Judicial Nominations

Following nomination by the President of the United States, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary holds a hearing for nominees before they can be confirmed. All appointments require Senate confirmation.

The nominations below were made during the 117th Congress, verified by our legal research team.

Circuit Court of Appeals

Name	Title	Circuit Court of Appeals	Nominated On
Ketanij Brown Jackson	Circuit Judge	District of Columbia Circuit	3/30/2021
Tiffany P. Cunningham	Circuit Judge	Federal Circuit	3/30/2021
Candace Jackson-Awikumi	Circuit Judge	Seventh Circuit	3/30/2021

District Courts

Name	Title	District Court	Nominated on
Deborah Boardman	District Judge	District of Maryland	3/30/2021
Lydia Griggsby	District Judge	District of Maryland	3/30/2021
Julien Neals	District Judge	District of New Jersey	3/30/2021
Florence Y. Pan	District Judge	District of Columbia	3/30/2021
Zahid N. Quraishi	District Judge	District of New Jersey	3/30/2021
Regina Rodriguez	District Judge	District of Colorado	3/30/2021
Margaret Strickland	District Judge	District of New Mexico	3/30/2021

The nominations below were made during the 116th Congress.

Any judges not confirmed will have to be re-nominated.

Supreme Court of the United States

Name	Title		Nominated on	Confirmed on	Sworn in Date
Amy Coney Barrett	Associate Justice		9/26/2020	10/26/2020	10/26/2020

Circuit Court of Appeals

Name	Title	Circuit Court of Appeals	Nominated On	Confirmed on	Sworn In Date
Eric D. Miller	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	1/22/2019	2/26/2019	3/4/2019
Chad Readler	Circuit Judge	Sixth Circuit	1/22/2019	3/6/2019	3/7/2019
Eric E. Murphy	Circuit Judge	Sixth Circuit	1/22/2019	3/7/2019	3/11/2019
Paul Matey	Circuit Judge	Third Circuit	1/22/2019	3/12/2019	3/18/2019
Neomi J. Rao	Circuit Judge	District of Columbia Circuit	1/22/2019	3/13/2019	3/18/2019
Allison Jones Rushing	Circuit Judge	Fourth Circuit	1/22/2019	3/5/2019	3/21/2019
Bridget S. Bade	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	1/22/2019	3/26/2019	4/4/2019
Joseph Bianco	Circuit Judge	Second Circuit	1/22/2019	5/8/2019	5/13/2019
Michael H. Park	Circuit Judge	Second Circuit	1/22/2019	5/9/2019	5/13/2019
Daniel P. Collins	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	1/30/2019	5/21/2019	5/22/2019
Kenneth Kiyul Lee	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	1/30/2019	5/15/2019	6/12/2019
Peter J. Phipps	Circuit Judge	Third Circuit	5/3/2019	7/16/2019	7/22/2019
Daniel A. Bress	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	1/30/2019	7/9/2019	7/30/2019
Steven J. Menashi	Circuit Judge	Second Circuit	9/9/2019	11/14/2019	11/14/2019
Danielle J. Hunsaker	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	9/19/2019	11/6/2019	11/12/2019
William Joseph Nardini	Circuit Judge	Second Circuit	9/19/2019	11/7/2019	11/14/2019
Patrick Bumatay	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	10/15/2019	12/10/2019	12/12/2019
Barbara Lagoa	Circuit Judge	Eleventh Circuit	10/15/2019	11/20/2019	12/6/2019
Robert J. Luck	Circuit Judge	Eleventh Circuit	10/15/2019	11/19/2019	11/19/2019
Lawrence VanDyke	Circuit Judge	Ninth Circuit	10/15/2019	12/11/2019	1/2/2020
Andrew L. Brasher	Circuit Judge	Eleventh Circuit	11/21/2019	2/11/2020	6/30/2020
Cory T. Wilson	Circuit Judge	Fifth Circuit	3/30/2020	6/24/2020	7/3/2020
Justin R. Walker	Circuit Judge	District of Columbia Circuit	4/3/2020	6/18/2020	9/1/2020
Thomas L. Kirsch II	Circuit Judge	Seventh Circuit	10/22/2020	12/15/2020	12/17/2020

