Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in Kansas City,Missouri,he was nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In 1956,President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Whittaker to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1957,he won confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States,thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court,a federal court of appeals,and the United States Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the Warren Court,Whittaker emerged as a swing vote. In 1962,he had a nervous breakdown and resigned from the Court. After leaving the Supreme Court,he served as chief counsel to General Motors and frequently criticized the Civil Rights Movement and the Warren Court.
Richard George Kopf is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
John Melvin Gerrard is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Thelton Eugene Henderson is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer,educator,and jurist.
Jane Ann Restani is a senior United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade. She was appointed to the Court on November 16,1983 by President Ronald Reagan. She served as Chief Judge of the Court from 2003 to 2010.
George Evan Howell was a United States representative from Illinois and judge of the United States Court of Claims.
John Robert Gibson was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Timothy Mark Burgess is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. He served as the District of Alaska's U.S. Attorney from 2001 to 2005.
The Judicial Conference of the United States,formerly known as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges,was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States. The Conference derives its authority from 28 U.S.C. § 331,which states that it is headed by the chief justice of the United States and consists of the chief justice,the chief judge of each court of appeals federal regional circuit,a district court judge from various federal judicial districts,and the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
James Martin Fitzgerald was an American lawyer and judge. He served as an associate justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1972 to 1975,and resigned that position when he was appointed to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.
Lawrence Joseph O'Neill is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
John Thomas Greene Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
David Rasmussen Hansen is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Terry J. Hatter Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
James Lawrence King is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,and one of the longest serving federal judges in the United States.
William B. Shubb is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
John Clifford Wallace is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Denzil Price Marshall Jr. is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
