Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Shackelford Miller Jr.Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1965
Wilbur Kingsbury MillerDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1945–1976
William Ernest MillerSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1955–1976
Michael P. MillsMississippi Northern District Court · 1995–present
Jacob MishlerNew York Eastern District Court · 1960–2004- Sidney Carr MizeMississippi Southern District Court · 1937–1965
Donald W. MolloyMontana District Court · 1996–2011
Susan Oki MollwayHawaii District Court · 1998–present- Ben MooreWest Virginia Southern District Court · 1941–1958
- George MooreMissouri Eastern District Court · 1935–1962
John Henry Moore IIFlorida Middle District Court · 1981–2013
Kevin Michael MooreCurrently servingFlorida Southern District Court · 1992–present
Kimberly Ann MooreCurrently servingFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 2006–present
William Theodore Moore Jr.Georgia Southern District Court · 1994–2024
James Byron MoranIllinois Northern District Court · 1979–2009
Norman A. MordueNew York Northern District Court · 1998–2022
Federico A. MorenoFlorida Southern District Court · 1990–present
Lewis Render MorganEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–2001
Robert Dale MorganIllinois Central District Court · 1967–2002
Brian Matthew MorrisCurrently servingMontana District Court · 2005–present
Joseph Wilson MorrisOklahoma Eastern District Court · 1974–1978
Sarah Daggett MorrisonCurrently servingOhio Southern District Court · 2019–present
Leland Clure MortonTennessee Middle District Court · 1970–1998
Alia MosesCurrently servingTexas Western District Court · 2002–present
Barry Ted MoskowitzCalifornia Southern District Court · 1995–present
Michael W. MosmanOregon District Court · 2003–present
Constance Baker MotleyNew York Southern District Court · 1966–2005
J. Frederick MotzMaryland District Court · 1985–2023
Charles Allen Moye Jr.Georgia Northern District Court · 1970–2010
Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1963–1999- Charles Andrew MueckeArizona District Court · 1964–2007
Kimberly Jo MuellerCalifornia Eastern District Court · 2010–2026
Michael B. MukaseyNew York Southern District Court · 1987–2006
Graham Calder MullenNorth Carolina Western District Court · 1990–2005- Clarence H. MullinsAlabama Northern District Court · 1943–1957
Howard G. MunsonNew York Northern District Court · 1976–2008
Mary Helen MurguiaCurrently servingNinth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2000–present
Diana E. MurphyEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–2018
G. Patrick MurphyIllinois Southern District Court · 1998–2013
John William MurphyPennsylvania Middle District Court · 1946–1962
Stephen Joseph Murphy IIICurrently servingMichigan Eastern District Court · 2008–present
Alfred Paul MurrahTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1975
William Daniel MurrayMontana District Court · 1949–1994
John Garvan MurthaVermont District Court · 1995–2009
Richard Ernest Myers IICurrently servingNorth Carolina Eastern District Court · 2019–present
John Francis NangleMissouri Eastern District Court · 1973–2008
Gloria Maria NavarroCurrently servingNevada District Court · 2010–present
William Joseph Nealon Jr.Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 1963–2018
Marshall Allen NeillWashington Eastern District Court · 1967–1979
Robert Reasoner NevinOhio Southern District Court · 1929–1952
Jon Ormond NewmanSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–1997- Fred Joseph NicholSouth Dakota District Court · 1965–1996
- William Fremming NielsenWashington Eastern District Court · 1991–2003
Helen Wilson NiesFederal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1980–1996
John Trice NixonTennessee Middle District Court · 1980–2019
Walter Louis Nixon Jr.Mississippi Southern District Court · 1968–1989
James Ellsworth NolandIndiana Southern District Court · 1966–1992
Gunnar Hans NordbyeMinnesota District Court · 1932–1977
Edward Skottowe NorthropMaryland District Court · 1961–2003
David C. NortonCurrently servingSouth Carolina District Court · 1990–present
Charles Cooper Nott1865–1905
Edward Willis Nottingham Jr.Colorado District Court · 1989–2008
James Robertson NowlinTexas Western District Court · 1981–2003
David Ogden NufferUtah District Court · 2012–present
Troy Lynne NunleyCurrently servingCalifornia Eastern District Court · 2002–present
David Charles NyeCurrently servingIdaho District Court · 2017–present
James Lowell OakesSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2007
Donald Eugene O'BrienIowa Southern District Court · 1978–2015
Earl Eugene O'ConnorKansas District Court · 1965–1998
Reed Charles O'ConnorCurrently servingTexas Northern District Court · 2007–present
William Clark O'KelleyGeorgia Northern District Court · 1970–2017
John Watkins OliverMissouri Western District Court · 1962–1990
Solomon Oliver Jr.Ohio Northern District Court · 1994–present
Webster J. OliverUnited States Court of International Trade · 1940–1969
Lawrence Joseph O'NeillCalifornia Eastern District Court · 1990–present
William Lindsay Osteen Jr.Currently servingNorth Carolina Middle District Court · 2007–present
Wilbur Dawson Owens Jr.Georgia Middle District Court · 1972–2010
Halil Suleyman OzerdenCurrently servingMississippi Southern District Court · 2007–present
Scott Lawrence PalkCurrently servingOklahoma Western District Court · 2017–present
Rebecca R. PallmeyerIllinois Northern District Court · 1998–present
Owen Murphy PannerOregon District Court · 1980–2018
Fred I. ParkerSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–2003
James Aubrey ParkerNew Mexico District Court · 1987–2022
John Johnston ParkerFourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1925–1958
John Victor ParkerLouisiana Middle District Court · 1979–2014
Robert Manley ParkerFifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2002
Jill N. ParrishCurrently servingUtah District Court · 2015–present
James Benton ParsonsIllinois Northern District Court · 1961–1993
Marilyn Hall PatelCalifornia Northern District Court · 1980–2012
Charles Ferguson PaulWest Virginia Northern District Court · 1960–1965
John Paul Jr.Virginia Western District Court · 1932–1964
Maurice Mitchell PaulFlorida Northern District Court · 1982–2016
Harry Vearle PayneNew Mexico District Court · 1963–1983
James H. PayneOklahoma Eastern District Court · 2001–2025
Marsha J. PechmanWashington Western District Court · 1999–present- Robert Francis PeckhamCalifornia Northern District Court · 1966–1993
Stanton Judkins Peelle1892–1913- Martin PenceHawaii District Court · 1961–2000
John Garrett PennDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1979–2007
Pamela PepperCurrently servingWisconsin Eastern District Court · 2014–present