present
Caleb Merrill WrightDelaware District Court · 1955–2001
James Skelly WrightDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1988
Scott Olin WrightMissouri Western District Court · 1979–2016
Susan Webber WrightArkansas Western District Court · 1990–2013
Charles Cecil WycheSouth Carolina District Court · 1937–1966
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.Massachusetts District Court · 1941–1986
Staci Michelle YandleCurrently servingIllinois Southern District Court · 2014–present
Leon Rene YankwichCalifornia Central District Court · 1935–1975
George Cressler YoungFlorida Middle District Court · 1961–2015
George Morley YoungUnited States Court of International Trade · 1926–1932
Richard L. YoungIndiana Southern District Court · 1998–present
William G. YoungCurrently servingMassachusetts District Court · 1985–present
Lawrence Paul ZatkoffMichigan Eastern District Court · 1986–2015- Joseph Carmine ZavattNew York Eastern District Court · 1957–1985
Donald Emil ZieglerPennsylvania Western District Court · 1978–2003
Jennifer Guerin ZippsCurrently servingArizona District Court · 2011–present
William J. ZlochFlorida Southern District Court · 1985–present