Carlos F. Lucero is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Sidney Runyan Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1996. He served as the Ninth Circuit's chief judge from 2014 to 2021. His chambers are located in Billings,Montana.
Richard Frank Cebull is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Paul Gerhart Hatfield was an American attorney,politician,and jurist. He served briefly as United States Senator from Montana in 1978,and then as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Jack D. Shanstrom was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.
Dana Lewis Christensen is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Susan Pamela Watters is an American attorney 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.
Salvador Mendoza Jr. is an American lawyer serving as United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington from 2014 to 2022 and as a Washington state court judge from 2002 to 2014.
John Milton Younge is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Florence Yu Pan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2021 to 2022 and a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2009 to 2021.
Daniel Desmond Domenico is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
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.
Carl John Nichols is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Clifton Leland Corker is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
William Joseph Nardini is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi is an American attorney who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since July 2021. She was previously a staff attorney at the federal defender program in the Northern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2020 and a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington,D.C.,from 2020 to 2021.
President Joe Biden began his presidency with fewer vacancies to fill than his predecessor. He pledged to nominate people with diverse backgrounds and professional experience;further he pledged to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Anthony Devos Johnstone is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In April 2024,US president Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,which is an effective ban or forced sale of TikTok from its parent company ByteDance. The video-sharing platform had sparked concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the Chinese government.
