Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago,in Illinois. Established in 1909,by the Society of Jesus,the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits,the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago. Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers degrees and combined degree programs,including the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She served as Chief Judge of that court from 2019 to 2024. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Edith Hollan Jones is a United States circuit judge and the former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Patrick Errol Higginbotham is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
In United States law,multidistrict litigation (MDL) refers to a special federal legal procedure designed to speed the process for handling complex cases with numerous plaintiffs making similar claims,such as air disaster litigation or complex product liability suits.
David Frank Levi is an American jurist and former Dean of the Duke University School of Law. From 1990 to 2007,he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California,serving as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2007. At the time Levi left the bench,he was widely considered to be one of the top federal judges in the nation. He had been mentioned as a possible nominee to the Supreme Court.
Jennifer Walker Elrod is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.
Catharina Jacoba Hendrika Dubbelday Haynes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Gerald Ellis Rosen is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
David Hittner is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He also has served by temporary assignment on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Arizona. His tenure as a federal judge began in 1986,when he was nominated for the lifetime position by President Ronald Reagan and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench in 1986,Hittner served from 1978 to 1986 as the elected judge of the 133rd Judicial District Court of Harris County,Texas,based in Houston.
Lynn Nettleton Hughes is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,known for being removed from an unusual number of cases for showing bias and failing to follow federal rules. Hughes has been removed from so many cases that appeals seeking his removal have been described by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as "déjàvu all over again."
Sheryl Halle Lipman is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and a former university counsel for the University of Memphis.
Jeffrey Vincent Brown is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Donald Trump.
Alfred Homer Bennett is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015 is legislation that amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require judges to impose mandatory sanctions on attorneys,law firms,or parties who file frivolous "claims,defenses,and other legal contentions." The legislation replaces the current rule,which allows judges' discretion to impose sanctions,and instead forces judges to impose mandatory sanctions prescribed by Congress. It also removes the rule's safe harbor protection,which currently allows attorneys to correct their pleadings,claims or contentions within a 21-day period without fear of sanctions.
Karen Anne Gren Scholer is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
James Wesley Hendrix is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and former assistant United States attorney for the same district. He presides over the Northern District's Lubbock,Abilene,and San Angelo Divisions,which account for 47 of the Northern District's 100 counties,and span an area larger than Pennsylvania.
Michael Brian Brennan is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was first nominated on August 3,2017,by President Donald Trump,and was re-nominated in 2018. He was confirmed May 10,2018. He was previously a partner in the Milwaukee law firm Gass Weber Mullins LLC,and served 8 years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge.
Holly Ann Winkeljohn Brady is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Sarah Elizabeth Daggett Morrison is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