District Courts

Name	Title	District Court	Nominated on	Confirmed on	Sworn In Date
Roy K. Altman	District Judge	Southern District of Florida	1/22/2019	4/4/2019	4/9/2019
Patrick Wyrick	District Judge	Western District of Oklahoma	2/7/2019	4/9/2019	4/10/2019
Holly A. Brady	District Judge	Northern District of Indiana	1/22/2019	4/10/2019	4/23/2019
David Morales	District Judge	Southern District of Texas	1/22/2019	4/10/2019	4/25/2019
J. Campbell Barker	District Judge	Eastern District of Texas	1/22/2019	5/1/2019	5/3/2019
Rodolfo Ruiz II	District Judge	Southern District of Florida	1/22/2019	5/1/2019	5/3/2019
Andrew Lynn Brasher	District Judge	Middle District of Alabama	1/22/2019	5/1/2019	5/7/2019
Raul M. Arias-Marxuach	District Judge	District of Puerto Rico	1/22/2019	5/2/2019	5/16/2019
Daniel Desmond Domenico	District Judge	District of Colorado	1/22/2019	4/9/2019	5/16/2019
Michael J. Truncale	District Judge	Eastern District of Texas	1/22/2019	5/14/2019	5/16/2019
Kenneth D. Bell	District Judge	Western District of North Carolina	1/22/2019	5/22/2019	5/26/2019
Joshua Wolson	District Judge	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	1/22/2019	5/2/2019	5/28/2019
Wendy Vitter	District Judge	Eastern District of Louisiana	1/22/2019	5/16/2019	5/29/2019
Howard C. Nielson Jr.	District Judge	District of Utah	1/22/2019	5/22/2019	6/12/2019
Stephen R. Clark Sr.	District Judge	Eastern District of Missouri	1/22/2019	5/22/2019	6/14/2019
Sarah Daggett Morrison	District Judge	Southern District of Ohio	1/22/2019	6/11/2019	6/14/2019
Rodney Smith	District Judge	Southern District of Florida	1/22/2019	6/12/2019	6/14/2019
Corey Landon Maze	District Judge	Northern District of Alabama	1/22/2019	6/12/2019	6/18/2019
Pamela A. Barker	District Judge	Northern District of Ohio	1/22/2019	6/12/2019	6/19/2019
Jean-Paul Boulee	District Judge	Northern District of Georgia	1/22/2019	6/12/2019	6/19/2019
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk	District Judge	Northern District of Texas	1/22/2019	6/19/2019	6/21/2019
Allen Cothrel Winsor	District Judge	Northern District of Florida	1/22/2019	6/19/2019	6/21/2019
Rossie Alston Jr.	District Judge	Eastern District of Virginia	1/22/2019	6/10/2019	6/25/2019
James David Cain Jr.	District Judge	Western District of Louisiana	1/22/2019	6/19/2019	6/25/2019
Carl J. Nichols	District Judge	District of Columbia	1/22/2019	5/22/2019	6/25/2019
Greg Guidry	District Judge	Eastern District of Louisiana	1/17/2019	6/19/2019	6/28/2019
Thomas P. Barber	District Judge	Middle District of Florida	1/22/2019	6/12/2019	7/11/2019
J. Nicholas Ranjan	District Judge	Western District of Pennsylvania	1/22/2019	7/10/2019	7/12/2019
T. Kent Wetherell	District Judge	Northern District of Florida	1/22/2019	7/10/2019	7/12/2019
Clifton Corker	District Judge	Eastern District of Tennessee	1/22/2019	7/18/2019	7/22/2019
Damon Leichty	District Judge	Northern District of Indiana	1/22/2019	7/10/2019	7/26/2019
Wendy Williams Berger	District Judge	Middle District of Florida	1/22/2019	7/24/2019	7/29/2019
Peter D. Welte	District Judge	District of North Dakota	1/17/2019	7/30/2019	8/5/2019
Karin J. Immergut	District Judge	District of Oregon	1/22/2019	7/31/2019	8/5/2019
William Shaw Stickman IV	District Judge	Western District of Pennsylvania	5/3/2019	7/31/2019	8/5/2019
Brian Buescher	District Judge	District of Nebraska	1/22/2019	7/24/2019	8/6/2019
Brantley Starr	District Judge	Northern District of Texas	3/11/2019	7/31/2019	8/6/2019
James Hendrix	District Judge	Northern District of Texas	1/17/2019	7/30/2019	8/9/2019
Michael T. Liburdi	District Judge	District of Arizona	1/17/2019	7/30/2019	8/9/2019
Mark T. Pittman	District Judge	Northern District of Texas	1/17/2019	7/31/2019	8/9/2019
Jason K. Pulliam	District Judge	Western District of Texas	3/5/2019	7/31/2019	8/9/2019
Martha Pacold	District Judge	Northern District of Illinois	4/8/2019	7/31/2019	8/19/2019
Sean Jordan	District Judge	Eastern District of Texas	1/17/2019	7/30/2019	8/20/2019
John Milton Younge	District Judge	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	1/22/2019	7/31/2019	8/20/2019
Mary M. Rowland	District Judge	Northern District of Illinois	4/8/2019	7/31/2019	8/20/2019
Jeffrey Vincent Brown	District Judge	Southern District of Texas	3/11/2019	7/31/2019	9/4/2019
