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William Lynn Campbell Jr.Currently serving
Tennessee Middle District Court · 2018–present
Santiago E. Campos
New Mexico District Court · 1978–2001
Hiram Rafael Cancio
Puerto Rico District Court · 1967–1974
Gregory Wright Carman
United States Court of International Trade · 1983–2020
Edward Earl Carnes
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–present
Julie E. Carnes
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–present
Cormac J. Carney
California Central District Court · 2001–present
George Carter Carr
Florida Middle District Court · 1977–1990
James G. Carr
Ohio Northern District Court · 1994–2010
George Harrold Carswell
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1958–1970
Gene Carter
Maine District Court · 1980–2021
James Marshall Carter
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1979
Oliver Jesse Carter
California Northern District Court · 1950–1976
David Kellogg Cartter
District of Columbia District Court · 1863–1887
Joseph Casey
1861–1870
Denise Jefferson CasperCurrently serving
Massachusetts District Court · 2010–present
Rubén Castillo
Illinois Northern District Court · 1994–2019
Latham Castle
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1986
Robin J. Cauthron
Oklahoma Western District Court · 1991–present
Richard F. Cebull
Montana District Court · 2001–2013
Lester LeFevre Cecil
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1953–1982
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo
Puerto Rico District Court · 1980–2021
Michael A. ChagaresCurrently serving
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 2006–present
Richard Harvey Chambers
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1994
Robert Charles ChambersCurrently serving
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1997–present
Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.
Oklahoma Western District Court · 1943–1989
Deborah K. Chasanow
Maryland District Court · 1993–2014
Harrie Brigham Chase
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1969
Robert N. ChatignyCurrently serving
Connecticut District Court · 1994–present
Herbert William Christenberry
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1947–1975
Dana Lewis Christensen
Montana District Court · 2011–present
Sidney Lee Christie
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1964–1974
James Paul Churchill
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1974–2020
Harry M. Clabaugh
District of Columbia District Court · 1899–1914
Harry E. Claiborne
Nevada District Court · 1978–1986
John William Clancy
New York Southern District Court · 1936–1969
T. Emmet Clarie
Connecticut District Court · 1961–1997
Charles Clark
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–1992
Charles Edward Clark
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1963
Chase Addison Clark
Idaho District Court · 1943–1966
Ron Clark
Texas Eastern District Court · 2002–present
Russell Gentry Clark
Missouri Western District Court · 1977–2000
Stephen Robert Clark Sr.Currently serving
Missouri Eastern District Court · 2019–present
Thurmond Clarke
California Central District Court · 1955–1971
Thomas James Clary
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1950–1977
Claude Feemster Clayton
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1958–1969
Edith Brown Clement
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1991–present
U. W. Clemon
Alabama Northern District Court · 1980–2009
Charles N. Clevert Jr.
Wisconsin Eastern District Court · 1996–2017
Frank Morey Coffin
First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1965–2009
Jennifer B. Coffman
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1993–2013
Albert Wheeler Coffrin
Vermont District Court · 1972–1993
Mitchell Harry Cohen
New Jersey District Court · 1962–1991
Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1976–2022
Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–present
James Plemon Coleman
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1984
William Caldwell Coleman
Maryland District Court · 1927–1955
Curtis Lynn Collier
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1995–2014
Audrey B. Collins
California Central District Court · 1994–2014
Raner Christercunean Collins
Arizona District Court · 1998–present
Steven M. CollotonCurrently serving
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2003–present
Richard Paul Conaboy
Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 1979–2018
William Martin ConleyCurrently serving
Wisconsin Western District Court · 2010–present
Patrick Anthony Conmy
North Dakota District Court · 1985–2000
Ben Clarkson Connally
Texas Southern District Court · 1949–1975
James C. Connell
Ohio Northern District Court · 1954–1973
Christopher C. Conner
Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 2002–2025
Colm Felix ConnollyCurrently serving
Delaware District Court · 2018–present
Glen Edward Conrad
Virginia Western District Court · 2003–2021
Robert James Conrad Jr.
North Carolina Western District Court · 2005–2025
Joy Flowers Conti
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 2002–present
Anne C. Conway
Florida Middle District Court · 1991–present
John Edwards Conway
New Mexico District Court · 1986–2014
L. Scott Coogler
Alabama Northern District Court · 2003–2025
Harold Dale Cook
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1974–2008
Julian Abele Cook Jr.
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1978–2017
James Aloysius Coolahan
New Jersey District Court · 1962–1986
Timothy J. Corrigan
Florida Middle District Court · 2002–present
John C. Coughenour
Washington Western District Court · 1981–2006
Alfred V. Covello
Connecticut District Court · 1987–2025
James Harry Covington
District of Columbia District Court · 1914–1918
Sean Francis Cox
Michigan Eastern District Court · 2006–2025
William Harold Cox
Mississippi Southern District Court · 1961–1988
Robert Everett Coyle
California Eastern District Court · 1982–2012
Barbara Brandriff Crabb
Wisconsin Western District Court · 1979–2010
Walter Early Craig
Arizona District Court · 1963–1986
Randy CraneCurrently serving
Texas Southern District Court · 2002–present
James Braxton Craven Jr.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1977
Geoffrey William CrawfordCurrently serving
Vermont District Court · 2013–present
Waverly David Crenshaw Jr.Currently serving
Tennessee Middle District Court · 2016–present
Myron Donovan Crocker
California Eastern District Court · 1959–2010
Walter Joseph Cummings
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1999
Edward Matthew Curran
District of Columbia District Court · 1947–1988
John Thomas Curtin
New York Western District Court · 1967–2017
Conrad Keefe Cyr
First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2016
Ted Dalton
Virginia Western District Court · 1959–1989
T. F. Gilroy Daly
Connecticut District Court · 1977–1996
Wiley Young Daniel
Colorado District Court · 1995–2019
Leslie Rogers Darr
Tennessee Middle District Court · 1939–1967
Sara Lynn DarrowCurrently serving
Illinois Central District Court · 2011–present

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