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The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
In United States district courts with at least two judges, the chief judge has certain administrative responsibilities, including presiding over some meetings of the judges. The chief judge remains an active judge of the court hearing and deciding cases, but may take on a reduced caseload to perform administrative tasks. The qualifications for ...
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
Sarah Daggett Morrison is the new Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Morrison, an attorney with over two decades of experience who has served as a federal ...
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born February 20, 1963) [2] is an American lawyer who is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.He served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2020 to 2021 and is a former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Beryl Alaine Howell (born December 3, 1956) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was district's chief judge from 2016 to 2023.
Cecilia María Altonaga (born December 26, 1962) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a federal judge in the United States.
Laura Anne Taylor Swain [1] (born November 21, 1958) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was appointed to the Southern District of New York in 2000 by President Bill Clinton and has served as its chief judge since 2021.