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Edward Franklin Bingham
District of Columbia District Court · 1888–1903
John Winslow Bissell
New Jersey District Court · 1982–2005
Cathy BissoonCurrently serving
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 2011–present
Bruce D. Black
New Mexico District Court · 1995–2017
Norman William Black
Texas Southern District Court · 1979–1997
Susan Harrell Black
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2011
Walter Evan Black Jr.
Maryland District Court · 1982–2014
Sharon Lovelace Blackburn
Alabama Northern District Court · 1991–present
Isaac Newton Blackford
1817–1859
Catherine C. Blake
Maryland District Court · 1995–2026
Solomon Blatt Jr.
South Carolina District Court · 1971–2016
Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld
Connecticut District Court · 1961–1988
James Emanuel BoasbergCurrently serving
District of Columbia District Court · 2011–present
Nils Andreas Boe
United States Court of International Trade · 1971–1992
Danny Julian Boggs
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–present
Andrew Wendell Bogue
South Dakota District Court · 1970–2009
Luther Lee Bohanon
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1961–2003
George Hugo Boldt
Washington Western District Court · 1953–1984
William Bondy
New York Southern District Court · 1923–1964
Fenton Whitlock Booth
1905–1947
William Augustus Bootle
Georgia Middle District Court · 1954–2005
Michael Boudin
First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–2021
Karon O. Bowdre
Alabama Northern District Court · 2001–present
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.
Georgia Southern District Court · 1979–2006
John Clyde Bowen
Washington Western District Court · 1934–1978
Pasco Middleton Bowman II
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1983–2003
Marion Speed Boyd
Tennessee Western District Court · 1940–1988
Francis Joseph Boyle
Rhode Island District Court · 1977–2006
Terrence William BoyleCurrently serving
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1984–present
Holly Ann BradyCurrently serving
Indiana Northern District Court · 2019–present
Amanda Kathleen BrailsfordCurrently serving
Idaho District Court · 2023–present
Matthew William BrannCurrently serving
Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 2012–present
Clifton Rhodes Bratcher
Kentucky Western District Court · 1970–1977
Howard C. Bratton
New Mexico District Court · 1964–2002
Sam Gilbert Bratton
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1933–1963
James Kelleher Bredar
Maryland District Court · 2010–present
J. Daniel Breen
Tennessee Western District Court · 2003–present
Michael Brian BrennanCurrently serving
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 2018–present
Stephen W. Brennan
New York Northern District Court · 1942–1968
Thomas Rutherford Brett
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1979–2003
Leo Brewster
Texas Northern District Court · 1962–1979
Stephen Gerald Breyer
Supreme Court of the United States · 1980–2022
Charles L. Brieant Jr.
New York Southern District Court · 1971–2008
Charles Guy Briggle
Illinois Southern District Court · 1932–1972
Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.
Wyoming District Court · 1975–2014
Philip A. BrimmerCurrently serving
Colorado District Court · 2008–present
Mary Beck Briscoe
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–present
William Earl Britt
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1980–1997
Margo Kitsy BrodieCurrently serving
New York Eastern District Court · 2012–present
Gene Edward Brooks
Indiana Southern District Court · 1979–1996
Henry Luesing Brooks
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1971
Timothy Lloyd BrooksCurrently serving
Arkansas Western District Court · 2014–present
John Wesley BroomesCurrently serving
Kansas District Court · 2018–present
Robert Cameron Broomfield
Arizona District Court · 1985–2014
Bailey Brown
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1997
Debra Marie BrownCurrently serving
Mississippi Northern District Court · 2013–present
Garrett E. Brown Jr.
New Jersey District Court · 1985–2012
George Stewart Brown
United States Court of International Trade · 1926–1941
John Robert Brown
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1955–1993
Nannette Jolivette BrownCurrently serving
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 2011–present
Wesley Ernest Brown
Kansas District Court · 1962–2012
James Robert Browning
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–2012
William Docker Browning
Arizona District Court · 1984–2008
Colin Stirling BruceCurrently serving
Illinois Central District Court · 2013–present
Walter Bruchhausen
New York Eastern District Court · 1953–1976
Albert Vickers Bryan
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1947–1984
Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1971–2019
William Benson Bryant
District of Columbia District Court · 1965–2005
Jerry Buchmeyer
Texas Northern District Court · 1979–2009
Frank William Bullock Jr.
North Carolina Middle District Court · 1982–2006
Renée Marie BumbCurrently serving
New Jersey District Court · 2006–present
David L. BunningCurrently serving
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 2002–present
Lucius Desha Bunton III
Texas Western District Court · 1979–2001
Juan Guerrero Burciaga
New Mexico District Court · 1979–1995
Timothy Mark Burgess
Alaska District Court · 2006–present
Harold P. Burke
New York Western District Court · 1937–1981
Ellen Bree Burns
Connecticut District Court · 1978–2019
James Milton Burns
Oregon District Court · 1972–2001
Larry Alan Burns
California Southern District Court · 2003–2024
Billy Michael Burrage
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1994–2001
Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.
California Eastern District Court · 1992–2012
Algernon Lee Butler
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1959–1978
Charles Randolph Butler Jr.
Alabama Southern District Court · 1988–2005
Mortimer W. Byers
New York Eastern District Court · 1929–1962
William Matthew Byrne Jr.
California Central District Court · 1971–2006
William Matthew Byrne Sr.
California Central District Court · 1950–1974
José Alberto Cabranes
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–present
James Chris Cacheris
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1981–2018
Andrew Augustine Caffrey
Massachusetts District Court · 1961–1993
Edward Norman Cahn
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1974–1998
Timothy Martin CainCurrently serving
South Carolina District Court · 2011–present
Karen K. CaldwellCurrently serving
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 2001–present
Marion Jones Callister
Idaho District Court · 1976–1997
William G. Cambridge
Nebraska District Court · 1988–2000
Jack Tarpley Camp Jr.
Georgia Northern District Court · 1988–2010
Edward Kernan Campbell
1913–1938
Levin Hicks Campbell
First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–1992
Tena Campbell
Utah District Court · 1995–2011
Todd J. Campbell
Tennessee Middle District Court · 1995–2021
William Joseph Campbell
Illinois Northern District Court · 1940–1988

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