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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Judges

Number of judges: 73
Baker, Harold Albert (1998-2005)
Bates, John D. (2006-2013; presiding judge, 2009-2013)
Benson, Dee Vance (2004-2011)
Boasberg, James Emanuel (2014-2021; presiding judge, 2020-2021)
Cacheris, James Chris (1993-2000)
Carr, James G. (2002-2008)
Carroll, Earl Hamblin (1993-1999)
Coffman, Jennifer B. (2011-2013)
Collyer, Rosemary M. (2013-2020; presiding judge, 2016-2020)
Contreras, Rudolph (2016-2023; presiding judge, 2021-2023)
Conway, Anne C. (2016-2023)
Conway, John Edwards (2002-2003)
Cyr, Conrad Keefe (1987-1989)
Davis, Michael James (1999-2006)
DeGiusti, Timothy D. (2023-present)
Devitt, Edward James (1985-1992)
Eagan, Claire (2013-2019)
Ericksen, Joan N. (2023-present)
Gorton, Nathaniel M. (2001-2008)
Green, Joyce Hens (1988-1995; presiding judge, 1990-1995)
Guirola, Louis, Jr. (2019-present)
Hart, George Luzerne, Jr. (1979-1982; presiding judge, 1979-1982)
Hilton, Claude M. (2000-2007)
Hogan, Thomas Francis (2009-2016; presiding judge, 2014-2016)
Howard, Malcolm Jones (2005-2012)
Immergut, Karin Johanna (2024-present)
Jones, James Parker (2015-2022)
Karas, Kenneth M. (2022-present)
Kazen, George P. (2003-2010)
Keenan, John Fontaine (1994-2001)
Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen (2002-2009; presiding judge, 2002-2009)
Kugler, Robert B. (2017-2024)
Lamberth, Royce C. (1995-2002; presiding judge, 1995-2002)
Lioi, Sara Elizabeth (2023-present)
McGarr, Frank James (1979-1983)
McLaughlin, Mary A. (2008-2015)
Mehta, Amit Priyavadan (2021-present)
Mosman, Michael W. (2013-2020)
Nichols, Carl John (2024-present)
Noland, James Ellsworth (1983-1990; presiding judge, 1988-1990)
O'Grady, Liam (2020-2023)
Robertson, James (2002-2005)
Russell, Thomas B. (2015-2022)
Saylor, F. Dennis IV (2011-2018)
Singal, George Z. (2019-present)
Trenga, Anthony John (2020-present; presiding judge, 2023-present)
Vinson, Clyde Roger (2006-2013)
Walton, Reggie B. (2007-2014; presiding judge, 2013-2014)
Wright, Susan Webber (2009-2016)
Zagel, James Block (2008-2015)