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**Circuit Judge**
**Circuit Judge**
**District Judge**
**District Judge**
**District Judge**
**AO Director**1968
Earl **Warren**
			3/68 - 5/69
Wade H. **McCree**
			Sixth Circuit
			3/68 - 3/73
James M. **Carter**
			Ninth Circuit
			3/68 - 3/71
William A.**McRae**
			S.D. Florida
			3/68 - 3/70
Edward J. **Devitt**
			D. Minnesota
			3/68 - 3/71
Harold R. **Tyler**
			S.D. New York
			3/68 - 3/72
Ernest C. **Friesen**
			3/68 - 2/701969
Warren E. **Burger**
			6/69 - 9/861970



Gerhard A. **Gesell**
			D. District of Columbia
			3/70 - 3/72


Rowland **Kirks**
			7/70 - 11/771971


Frank M. **Coffin**
			First Circuit
			3/71 - 10/72

Adrian A. **Spears**
			W.D. Texas
			3/71 - 3/751972


Ruggero J. **Aldisert**
			Third Circuit
			10/72 - 3/79
Marvin E. **Frankel**
			S.D. New York
			3/72 - 4/78

Walter E. **Hoffman**
			E.D. Virginia
			3/72 - 9/741973

Griffin B. **Bell**
			Fifth Circuit
			3/73 - 4/761974





Alfred A. **Arraj**
			D. Colorado
			9/74-4/761975




Robert H. **Schnacke**
			N.D. California
			3/75 - 3/791976

John C. **Godbold**
			Fifth Circuit
			4/76 - 3/81



Frank J. **McGarr**
			N.D. Illinois
			4/76 - 3/801977






William E. **Foley**
			11/77 - 3/851978



Aubrey E. **Robinson**
			D. District of Columbia
			4/78 - 3/821979


William H. **Mulligan**
			Second Circuit
			3/79 - 3/81

Otto R. **Skopil**
			D. Oregon
			3/79 - 9/79


**Bankruptcy Judge**Donald S. **Voorhees**
			W.D. Washington
			9/79 - 3/83
Lloyd D. **George**
			D. Nevada
			9/79 - 9/831980





William S. **Sessions**
			W.D. Texas
			3/80 - 3/841981

Cornelia G. **Kennedy**
			Sixth Circuit
			3/81 - 3/85
John D. **Butzner**
			Fourth Circuit
			3/81 - 3/831982



Warren K. **Urbom**
			D. Nebraska
			3/82 - 3/861983


Daniel M. **Friedman**
			Federal Circuit
			3/83 - 3/ 87

Howard C. **Bratton**
			D. New Mexico
			3/83 - 3/87


John J. **Galgay**
			S.D. New York
			9/83 - 5/841984





A. David **Mazzone**
			D. Massachusetts
			3/84 - 3/88

Martin V.B. **Bostetter**
			E.D. Virginia
			10/84 - 10/871985

Arlin M. **Adams**
			Third Circuit
			3/85 - 1/87




L. Ralph **Mecham**
			7/85 - 7/061986
William H. **Rehnquist**
			9/86 - 9/05


José A. **Cabranes**
			D. Connecticut
			3/86 - 3/901987

Alvin B. **Rubin**
			Fifth Circuit
			1/87 - 3/89
Anthony M. **Kennedy**
			Ninth Circuit
			3/87 - 2/88

William C. **O'Kelley**
			N.D. Georgia
			3/87 - 3/91


Robert E. **Ginsberg**
			N.D. Illinois
			10/87 - 10/911988


J. Clifford **Wallace**
			Ninth Circuit
			3/88 - 3/91


David D. **Dowd**
			N.D. Ohio
			3/88 - 2/921989

Monroe G. **McKay**
			Tenth Circuit
			3/89 - 9/911990



Diana E. **Murphy**
			D. Minnesota
			3/90 - 3/941991

J. Harvie **Wilkinson**
			Fourth Circuit
			9/91 - 3/96
Edward R. **Becker**
			Third Circuit
			3/91 - 3/95

Martin L.C. **Feldman**
			E.D. Louisiana
			3/91 - 3/95


Sidney B. **Brooks**
			D. Colorado
			10/91 - 3/931992





Michael A. **Telesca**
			W.D. New York
			3/92 - 3/961993







Elizabeth L. **Perris**
			D. Oregon
			3/93 - 3/971994



Marvin E. **Aspen**
			N.D. Illinois
			3/94 - 3/981995


Bruce M. **Selya**
			First Circuit
			3/95 - 3/99

Richard P. **Matsch**
			D. Colorado
			3/95 - 3/991996

Pasco M. **Bowman** II
			Eighth Circuit
			3/96 - 3/98



Thomas F. **Hogan**
			D. District of Columbia
			3/96 - 3/001997







A. Thomas **Small**
			E.D. North Carolina
			3/97 - 3/01
**Magistrate Judge**Virginia M. **Morgan**
			E.D. Michigan
			3/97 - 3/011998

