U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency. Of these nominations,Congress confirmed 329 judgeships,173 during the 111th &112th Congresses and 156 during the 113th and 114th Congresses.
Donald Trump,President of the United States from 2017 to 2021,entered office with a significant number of judicial vacancies,including a Supreme Court vacancy due to the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. During the first eight months of his presidency,he nominated approximately 50 judges,a significantly higher number than any other recent president had made by that point in his presidency. By June 24,2020,200 of his Article III nominees had been confirmed by the United States Senate. According to multiple media outlets,Trump significantly impacted the composition of the Supreme Court and lower courts during his tenure.
David Cleveland Joseph is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He was previously United States Attorney for the same district.
Raúl Manuel Arias-Marxuach is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Andrew Lynn Brasher is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He is a former solicitor general of Alabama.
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.
Jeremy Brooks Rosen is an American lawyer from California and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mark Christopher Scarsi is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Fernando Lazaro Aenlle-Rocha is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and former California state court judge.
Sandy Nunes Leal is an American lawyer and judge. She is a California judge who is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Rebecca Shireen Matthews is an American lawyer from California and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Rick Richmond is an American lawyer from California who is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Todd Wallace Robinson is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and was formerly Assistant United States Attorney for the same district.
Steve Kim is a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California who is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the same court.
Michelle Montgomery Pettit is an Assistant United States Attorney from California and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Jennifer Paige Togliatti is the chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Commission since 2021 and a former Senior Nevada state court judge who is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
John Peter Cronan is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was formerly acting United States assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division.
Iris Lan is an American lawyer who serves as a career associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. She was previously an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and taught as an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia Law School.
Fred Joseph Federici III is an American attorney who formerly served as the acting United States attorney for the District of New Mexico. He was previously a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
James Patrick Arguelles is a California state court judge who is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