Ada E. Brown	District Judge	Northern District of Texas	3/15/2019	9/11/2019	9/13/2019
Steven D. Grimberg	District Judge	Northern District of Georgia	4/2/2019	9/11/2019	9/13/2019
Steven C. Seeger	District Judge	Northern District of Illinois	4/8/2019	9/11/2019	9/13/2019
Mary E. McElroy	District Judge	District of Rhode Island	4/8/2019	9/11/2019	9/30/2019
David J. Novak	District Judge	Eastern District of Virginia	3/15/2019	10/16/2019	10/17/2019
Frank W. Volk	District Judge	Southern District of West Virginia	4/2/2019	10/16/2019	10/17/2019
Rachel P. Kovner	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	4/8/2019	10/16/2019	10/17/2019
Charles R. Eskridge III	District Judge	Southern District of Texas	5/3/2019	10/16/2019	10/17/2019
Justin R. Walker	District Judge	Western District of Kentucky	6/24/2019	10/24/2019	10/25/2019
Phillip Halpern	District Judge	Southern District of New York	1/22/2019	2/12/2020	2/21/2020
Matthew McFarland	District Judge	Southern District of Ohio	1/22/2019	12/18/2019	12/31/2019
Patrick Wyrick	District Judge	Western District of Oklahoma	1/22/2019	4/9/2019	4/10/2019
Stanley Blumenfeld	District Judge	Central District of California	1/30/2019	9/15/2020	9/18/2020
Jeremy B. Rosen	District Judge	Central District of California	1/30/2019
Mark C. Scarsi	District Judge	Central District of California	1/30/2019	9/15/2020	9/18/2020
Robert J. Colville	District Judge	Western District of Pennsylvania	3/5/2019	12/19/2019	12/31/2019
Stephanie L. Haines	District Judge	Western District of Pennsylvania	3/5/2019	9/11/2019	9/30/2019
Stephanie Dawkins Davis	District Judge	Eastern District of Michigan	3/11/2019	12/18/2019	12/31/2019
Gary R. Brown	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	4/8/2019	12/19/2019	12/31/2019
Stephanie Gallagher	District Judge	District of Maryland	4/8/2019	9/11/2019	9/13/2019
Diane Gujarati	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	4/8/2019	9/10/2020	9/18/2020
Lewis Liman	District Judge	Southern District of New York	4/8/2019	12/19/2020	12/31/2019
Eric R. Komitee	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	4/8/2019	12/3/2019	12/5/2019
John L. Sinatra	District Judge	Western District of New York	4/8/2019	12/4/2019	12/5/2019
Mary Kay Vyskocil	District Judge	Southern District of New York	4/8/2019	12/19/2020	12/20/2019
Douglas R. Cole	District Judge	Southern District of Ohio	5/3/2019	12/4/2019	12/5/2019
Kea W. Riggs	District Judge	District of New Mexico	5/3/2019	12/19/2019	12/31/2019
Jennifer Philpott Wilson	District Judge	Middle District of Pennsylvania	5/3/2019	11/7/2019	11/8/2019
David B. Barlow	District Judge	District of Utah	6/12/2019	12/4/2019	1/6/2019
Robert Anthony Molloy	District Judge	District of the Virgin Islands	6/12/2019	2/25/2020	4/27/2020
John Fitzgerald Kness	District Judge	Northern District of Illinois	6/24/2019	2/12/2020	2/18/2020
Lee Philip Rudofsky	District Judge	Eastern District of Arkansas	7/8/2019	11/7/2019	11/8/2019
R. Austin Huffaker, Jr.	District Judge	Middle District of Alabama	7/8/2019	12/4/2019	12/12/2019
Jodi W. Dishman	District Judge	Western District of Oklahoma	9/9/2019	12/19/2020	12/20/2019
Karen S. Marston	District Judge	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	9/9/2019	12/19/2019	12/20/2019
Richard E. Myers, II	District Judge	Eastern District of North Carolina	9/9/2019	12/4/2019	12/10/2019
Sarah E. Pitlyk	District Judge	Eastern District of Missouri	9/9/2019	12/4/2019	12/5/2019
Anuraag Singhal	District Judge	Southern District of Florida	9/9/2019	12/19/2019	12/20/2019
Daniel Mack Traynor	District Judge	District of North Dakota	9/19/2019	12/19/2019	1/13/2020
Sylvia Carreno-Coll	District Judge	District of Puerto Rico	10/15/2019	2/26/2020	2/26/2020
John M. Gallager	District Judge	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	10/15/2019	12/19/2019	12/31/2019
Barbara Bailey Jongbloed	District Judge	District of Connecticut	10/15/2019
Sherri A. Lydon	District Judge	District of South Carolina	10/15/2019	12/6/2019	12/10/2019
Scott H. Rash	District Judge	District of Arizona	10/15/2019	5/19/2020	5/27/2020
Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha	District Judge	Central District of California	10/17/2019	12/21/2020	12/22/2020
Adam L. Braverman	District Judge	Southern District of California	10/17/2019
