The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a federal district court covering approximately the southern third of the state of Illinois.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals that has special appellate jurisdiction over certain types of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court system. It has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cases involving patents,trademarks,government contracts,veterans' benefits,public safety officers' benefits,Federal employees' benefits,and various other categories. Unlike other federal courts,the Federal Circuit has no jurisdiction over cases involving criminal,bankruptcy,immigration,or U.S. state law.
Kristen Silverberg was the United States Ambassador to the European Union from July 2008 until January 2009. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on April 24,2008 and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27,2008. On July 22,2008,she presented her credentials. She was succeeded by William Kennard who was nominated by President Barack Obama on August 6,2009 and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20,2009.
Steven Michael Colloton is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2003.
The University of Iowa College of Law is the law school of the University of Iowa,located in Iowa City,Iowa. It was founded in 1865.
Timothy Michael Tymkovich is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His chambers are located in Portland,Oregon.
Betty Binns Fletcher was an American lawyer and judge. She served as a United States circuit judge of the San Francisco-based United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit between 1979 and 2012. Fletcher was one of the first women to become a partner in a major American law firm and the second woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Harold Leventhal was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Stephen Roger Barnett was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and the effects its antitrust exemptions had on newspaper consolidation. He also criticized the California Supreme Court for practices that hid information from the public.
Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. is a Canadian-born American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Formerly,he was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York and a senior trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. He was the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's office. He was recommended by New York Senator Charles Schumer for nomination to the seat on the Second Circuit that was vacated by Judge Sonia Sotomayor when she was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States. Lohier is the first Haitian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge and to be confirmed by the United States Senate as a judge.
Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan is an Indian-born American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before he was a circuit judge,Srinivasan served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and argued 25 cases before the United States Supreme Court. He has also lectured at Harvard Law School.
Andrew David Hurwitz is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court from 2003 to 2012.
Evan Anderson Davis is a New York City attorney with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton,and a former president of the New York City Bar Association.
James Paul Oetken,known professionally as J. Paul Oetken,is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is the first openly gay man to be confirmed as an Article III judge.
Brian Matthew Morris is an American attorney who serves as the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. He is a former justice of the Montana Supreme Court,having been elected in 2004. Morris successfully retained his position in the 2012 election. He is also a former fullback for the Stanford Cardinal football team.
Michael P. Shea is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
James Chiun-Yue Ho is a Taiwanese-born American attorney and jurist. He was nominated to serve as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Donald Trump,and took office in 2018. Ho formerly served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2008 to 2010.
Julius Ness "Jay" Richardson is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was formerly an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
Lewis Jeffrey Liman is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
