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District court

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

JudgeTitleAppointed byStatus
James Emanuel BoasbergJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Rudolph ContrerasJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Christopher Reid CooperJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Tanya Sue ChutkanJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Randolph Daniel MossJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Amit Priyavadan MehtaJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Timothy James KellyJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Trevor Neil McFaddenJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Dabney Langhorne FriedrichJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Carl John NicholsJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Jia Michelle CobbJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Ana Cecilia ReyesJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Loren Linn AliKhanJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Amir Hatem Mahdy AliJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Sparkle Leah SooknananJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Thomas Francis HoganJudgeRonald ReaganSenior status
Royce C. LamberthJudgeRonald ReaganSenior status
Paul L. FriedmanJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Emmet G. SullivanJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Colleen Kollar-KotellyJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr.JudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Richard W. RobertsJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Reggie B. WaltonJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
John D. BatesJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
Richard J. LeonJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
Beryl Alaine HowellJudgeBarack ObamaSenior status
Amy Berman JacksonJudgeBarack ObamaSenior status

The court’s website: https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov

From the Federal Judicial Center’s directory as of Nov. 4, 2026. This is a plain list: the full page could not be shown.