Stanley **Marcus**
			Eleventh Circuit
			3/98 - 3/02

Jean C. **Hamilton**
			E.D. Missouri
			3/98 - 3/031999


Robert M. **Parker**
			Fifth Circuit
			3/99 - 3/00

William H. **Yohn**
			E.D. Pennsylvania
			3/99 - 3/032000


Pauline **Newman**
			Federal Circuit
			3/00 - 3/04


Robert J. **Bryan**
			W.D. Washington
			3/00 - 3/042001







Robert F. **Hershner**, Jr.
			M.D. Georgia
			3/01 - 3/05
Robert B. **Collings**
			D. Massachusetts
			3/01 - 3/052002

Pierre N. **Leval**
			Second Circuit
			3/02 - 3/062003



Sarah S. **Vance**
			E.D. Louisiana
			3/03 - 3/07
James A. **Parker**
			D. New Mexico
			3/03 - 3/072004


Terence T. **Evans**
			Seventh Circuit
			3/04 - 3/08


Bernice B. **Donald**
			W.D. Tennessee
			3/04 - 3/082005
John G.**Roberts**, Jr.
			9/05 -






Stephen **Raslavich**
			E.D. Pennsylvania
			3/05 - 3/09
Karen K. **Klein**
			D. North Dakota
			3/05 - 3/092006

Karen J. **Williams**
			Fourth Circuit
			3/06 - 9/07




James C. **Duff**
			7/06 - 9/112007

William B. **Traxler**, Jr.
			Fourth Circuit
			9/07 - 7/09

Philip M. **Pro**
			D. Nevada
			3/07 - 3/11
David O. **Carter**
			C.D. California
			3/07 - 3/112008


Susan Harrell **Black**
			Eleventh Circuit
			3/08 - 3/12


Loretta A. **Preska**
			S.D. New York
			3/08 - 3/122009







James B. **Haines**
			D. Maine
			3/09 - 3/13
John Michael **Facciola**
			D. District of Columbia
			3/09 - 3/132010

Edward C. **Prado**
			Fifth Circuit
			3/10 - 3/142011



Kathryn H. **Vratil**
			D. Kansas
			3/11 - 3/15
James F. **Holderman**
			N.D. Illinois
			3/11 - 3/15

Thomas F. **Hogan**
			10/11 - 7/132012


Michael J. **Melloy**
			Eighth Circuit
			3/12 - 3/16


Catherine C. **Blake**
			D. Maryland
			3/12 - 3/162013






John D. **Bates**
			7/13 - 1/15
Coleman Ray **Mullins**
			N.D. Georgia
			3/13 - 3/17
Jonathan W. **Feldman**
			W.D. New York
			3/13 - 3/172014

Kent A. **Jordan**
			Third Circuit
			3/14 - 3/182015



Kimberly J. **Mueller**
			E.D. California
			3/15 - 3/19
Curtis L. **Collier**
			E.D. Tennessee
			3/15 - 3/19

James C. **Duff**
			1/15 - 2/212016


David S. **Tatel**
			D.C. Circuit
			3/16 - 3/20


George Z. **Singal**
			D. Maine
			3/16 - 3/202017







Barbara J. **Houser**
			N.D. Texas
			3/17 - 4/20
Tim A. **Baker**
			S.D. Indiana
			3/17 - 3/212018

William D. **Benton**
			Eighth Circuit
			3/18 - 3/222019



Raymond A. **Jackson**
			E.D. Virginia
			3/19 - 3/23
Nancy D. **Freudenthal**
			D. Wyoming
			3/19 - 3/232020


Thomas M. **Hardiman**
			Third Circuit
			3/20 - 3/24


Carol B. **Amon**
			E.D. New York
			3/20 - 3/242021






Roslynn R. **Mauskopf**
			2/21 - 1/24
Mildred **Cabán**
			D. Puerto Rico
			3**/**21 -
Anthony **Porcelli**
			M.D. Florida
			3/21 -2022

R. Guy **Cole,**Jr.
			Sixth Circuit
			3/22 -2023



B. Lynn **Winmill**
			D. Idaho
			3/23 -
Sara L. **Ellis**
			N.D. Illinois
			3/23 -2024


Ralph R. **Erickson**
			Eighth Circuit
			3/24 -


Kathleen **Cardone**
			W.D. Texas
			3/24 -
Robert J. **Conrad**, Jr.
			3/24 -
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