Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Louise W. FlanaganCurrently servingNorth Carolina Eastern District Court · 2003–present
Joel Martin FlaumSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1974–2024- James Thomas FoleyNew York Northern District Court · 1949–1990
Roger D. FoleyNevada District Court · 1962–1996- Roger Thomas FoleyNevada District Court · 1945–1974
Frederick Voris FollmerPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1946–1971
David FolsomTexas Eastern District Court · 1995–2012
Harold Michael FongHawaii District Court · 1982–1995
Hiram Church FordKentucky Eastern District Court · 1935–1969
James L. ForemanIllinois Southern District Court · 1972–2012
Karl Spillman ForesterKentucky Eastern District Court · 1988–2014
Phillip FormanThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1932–1978- James Carroll FoxNorth Carolina Eastern District Court · 1982–2019
Noel Peter FoxMichigan Western District Court · 1962–1987
Frank Harlan FreedmanMassachusetts District Court · 1972–2003
Ralph McKenzie FreemanMichigan Eastern District Court · 1954–1990
Nancy Dell FreudenthalCurrently servingWyoming District Court · 2010–present
Bernard A. FriedmanMichigan Eastern District Court · 1988–2009
Henry Jacob FriendlySecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1986
Gregory Kent FrizzellOklahoma Northern District Court · 2007–present
John Patrick FullamPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1966–2018
Mark E. FullerAlabama Middle District Court · 2002–2015- Charles Britton FultonFlorida Southern District Court · 1963–1996
José Antonio FustéPuerto Rico District Court · 1985–2016
Fernando J. Gaitan Jr.Missouri Western District Court · 1991–2014
James Cullen GaneyThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1940–1972
Orlando Luis GarciaCurrently servingTexas Western District Court · 1994–present
Archibald K. GardnerEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1962
Leslie Abrams GardnerCurrently servingGeorgia Middle District Court · 2014–present
Merrick B. GarlandCurrently servingDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1997–present
Reynaldo Guerra GarzaFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–2004
Patricia Anne GaughanOhio Northern District Court · 1995–present
Dolly Maizie GeeCurrently servingCalifornia Central District Court · 2010–present
Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.Currently servingFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 2006–present
Lloyd D. GeorgeNevada District Court · 1984–2020
Frank Paul Geraci Jr.New York Western District Court · 2013–present
John Melvin GerrardNebraska District Court · 1995–present
John Francis GerryNew Jersey District Court · 1974–1995
John Joseph GibbonsThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–1990
Julia Smith GibbonsSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1983–present
Benjamin F. GibsonMichigan Western District Court · 1979–1999
Ernest William Gibson Jr.Vermont District Court · 1949–1969
Floyd Robert GibsonEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–2001
Robert Murray GibsonPennsylvania Western District Court · 1922–1949
Gilberto Gierbolini-OrtizPuerto Rico District Court · 1980–2004
Edward Thaxter GignouxMaine District Court · 1957–1988
John Phil GilbertIllinois Southern District Court · 1992–2014- John James Gilchrist1855–1858
James Tyrone GilesPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1979–2008
Helen W. GillmorHawaii District Court · 1994–2009
James Rodney GilstrapCurrently servingTexas Eastern District Court · 2011–present
Douglas Howard GinsburgDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–present
Sharon Louise GleasonCurrently servingAlaska District Court · 2012–present
David C. GodbeyTexas Northern District Court · 2002–present
John Cooper GodboldEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–2009
Mitchell S. GoldbergPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2008–2025
Kenneth John GonzalesCurrently servingNew Mexico District Court · 2013–present
Irma Elsa GonzalezCalifornia Southern District Court · 1991–2013
Louis Earl GoodmanCalifornia Northern District Court · 1942–1961
Alfred Theodore GoodwinNinth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–2022
Joseph Robert GoodwinCurrently servingWest Virginia Southern District Court · 1995–present
William Nelson GoodwinWashington Eastern District Court · 1966–1975
Andrew Patrick GordonCurrently servingNevada District Court · 2013–present- Eugene Andrew GordonNorth Carolina Middle District Court · 1964–2002
James Fleming GordonKentucky Western District Court · 1965–1990
Wallace Samuel GourleyPennsylvania Western District Court · 1945–1976
John Francis GradyIllinois Northern District Court · 1975–2019
James L. GrahamOhio Southern District Court · 1986–2004
Callie V. GranadeAlabama Southern District Court · 2002–present
Robert Allen GrantIndiana Northern District Court · 1957–1998
Henry Norman GravenIowa Northern District Court · 1944–1970
Frank Gray Jr.Tennessee Middle District Court · 1962–1978
Roger L. GregoryCurrently servingFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–present
Thomas Poole GriesaNew York Southern District Court · 1972–2017
William C. GriesbachWisconsin Eastern District Court · 2002–present
James E. GritznerIowa Southern District Court · 2002–2015
Gina Marie GrohCurrently servingWest Virginia Northern District Court · 2012–present
Duncan Lawrence GronerDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1921–1957
Louis Guirola Jr.Mississippi Southern District Court · 2004–present
Philip S. GutierrezCalifornia Central District Court · 2000–2024
Charles Harold Haden IIWest Virginia Northern District Court · 1972–2004
Ancer Lee HaggertyOregon District Court · 1994–2009
Richard T. HaikLouisiana Western District Court · 1991–2016
Madeline Hughes HaikalaCurrently servingAlabama Northern District Court · 2013–present
David Jason HaleCurrently servingKentucky Western District Court · 2014–present
James Randal HallCurrently servingGeorgia Southern District Court · 2008–present
Janet C. HallCurrently servingConnecticut District Court · 1997–present
Peirson Mitchell HallCalifornia Central District Court · 1942–1979
David Frank HamiltonSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–present
Jean Constance HamiltonMissouri Eastern District Court · 1990–2013
Phyllis Jean HamiltonCalifornia Northern District Court · 2000–present
Learned HandSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1909–1961
William Brevard HandAlabama Southern District Court · 1971–2008
John H. Hannah Jr.Texas Eastern District Court · 1994–2003- Allen Burroughs HannayTexas Southern District Court · 1942–1983
David Rasmussen HansenEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2003
William Cook HansonIowa Northern District Court · 1962–1995
Roy Winfield HarperMissouri Eastern District Court · 1947–1994
George Bernard HarrisCalifornia Northern District Court · 1946–1983
Oren HarrisArkansas Eastern District Court · 1965–1997