James Charles Kopp is an American who was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 sniper-style murder of Barnett Slepian,an American physician from Amherst,New York who performed abortions. Prior to his capture,Kopp was on the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. On June 7,1999 he had become the 455th fugitive placed on the list by the FBI. He was affiliated with the militant Roman Catholic anti-abortion group known as "The Lambs of Christ".
Susan Beth Richard Nelson is a Senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She was previously a United States magistrate judge with the same court.
Pierre Nelson Leval is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At the time of his appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993,he was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States District Court of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Denny Chin is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,based in New York City. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24,1994,and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22,2010,by the United States Senate,filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
Frank Joseph Battisti was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Battisti's career featured groundbreaking—and sometimes controversial—rulings,notably his finding in 1976 that the Cleveland public school system was guilty of racial segregation. Two years earlier,in 1974,he dismissed a case against eight members of the Ohio Army National Guard accused of violating the civil rights of four Kent State University students who were shot dead in 1970. In the 1980s,he presided over a high-profile case involving Cleveland autoworker John Demjanjuk,who was deported amid charges that he committed war crimes in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. During his decades as a jurist,Battisti was honored by various professional and civic organizations,but he was also a target of criticism.
Reena Andrea Raggi is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and maintains her chambers in Brooklyn,New York. She was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Nina Gershon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. She assumed senior status on October 16,2008.
Francis Joseph William Ford was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Michael Adrian Ponsor is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He serves in the court's western region,in the city of Springfield.
John Fontaine Keenan is a Senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Paul L. Friedman is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He serves as secretary of the American Law Institute.
Richard D. Bennett is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
John Thomas Elfvin was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Cathy Seibel is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
William Marion Skretny is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Kimba Maureen Wood is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Wood has presided over many high-profile cases involving such figures as "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken,Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate Dean Skelos,and Donald Trump's personal attorney,Michael Cohen. She is also known as "The Love Judge" after her alleged affair with Wall Street financier Frank Richardson.
John Andrew Ross is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Lawrence Joseph Vilardo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Timothy James Kelly is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and former chief counsel for national security and senior crime counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
