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U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York: Judges
Number of judges: 19
Hazel, John Raymond (1900-1931)
Adler, Simon Louis (1927-1934)
Knight, John (1931-1955)
Rippey, Harlan Watson (1934-1936)
Burke, Harold P. (1937-1981)
Morgan, Justin Colfax (1956-1959)
Henderson, John Oliver (1959-1974)
Curtin, John Thomas (1967-2017)
Elfvin, John Thomas (1974-2009)
Telesca, Michael Anthony (1982-2020)
Larimer, David G. (1987-present)
Arcara, Richard Joseph (1988-present)
Skretny, William M. (1990-present)
Siragusa, Charles J. (1997-present)
Geraci, Frank Paul, Jr. (2013-present)
Wolford, Elizabeth Ann (2013-present)
Vilardo, Lawrence Joseph (2015-present)
Sinatra, John Leonard, Jr. (2019-present)
Vacca, Meredith Anne (2024-present)