Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Ronald Earl LongstaffIowa Southern District Court · 1991–2006
John Whitaker Lord Jr.Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1954–1972- Joseph Simon Lord IIIPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1961–1991
Miles Welton LordMinnesota District Court · 1966–1985
Edward Greely Loring1858–1877
John Lowell1789–1802
Joseph Edward LumbardSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1955–1999
John Watson LungstrumKansas District Court · 1991–2010- Alfred Leopold LuongoPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1961–1986
Sandra Lea LynchFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–present
Barbara M. LynnTexas Northern District Court · 1999–2025
Seybourn Harris LynneAlabama Northern District Court · 1946–2000
Thomas Jamison MacBrideCalifornia Eastern District Court · 1961–2000- John Ashton MacKenzieVirginia Eastern District Court · 1967–1998
- Harry Hunter MacLaughlinMinnesota District Court · 1972–2005
Lloyd Francis MacMahonNew York Southern District Court · 1959–1989
Thomas M. MaddenNew Jersey District Court · 1945–1976
Paul Arthur MagnusonMinnesota District Court · 1981–2002
Jane Elizabeth Magnus-StinsonIndiana Southern District Court · 2010–present
Calvert MagruderFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1968
James Earl MajorSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1934–1972
Paul Lewis MaloneyCurrently servingMichigan Western District Court · 2007–present
Algenon L. MarbleyCurrently servingOhio Southern District Court · 1997–present
Howard Thomas MarkeyFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1972–1991
Emily Coody MarksCurrently servingAlabama Middle District Court · 2018–present
Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1950–1993
Consuelo Bland MarshallCalifornia Central District Court · 1980–2005
Denzil Price Marshall Jr.Currently servingArkansas Eastern District Court · 2010–present
John Thomas MartenKansas District Court · 1996–2021
Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr.Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2013
George Ewing MartinDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1948- James Robert Martin Jr.South Carolina District Court · 1961–1984
John Donelson Martin Sr.Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1962
Ricardo S. MartinezWashington Western District Court · 2004–present- William Carey MathesCalifornia Southern District Court · 1945–1967
Paul Ramon MatiaOhio Northern District Court · 1991–2005
Richard Paul MatschColorado District Court · 1974–2019
Marion Charles MatthesEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1958–1980
Roslynn Renee MauskopfNew York Eastern District Court · 2007–2024
Robert Earl MaxwellWest Virginia Northern District Court · 1965–2010
Leigh Martin MayCurrently servingGeorgia Northern District Court · 2014–present
Haldane Robert MayerFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1987–present
Amos Louis Mazzant IIICurrently servingTexas Eastern District Court · 2014–present
Thomas Francis McAllisterSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1976
Steven J. McAuliffeNew Hampshire District Court · 1992–2013
Thomas James McAvoyNew York Northern District Court · 1986–2003
Landya B. McCaffertyCurrently servingNew Hampshire District Court · 2013–present
Jon Phipps McCallaTennessee Western District Court · 1992–2013
Charles Paul McClellandUnited States Court of International Trade · 1926–1939
Claude Charles McCollochOregon District Court · 1937–1959
John James McConnell Jr.Currently servingRhode Island District Court · 2011–present
Paul John McCormickCalifornia Southern District Court · 1924–1960
Walter Irving McCoyDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1914–1929
Neal Peters McCurnNew York Northern District Court · 1979–2014
Michael Patrick McCuskeyIllinois Central District Court · 1998–2014
Joe Billy McDadeIllinois Central District Court · 1991–2010
Travis Randall McDonoughCurrently servingTennessee Eastern District Court · 2015–present
Frank Hampton McFaddenAlabama Northern District Court · 1969–1982- Frank James McGarrIllinois Northern District Court · 1970–1988
Walter Thomas McGovernWashington Western District Court · 1968–2021
Carl E. McGowanDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1987
Matthew Francis McGuireDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1941–1986
Monroe G. McKayTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2020
Theodore Alexander McKeeThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–present
Howard D. McKibbenNevada District Court · 1984–2005
Joseph H. McKinley Jr.Kentucky Western District Court · 1995–present
Larry J. McKinneyIndiana Southern District Court · 1987–2017
Sean J. McLaughlinPennsylvania Western District Court · 1994–2013
Colleen McMahonNew York Southern District Court · 1998–present
Edward Joseph McManusIowa Northern District Court · 1962–2017
A. J. McNamaraLouisiana Eastern District Court · 1982–2014- Charles Joseph McNameeOhio Northern District Court · 1951–1964
Stephen M. McNameeArizona District Court · 1990–2007
Raymond Clyne McNicholsIdaho District Court · 1964–1985- Robert James McNicholsWashington Eastern District Court · 1979–1993
- Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.Tennessee Western District Court · 1966–2004
William Allan McRae Jr.Florida Middle District Court · 1961–1973
Michael Jerome McShaneCurrently servingOregon District Court · 2013–present
Nelson McVicarPennsylvania Western District Court · 1928–1960
Pat MehaffyEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1981
Eric F. MelgrenKansas District Court · 2008–present
Arthur Johnson MellottKansas District Court · 1935–1957
Michael Joseph MelloyEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–2013
Frederick Olen MercerIllinois Southern District Court · 1956–1966- James Hargrove MeredithMissouri Eastern District Court · 1962–1988
Ronald Edward MeredithKentucky Western District Court · 1985–1994
Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2022
Steven Douglas MerrydayFlorida Middle District Court · 1992–present
Thomas Joseph MeskillSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1975–2007
Paul Redmond MichelFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1988–2010
George Theodore MickelsonSouth Dakota District Court · 1954–1965
Stephan P. MickleFlorida Northern District Court · 1993–2021
Michael Martin MihmIllinois Central District Court · 1982–2009
Abner Joseph MikvaDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1994
Herbert Theodore MilburnSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1983–2016
Wendell Alverson MilesMichigan Western District Court · 1974–2013
Vicki Miles-LaGrangeOklahoma Western District Court · 1994–present
Brian Stacy MillerCurrently servingArkansas Eastern District Court · 2007–present
John Elvis MillerArkansas Western District Court · 1941–1981
Robert Lowell Miller Jr.Indiana Northern District Court · 1985–present