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Frederick Alvin Daugherty
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1962–2006
Glen H. Davidson
Mississippi Northern District Court · 1985–2007
Thomas Whitfield Davidson
Texas Northern District Court · 1936–1974
Elmer David Davies
Tennessee Middle District Court · 1939–1957
Edward Bertrand Davis
Florida Southern District Court · 1979–2000
Leonard E. Davis
Texas Eastern District Court · 2002–2015
Mark Steven DavisCurrently serving
Virginia Eastern District Court · 2008–present
Michael James Davis
Minnesota District Court · 1994–present
Thomas Hoyt Davis
Georgia Middle District Court · 1945–1969
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Jr.
Louisiana Western District Court · 1953–1984
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr.
Louisiana Western District Court · 1924–1966
Edward William Day
Rhode Island District Court · 1954–1985
James DeAnda
Texas Southern District Court · 1979–1992
Raymond Joseph Dearie
New York Eastern District Court · 1986–2011
Timothy D. DeGiustiCurrently serving
Oklahoma Western District Court · 2007–present
Jon Ernest DeGuilio
Indiana Northern District Court · 2010–present
John Wayne Delehant
Nebraska District Court · 1942–1972
Aida M. Delgado-ColónCurrently serving
Puerto Rico District Court · 2006–present
William Denman
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1959
James C. Dever IIICurrently serving
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 2005–present
Shane Devine
New Hampshire District Court · 1978–1999
Edward James Devitt
Minnesota District Court · 1955–1992
Gustave Diamond
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1978–2021
Albert DiazCurrently serving
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2010–present
Dominick L. DiCarlo
United States Court of International Trade · 1984–1999
Shelly Deckert DickCurrently serving
Louisiana Middle District Court · 2013–present
Joseph A. DiClerico Jr.
New Hampshire District Court · 1992–2022
Samuel Hugh Dillin
Indiana Southern District Court · 1961–2006
Elizabeth Kay DillonCurrently serving
Virginia Western District Court · 2014–present
Carolyn R. Dimmick
Washington Western District Court · 1981–2025
Susan J. Dlott
Ohio Southern District Court · 1995–present
Daniel Desmond DomenicoCurrently serving
Colorado District Court · 2019–present
James A. Donohoe
Nebraska District Court · 1933–1956
Joseph Brannon Dooley
Texas Northern District Court · 1947–1967
Peter Collins Dorsey
Connecticut District Court · 1983–2012
Terry Alvin DoughtyCurrently serving
Louisiana Western District Court · 2018–present
John Edward Dowdell
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 2012–present
William F. Downes
Wyoming District Court · 1994–2011
James Edward Doyle
Wisconsin Western District Court · 1965–1987
Charles Daniel Drake
1870–1885
Dee D. Drell
Louisiana Western District Court · 2003–present
Samuel Marion Driver
Washington Eastern District Court · 1940–1958
Miranda Mai DuCurrently serving
Nevada District Court · 2012–present
Joel Fredrick Dubina
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2013
Kristi DuBoseCurrently serving
Alabama Southern District Court · 2005–present
Francis Ryan Duffy
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1979
Richard M. Duncan
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1943–1974
Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1970–1995
David William Dyer
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1998
Claire Eagan
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 2001–present
Catherine Caldwell Eagles
North Carolina Middle District Court · 2010–present
Frank Hoover EasterbrookCurrently serving
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–present
Joseph Oscar Eaton
Florida Southern District Court · 1967–2008
Robert L. Echols
Tennessee Middle District Court · 1992–2010
David Norton Edelstein
New York Southern District Court · 1952–2000
Berry Avant Edenfield
Georgia Southern District Court · 1978–2015
Newell Edenfield
Georgia Northern District Court · 1967–1981
Robert Allan Edgar
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1985–2005
Henry White Edgerton
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1970
James Larry Edmondson
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2012
George Clifton Edwards Jr.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–1995
Harry Thomas Edwards
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–present
Edward Clayton Eicher
District of Columbia District Court · 1942–1944
Garnett Thomas Eisele
Arkansas Eastern District Court · 1970–2017
J[ames] Robert Elliott
Georgia Middle District Court · 1962–2000
Samantha Dowd ElliottCurrently serving
New Hampshire District Court · 2021–present
James O. Ellison
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1979–2014
Jennifer Walker ElrodCurrently serving
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2007–present
Albert Joseph Engel
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2013
Kurt Damian EngelhardtCurrently serving
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–present
Morrison C. England Jr.
California Eastern District Court · 2002–2024
Richard Alan Enslen
Michigan Western District Court · 1979–2015
Ralph R. EricksonCurrently serving
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2003–present
Samuel James Ervin III
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–1999
Richard Cannon Erwin
North Carolina Middle District Court · 1977–2006
Jesse Ernest Eschbach
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–2005
Joe Ewing Estes
Texas Northern District Court · 1955–1989
David EstudilloCurrently serving
Washington Western District Court · 2021–present
Luther Boyd Eubanks
Oklahoma Western District Court · 1965–1987
Orinda Dale Evans
Georgia Northern District Court · 1979–2008
Terence Thomas Evans
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2011
David Alan Ezra
Hawaii District Court · 1988–2012
David A. Faber
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1991–2008
Thomas Edward Fairchild
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1957–2007
Guy Leverne Fake
New Jersey District Court · 1929–1957
Joseph James Farnan Jr.
Delaware District Court · 1985–2010
Patricia C. Fawsett
Florida Middle District Court · 1986–2008
James Alger Fee
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1959
John Feikens
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1960–2011
Wilfred Feinberg
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–2014
John A. Field Jr.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1995
Edward Louis Filippine
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1977–1995
Sherman Glenn Finesilver
Colorado District Court · 1971–1994
Israel Fredrick Fischer
United States Court of International Trade · 1926–1932
A[llen] Joe Fish
Texas Northern District Court · 1983–2007
Clarkson Sherman Fisher
New Jersey District Court · 1970–1997
Joseph Jefferson Fisher
Texas Eastern District Court · 1959–2000
James Martin Fitzgerald
Alaska District Court · 1972–2011
Duross Fitzpatrick
Georgia Middle District Court · 1985–2008
Sidney Allen Fitzwater
Texas Northern District Court · 1986–present

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