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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Judges
Number of judges: 160
Van Ness, William Peter (1814-1826)
Betts, Samuel Rossiter (1826-1867)
Blatchford, Samuel M. (1867-1878)
Choate, William Gardner (1878-1881)
Brown, Addison (1881-1901)
Adams, George Bethune (1901-1911)
Holt, George Chandler (1903-1914)
Hough, Charles Merrill (1906-1916)
Hand, Learned (1909-1924)
Mayer, Julius Marshuetz (1912-1921)
Hand, Augustus Noble (1914-1927)
Manton, Martin Thomas (1916-1918)
Knox, John Clark (1918-1966)
Goddard, Henry Warren (1923-1955)
Winslow, Francis Asbury (1923-1929)
Bondy, William (1923-1964)
Thacher, Thomas Day (1925-1930)
Coleman, Frank Joseph (1927-1934)
Woolsey, John Munro (1929-1945)
Caffey, Francis Gordon (1929-1951)
Coxe, Alfred Conkling, Jr. (1929-1957)
Patterson, Robert Porter, Sr. (1930-1939)
Hulbert, George Murray (1934-1950)
Leibell, Vincent L. (1936-1968)
Clancy, John William (1936-1969)
Mandelbaum, Samuel (1936-1946)
Conger, Edward A. (1938-1963)
Bright, John (1941-1948)
Rifkind, Simon Hirsch (1941-1950)
Medina, Harold Raymond (1947-1951)
Ryan, Sylvester J. (1947-1981)
Kaufman, Samuel Hamilton (1948-1960)
Kaufman, Irving Robert (1949-1961)
McGohey, John F. X. (1949-1972)
Noonan, Gregory Francis (1949-1964)
Sugarman, Sidney (1949-1974)
Weinfeld, Edward (1950-1988)
Murphy, Thomas Francis (1951-1995)
Dimock, Edward Jordan (1951-1986)
Edelstein, David Norton (1951-2000)
Dawson, Archie Owen (1954-1964)
Walsh, Lawrence Edward (1954-1957)
Bicks, Alexander (1954-1963)
Palmieri, Edmund Louis (1954-1989)
Herlands, William Bernard (1955-1969)
Cashin, John M. (1955-1970)
Levet, Richard Harrington (1956-1976)
Bryan, Frederick van Pelt (1956-1978)
MacMahon, Lloyd Francis (1959-1989)
Metzner, Charles Miller (1959-2009)
Croake, Thomas Francis (1961-1978)
Bonsal, Dudley Baldwin (1961-1995)
Cooper, Irving Ben (1961-1996)
Feinberg, Wilfred (1961-1966)
Tyler, Harold R., Jr. (1962-1975)
McLean, Edward Cochrane (1962-1972)
Wyatt, Inzer Bass (1962-1990)
Cannella, John Matthew (1963-1996)
Tenney, Charles Henry (1963-1994)
Frankel, Marvin E. (1965-1978)
Mansfield, Walter Roe (1966-1971)
Motley, Constance Baker (1966-2005)
Pollack, Milton (1967-2004)
Lasker, Morris Edward (1968-2009)
Gurfein, Murray Irwin (1971-1974)
Pierce, Lawrence Warren (1971-1981)
Brieant, Charles L., Jr. (1971-2008)
Bauman, Arnold (1971-1974)
Gagliardi, Lee Parsons (1971-1998)
Griesa, Thomas Poole (1972-2017)
Knapp, [Percy] Whitman (1972-2004)
Stewart, Charles E., Jr. (1972-1994)
Carter, Robert Lee (1972-2012)
Duffy, Kevin Thomas (1972-2016)
Ward, Robert Joseph (1972-2003)
Conner, William Curtis (1973-2009)
Owen, Richard (1973-2015)
Werker, Henry Frederick (1974-1984)
Haight, Charles Sherman, Jr. (1976-present)
Goettel, Gerard Louis (1976-2011)
Broderick, Vincent Lyons (1976-1995)
Leval, Pierre Nelson (1977-1993)
Sweet, Robert Workman (1978-2019)
Sand, Leonard Burke (1978-2016)
Lowe, Mary Johnson (1978-1999)
Sofaer, Abraham David (1979-1985)
Sprizzo, John Emilio (1981-2008)
Kram, Shirley Wohl (1983-2009)
Keenan, John Fontaine (1983-2024)
Leisure, Peter Keeton (1984-2013)
Stanton, Louis Lee (1985-present)
Walker, John Mercer, Jr. (1985-1989)
Cedarbaum, Miriam Goldman (1986-2016)
Daronco, Richard Joseph (1987-1988)
Mukasey, Michael B. (1987-2006)
Conboy, Kenneth (1987-1993)
Wood, Kimba Maureen (1988-present)
Patterson, Robert Porter, Jr. (1988-2015)
Martin, John S., Jr. (1990-2003)
McKenna, Lawrence M. (1990-2023)
Freeh, Louis J. (1991-1993)
Preska, Loretta A. (1992-present)
Sotomayor, Sonia (1992-1998)
Schwartz, Allen G. (1993-2003)
Batts, Deborah A. (1994-2020)
Baer, Harold, Jr. (1994-2014)
Chin, Denny (1994-2010)
Cote, Denise (1994-present)
Kaplan, Lewis A. (1994-present)
Koeltl, John George (1994-present)
Parker, Barrington Daniels, Jr. (1994-2001)
Scheindlin, Shira A. (1994-2016)
Stein, Sidney H. (1995-present)
Jones, Barbara S. (1995-2013)
Rakoff, Jed Saul (1996-present)
Casey, Richard Conway (1997-2007)
Berman, Richard M. (1998-present)
Hellerstein, Alvin K. (1998-present)
McMahon, Colleen (1998-present)
Pauley, William H. III (1998-2021)
Buchwald, Naomi Reice (1999-present)
Marrero, Victor (1999-present)
Daniels, George B. (2000-present)
Lynch, Gerard E. (2000-2009)
Swain, Laura Taylor (2000-present)
Holwell, Richard J. (2003-2012)
Robinson, Stephen C. (2003-2010)
Castel, P. Kevin (2003-present)
Karas, Kenneth M. (2004-present)
Crotty, Paul Austin (2005-present)
Sullivan, Richard Joseph (2007-2018)
Seibel, Cathy (2008-present)
Gardephe, Paul G. (2008-present)
Briccetti, Vincent Louis (2011-present)
Oetken, James Paul (2011-present)
Engelmayer, Paul Adam (2011-present)
Nathan, Alison Julie (2011-2022)
Forrest, Katherine Bolan (2011-2018)
Ramos, Edgardo (2011-present)
Carter, Andrew Lamar, Jr. (2011-present)
Furman, Jesse Matthew (2012-present)
Abrams, Ronnie (2012-present)
Schofield, Lorna Gail (2012-present)
Failla, Katherine Polk (2013-present)
Torres, Analisa Nadine (2013-present)
Román, Nelson Stephen (2013-present)
Broderick, Vernon Speede (2013-present)
Woods, Gregory Howard III (2013-present)
Caproni, Valerie Elaine (2013-present)
Vyskocil, Mary Kay (2019-present)
Liman, Lewis Jeffrey (2019-present)
Halpern, Philip Morgan (2020-present)
Cronan, John Peter (2020-present)
Rochon, Jennifer Louise (2022-present)
Rearden, Jennifer Hutchison (2022-present)
Subramanian, Arun Srinivas (2023-present)
Clarke, Jessica Gloria Lynn (2023-present)
Ho, Dale Edwin (2023-present)
Garnett, Margaret M. (2024-present)
Vargas, Jeannette Anne (2024-present)