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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New York: Chief Judges
Northern District of New York
Number of chief judges: 10 Brennan, Stephen W. (1948-1963)
Foley, James Thomas (1963-1980)
Munson, Howard G. (1980-1988)
McCurn, Neal Peters (1988-1993)
McAvoy, Thomas James (1993-2000)
Scullin, Frederick James, Jr. (2000-2006)
Mordue, Norman A. (2006-2011)
Sharpe, Gary L. (2011-2015)
Suddaby, Glenn T. (2015-2022)
Sannes, Brenda Kay (2022-present)
Southern District of New York
Number of chief judges: 15 Knox, John Clark (1948-1955)
Bondy, William (1955-1956)
Clancy, John William (1956-1959)
Ryan, Sylvester J. (1959-1966)
Sugarman, Sidney (1966-1971)
Edelstein, David Norton (1971-1980)
MacMahon, Lloyd Francis (1980-1982)
Motley, Constance Baker (1982-1986)
Brieant, Charles L., Jr. (1986-1993)
Griesa, Thomas Poole (1993-2000)
Mukasey, Michael B. (2000-2006)
Wood, Kimba Maureen (2006-2009)
Preska, Loretta A. (2009-2016)
McMahon, Colleen (2016-2021)
Swain, Laura Taylor (2021-present)
Eastern District of New York
Number of chief judges: 14 Inch, Robert Alexander (1948-1958)
Byers, Mortimer W. (1958-1959)
Bruchhausen, Walter (1959-1962)
Zavatt, Joseph Carmine (1962-1969)
Mishler, Jacob (1969-1980)
Weinstein, Jack Bertrand (1980-1988)
Platt, Thomas Collier, Jr. (1988-1995)
Sifton, Charles Proctor (1995-2000)
Korman, Edward Robert (2000-2007)
Dearie, Raymond Joseph (2007-2011)
Amon, Carol Bagley (2011-2016)
Irizarry, Dora L. (2016-2020)
Mauskopf, Roslynn Renee (2020-2021)
Brodie, Margo Kitsy (2021-present)
Western District of New York
Number of chief judges: 10 Knight, John (1948-1955)
Burke, Harold P. (1955-1967)
Henderson, John Oliver (1967-1974)
Curtin, John Thomas (1974-1989)
Telesca, Michael Anthony (1989-1995)
Larimer, David G. (1996-2002)
Arcara, Richard Joseph (2003-2010)
Skretny, William M. (2010-2015)
Geraci, Frank Paul, Jr. (2015-2021)
Wolford, Elizabeth Ann (2021-present)