Bernard Maurice Jones, II	District Judge	Western District of Oklahoma	10/17/2019	12/19/2019	12/31/2019
Sandy Nunes Leal	District Judge	Central District of California	10/17/2019
R. Shireen Matthews	District Judge	Southern District of California	10/17/2019
Rick Lloyd Richmond	District Judge	Central District of California	10/17/2019
David C. Joseph	District Judge	Western District of Louisiana	11/20/2019	7/28/2020	7/31/2020
Knut S. Johnson	District Judge	Southern District of California	11/21/2019
John W. Holcomb	District Judge	Central District of California	11/21/2019	9/15/2020	9/18/2020
Steve Kim	District Judge	Central District of California	11/21/2019
Joshua M. Kindred	District Judge	District of Alaska	11/21/2019	2/12/2020	2/18/2020
Michelle M. Pettit	District Judge	Southern District of California	11/21/2019
Todd W. Robinson	District Judge	Southern District of California	11/21/2019	9/16/2020	9/18/2020
Jennifer P. Togliatti	District Judge	District of Nevada	11/21/2019
Matthew T. Schelp	District Judge	Eastern District of Missouri	12/2/2019	2/12/2020
Thomas T. Cullen	District Judge	Western District of Nevada	12/18/2019	9/10/2020	9/15/2020
Anna M. Manasco	District Judge	Northern District of Alabama	12/18/2019	5/20/2020	5/27/2020
John L. Badalamenti	District Judge	Middle District of Florida	12/23/2019	6/1/2020	6/4/2020
Stephen P. McGlynn	District Judge	Southern District of Illinois	12/23/2019	9/16/2020	9/18/2020
Drew B. Tipton	District Judge	Southern District of Texas	1/15/2019	6/3/2020	6/15/2020
William Scott Hardy	District Judge	Western District of Pennsylvania	1/6/2020	7/27/2020	7/31/2020
David W. Dugan	District Judge	Southern District of Illinois	2/5/2020	9/16/2020	9/23/2020
Iain D. Johnston	District Judge	Northern District of Illinois	2/5/2020	9/17/2020	9/23/2020
Franklin U. Valderrama	District Judge	Southern District of Illinois	2/5/2020	9/17/2020	9/23/2020
Christy Wiegand	District Judge	Western District of Illinois	2/5/2020	9/9/2020	9/11/2020
Saritha Komatireddy	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	2/12/2020
Jennifer H. Rearden	District Judge	Southern District of New York	2/12/2020
J. Philip Calabrese	District Judge	Northern District of Ohio	2/26/2020	12/2/2020	12/9/2020
James R. Knepp II	District Judge	Northern District of Ohio	2/26/2020	11/10/2020	11/13/2020
Brett Ludwig	District Judge	Eastern District of Wisconsin	2/26/2020	9/9/2020	9/10/2020
Michael J. Newman	District Judge	Southern District of Ohio	2/26/2020	10/22/2020
John P. Cronan	District Judge	Southern District of New York	2/27/2020	8/6/2020	8/10/2020
John Charles Hinderaker	District Judge	District of Arizona	3/5/2020	9/23/2020	9/29/2020
Hala Y. Jarbou	District Judge	Western District of Michigan	3/12/2020	9/10/2020
Kristen Haskins Johnson	District Judge	Southern District of Mississippi	3/30/2020	11/17/2020	12/1/2020
Aileen M. Cannon	District Judge	Southern District of Florida	4/29/2020	11/12/2020	11/13/2020
Dirk B. Paloutzian	District Judge	Eastern District of California	4/29/2020
Roderick Young	District Judge	Eastern District of Virginia	5/6/2020	9/24/2020	9/29/2020
Toby Crouse	District Judge	District of Kansas	5/7/2020	11/18/2020	12/2/2020
Edmund LaCour Jr.	District Judge	Middle District of Alabama	5/20/2020
Fred Federici	District Judge	District of New Mexico	5/28/2020
Brenda Saiz	District Judge	District of New Mexico	5/28/2020
James Patrick Arguelles	District Judge	Eastern District of California	6/8/2020
Taylor B. McNeel	District Judge	Southern District of Mississippi	6/15/2020	12/1/2020	12/14/2020
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle	District Judge	Middle District of Florida	8/12/2020	11/19/2020	11/20/2020
Hector Gonzalez	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	8/12/2020
Benjamin Beaton	District Judge	Western District of Kentucky	8/12/2020	11/17/2020	12/1/2020
Ryan T. McAllister	District Judge	Northern District of New York	8/12/2020
David C. Woll Jr.	District Judge	Eastern District of New York	8/12/2020
Charles Atchley Jr.	District Judge	Eastern District of Tennessee	9/16/2020	12/17/2020	12/22/2020
Katherine A. Crytzer	District Judge	Eastern District of Tennessee	9/16/2020	12/16/2020	12/22/2020
Joseph Dawson III	District Judge	District of South Carolina	10/1/2020	12/16/2020	12/22/2020

Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

Name	Title	Courts of Limited Jurisdiction	Nominated On	Confirmed on	Sworn in Date
Richard A. Hertling	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	1/22/2019	6/10/2019	6/12/2019
Ryan T. Holte	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	1/22/2019	6/10/2019	7/11/2019
Timothy Reif	Judge	Court of International Trade	1/22/2019	8/1/2019	8/8/2019
Courtney Dunbar Jones	Judge	United States Tax Court	2/6/2019	8/1/2019	8/9/2019
Travis Greaves	Judge	United States Tax Court	2/6/2019	2/27/2020	3/9/2020
Emin Toro	Judge	United States Tax Court	2/6/2019	8/1/2019	10/18/2019
M. Miller Baker	Judge	Court of International Trade	1/22/2019	8/1/2019	12/20/2019
David A. Tapp	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	3/5/2019	11/5/2019	11/19/2019
Matthew H. Solomson	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	3/5/2019	1/8/2020	2/3/2020
Eleni M. Roumel	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	6/24/2019	1/8/2020	2/24/2020
Grant C. Jaquith	Judge	Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims	9/19/2019	7/24/2020	9/1/2020
Scott J. Laurer	Judge	Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims	9/19/2019	7/24/2020	8/1/2020
Stephen Sidney Schwartz	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	10/17/2019	12/8/2020	12/22/2020
Stephen A. Vaden	Judge	Court of International Trade	10/17/2019	11/19/2020	12/21/2020
Grace K. Obermann	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	10/30/2019
Kathryn C. Davis	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	11/19/2019	12/2/2020	12/16/2020
Alina I. Marshall	Judge	United States Tax Court	11/19/2019	8/13/2020	8/24/2020
Edward H. Meyers	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	11/19/2019	9/22/2020	10/20/2020
Christian N. Weiler	Judge	United States Tax Court	11/19/2019	8/13/2020	9/9/2020
Liam P. Hardy	Judge	Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	5/6/2020	12/3/2020	12/8/2020
Thompson Michael Dietz	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	6/15/2020	12/21/2020	12/22/2020
Zachary Somers	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	8/27/2020	12/18/2020	12/22/2020
Joseph L. Barloon	Judge	Court of International Trade	10/22/2020
Mark Van Dyke Holmes	Judge	United States Tax Court	12/11/2020
Terrence Andrews	Judge	Court of Federal Claims	12/17/2020

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