Article III Federal Judges
Complete biographical directory of all 4,055 Article III federal judges who have served on the federal bench
4055 federal judges
- Kristine Gerhard Baker Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2012
- Kurt Damian Engelhardt Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2001–2018
- Kyle Christopher Dudek Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2025
- Kymberly Kathryn Evanson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2023
- L. Scott Coogler Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 2003–2025
- Lacey A. Collier Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 1991
- Lacy Herman Thornburg Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 1995–2009
- Lake Jones Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1924–1930
- Lamar John Ryan Cecil Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 1954–1958
- Lance Edward Walker Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, 2018
- Lance M. Africk Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2002
- Landya B. McCafferty Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2013
- Lansing Leroy Mitchell Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1966–2001
- Lara Elizabeth Montecalvo Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2022
- Larry Alan Burns Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2003–2024
- Larry J. McKinney Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1987–2017
- Larry R. Hicks Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, 2001–2024
- LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2015
- LaShonda Annette Hunt Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2023
- Latham Castle Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1959–1986
- Laughlin Edward Waters Sr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1976–2002
- Laura Margarete Provinzino Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2024
- Laura Taylor Swain Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2000
- Lauren Jennifer King Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2021
- Laurence Hirsch Silberman Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1985–2022
- Laurie Jill Michelson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2014
- Laurie Smith Camp Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, 2001–2020
- Lavenski R. Smith Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2002
- Lawrence Aloysius Whipple Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1967–1983
- Lawrence E. Kahn Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1996
- Lawrence Edward Walsh Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1954–1957
- Lawrence F. Stengel Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004–2018
- Lawrence Gubow Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1968–1978
- Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2020
- Lawrence Joseph O'Neill Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2007
- Lawrence Joseph Vilardo Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 2015
- Lawrence K. Karlton Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1979–2015
- Lawrence L. Piersol Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 1993
- Lawrence M. McKenna Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1990–2023
- Lawrence Paul Zatkoff Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1986–2015
- Lawrence Tupper Lydick Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1971–1995
- Lawrence Warren Pierce Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1971–1981
- Lawrence Weldon Judge, Court of Claims, 1883–1905
- Layn R. Phillips Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1987–1991
- Learned Hand Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1909–1924
- LeBaron Bradford Colt Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1881–1884
- Lee Hyman Rosenthal Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1992
- Lee Parsons Gagliardi Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1971–1998
- Lee Philip Rudofsky Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2019
- Lee Roy West Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1979–2020
- Legrome D. Davis Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2002
- Leigh Martin May Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2014
- Leland Chris Nielsen Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1971–1999
- Leland Clure Morton Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1970–1998
- Lenore Carrero Nesbitt Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1983–2001
- Leo Brewster Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1962–1979
- Leo Frederick Rayfiel Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1947–1978
- Leo Maury Gordon Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade, 2006
- Leo Theodore Sorokin Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2014
- Leon Clarence McCord Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1938–1952
- Leon Rene Yankwich Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1935–1966
- Leon Schydlower Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2024
- Leonard Burke Sand Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1978–2016
- Leonard D. Wexler Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1983–2018
- Leonard E. Davis Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2002–2015
- Leonard Eugene Wales Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 1884–1897
- Leonard I. Garth Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1969–1973
- Leonard Page Moore Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1958–1982
- Leonard Patrick Walsh Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1959–1980
- Leonard Philip Stark Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 2010–2022
- Leonard Steven Grasz Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2018
- Leonard Terry Strand Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 2016
- Leonie M. Brinkema Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1993
- Leroy John Contie Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1971–1982
- Lesley Brooks Wells Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1994–2015
- Leslie Abrams Gardner Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 2014
- Leslie Emi Kobayashi Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, 2010
- Leslie Rogers Darr Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1939–1940
- Leslie Southwick Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2007
- Lester LeFevre Cecil Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1953–1959
- Levi Woodbury Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1846–1851
- Levin Hicks Campbell Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1971–1972
- Lewis A. Kaplan Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1994
- Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit, 1869–1875
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940–1945
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1971–1998
- Lewis Jeffrey Liman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019
- Lewis Render Morgan Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1961–1968
- Lewis Thornton Babcock Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1988
- Liam O'Grady Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2007–2023
- Liles Clifton Burke Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 2018
- Linda Hodge McLaughlin Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1992–1999
- Linda Lopez Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2021
- Linda R. Reade Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 2002
- Linda Vivienne Parker Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2014
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. Judge, U.S. Customs Court, 1967–1968
- Lindsay Clayton Jenkins Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2023
- Lindsey Ann Freeman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 2025
- Linton McGee Collins Judge, Court of Claims, 1964–1972
- Lisa Godbey Wood Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2007