History of the Federal Judiciary


History of the Federal Judiciary


  Judicial Administration and Organization
Federal Judicial Center Board Membership, 1968-Present
Chief Justice
Circuit Judge
Circuit Judge
District Judge
District Judge
District Judge
Bankruptcy Judge
Magistrate Judge
AO Director
1968Earl Warren
3/68 - 5/69
Wade H. McCree
Sixth Circuit
3/68 - 3/73
James M. Carter
Ninth Circuit
3/68 - 3/71
William A. McRae
S.D. Florida
3/68 - 3/70
Edward J. Devitt
D. Minnesota
3/68 - 3/71
Harold R. Tyler
S.D. New York
3/68 - 3/72
Ernest C. Friesen
3/68 - 2/70
1969Warren E. Burger
6/69 - 9/86
1970Gerhard A. Gesell
D. District of Columbia
3/70 - 3/72
Rowland Kirks
7/70 - 11/77
1971Frank M. Coffin
First Circuit
3/71 - 10/72
Adrian A. Spears
W.D. Texas
3/71 - 3/75
1972Ruggero J. Aldisert
Third Circuit
10/72 - 3/79
Marvin E. Frankel
S.D. New York
3/72 - 4/78
Walter E. Hoffman
E.D. Virginia
3/72 - 9/74
1973Griffin B. Bell
Fifth Circuit
3/73 - 4/76
1974Alfred A. Arraj
D. Colorado
9/74 - 4/76
1975Robert H. Schnacke
N.D. California
3/75 - 3/79
1976John C. Goldbold
Fifth Circuit
4/76 - 3/81
Frank J. McGarr
N.D. Illinois
4/76 - 3/80
1977William E. Foley
11/77 - 3/85
1978Aubrey E. Robinson
D. District of Columbia
4/78 - 3/82
1979William H. Mulligan
Second Circuit
3/79 - 3/81
Otto R. Skopil
D. Oregon
3/79 - 9/79
Donald S. Voorhees
W.D. Washington
9/79 - 3/83
Lloyd D. George
D. Nevada
9/79 - 9/83
1980William S. Sessions
W.D. Texas
3/80 - 3/84
1981Cornelia G. Kennedy
Sixth Circuit
3/81 - 3/85
John D. Butzner
Fourth Circuit
3/81 - 3/83
1982Warren K. Urbom
D. Nebraska
3/82 - 3/86
1983Daniel M. Friedman
Federal Circuit
3/83 - 3/87
Howard C. Bratton
D. New Mexico
3/83 - 3/87
John J. Galgay
S.D. New York
9/83 - 5/84
1984A. David Mazzone
D. Massachusetts
3/84 - 3/88
Martin V. B. Bostetter
E.D. Virginia
10/84 - 10/87
1985Arlin M. Adams
Third Circuit
3/85 - 1/87
L. Ralph Mecham
7/85 - 7/06
1986William H. Rehnquist
9/86 - 9/05
Jose A. Cabranes
D. Connecticut
3/86 - 3/90
1987Alvin B. Rubin
Fifth Circuit
1/87 - 3/89
Anthony M. Kennedy
Ninth Circuit
3/87 - 2/88
William C. O'Kelley
N.D. Georgia
3/87 - 3/91
Robert E. Ginsberg
N.D. Illinois
10/87 - 10/91
1988J. Clifford Wallace
Ninth Circuit
3/88 - 3/91
David D. Dowd
N.D. Ohio
3/88 - 2/92
1989Monroe G. McKay
Tenth Circuit
3/89 - 9/91
1990Diana E. Murphy
D. Minnesota
3/90 - 3/94
1991Edward R. Becker
Third Circuit
3/91 - 3/95
Martin L. C. Feldman
E.D. Louisiana
3/91 - 3/95
1992J. Harvie Wilkinson
Fourth Circuit
2/92 - 3/96
Michael A. Telesca
W.D. New York
3/92 - 3/96
Sidney B. Brooks
D. Colorado
10/91 - 3/93
1993Elizabeth L. Perris
D. Oregon
3/93 - 3/97
1994Marvin E. Aspen
N.D. Illinois
3/94 - 3/98
1995Bruce M. Selya
First Circuit
3/95 - 3/99
Richard P. Matsch
D. Colorado
3/95 - 3/99
1996Pasco M. Bowman II
Eighth Circuit
3/96 - 3/98
Thomas F. Hogan
D. District of Columbia
3/96 - 3/00
1997A. Thomas Small
E.D. North Carolina
3/97 - 3/01
Virginia M. Morgan
E.D. Michigan
3/97 - 3/01
1998Stanley Marcus
Eleventh Circuit
3/98 - 3/02
Jean C. Hamilton
E.D. Missouri
3/98 - 3/03
1999Robert M. Parker
Fifth Circuit
3/99 - 3/00
William H. Yohn
E.D. Pennsylvania
3/99 - 3/03
2000Pauline Newman
Federal Circuit
3/00 - 3/04
Robert J. Bryan
W.D. Washington
3/00 - 3/04
2001Robert F. Hershner, Jr.
M.D. Georgia
3/01 - 3/05
Robert B. Collings
D. Massachusetts
3/01 - 3/05
2002Pierre N. Leval
Second Circuit
3/02 - 3/06
2003Sarah S. Vance
E.D. Louisiana
3/03 - 3/07
James A. Parker
D. New Mexico
3/03 - 3/07
2004Terence T. Evans
Seventh Circuit
3/04 - 3/08
Bernice B. Donald
W.D. Tennessee
3/04 - 3/08
2005John G. Roberts, Jr.
9/05 -
Stephen Raslavich
E.D. Pennsylvania
3/05 - 3/09
Karen K. Klein
D. North Dakota
3/05 - 3/09
2006Karen J. Williams
Fourth Circuit
3/06 - 9/07
James C. Duff
7/06 - 9/11
2007William B. Traxler, Jr.
Fourth Circuit
9/07 - 7/09
Philip M. Pro
D. Nevada
3/07 - 3/11
David O. Carter
C.D. California
3/07 - 3/11
2008Susan Harrell Black
Eleventh Circuit
3/08 - 3/12
Loretta A. Preska
S.D. New York
3/08 - 3/12
2009James B. Haines
D. Maine
3/09 - 3/13
John Michael Facciola
D. District of Columbia
3/09 - 3/13
2010Edward C. Prado
Fifth Circuit
3/10 -
2011Kathryn H. Vratil
D. Kansas
3/11 -
James F. Holderman
N.D. Illinois
3/11 -
Thomas F. Hogan
10/11 - 7/13
2012Michael J. Melloy
Eighth Circuit
3/12 -
Catherine C. Blake
D. Maryland
3/12 -
2013Coleman Ray Mullins
N.D. Georgia
3/13 -
Jonathan W. Feldman
W.D. New York
3/13 -
John D. Bates
7/13 -

 

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