Michael "Mike" V. Ciresi is a prominent trial attorney and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota. He dropped out on March 10,2008. Ciresi gained his public reputation by litigating several high-profile mass tort cases. Ciresi is the former Chairman of the Executive Board of the Minneapolis firm Robins,Kaplan,Miller &Ciresi LLP,a 250-lawyer firm he joined in 1971. He left in 2015 to form his own firm.
Eric John Magnuson is an American lawyer in private practice. He was the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2010.
Richard Gus Seeborg is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He formerly served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the same district.
Cathy Bissoon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Previously,she was a United States magistrate judge of the same court. She was appointed to as a district judge by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the United States Senate in October 2011.
Claire Claudia Cecchi is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark,New Jersey. She joined the court as a United States magistrate judge in 2006.
Nannette V. Jolivette Brown is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She previously served in the role of city attorney for the city of New Orleans from the time that Mayor Mitch Landrieu hired her in May 2010 until becoming a federal judge in 2011. As city attorney,Brown was responsible for all city contracts and oversaw all legal matters for the city.
Cathy Ann Palumbo Bencivengo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Elizabeth Ann Wolford is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is the first female judge to serve in the Western District. She is the first female to be chief judge of the Western District of New York.
Susan Pamela Watters is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Montana.
Mark Howard Cohen is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Leslie Abrams Gardner is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Prior to being appointed to the bench,she was an assistant United States attorney.
Madeline Elizabeth Cox Arleo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Amos Louis Mazzant III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Travis Randall McDonough is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and former chief of staff and counselor to the mayor of Chattanooga,Tennessee.
Lawrence Joseph Vilardo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Susan Rose Paradise Baxter is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Timothy Q. Purdon is a lawyer who served as the 18th United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2010 to 2015. He is now a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP.
Beth Marie Andrus is a Washington State Judge and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Adrienne Camille Nelson is an American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She previously served as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2006 to 2018 and a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 2018 to 2023.
Jerry Wayne Blackwell is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Before becoming a judge,he was one of the prosecutors in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
