District court

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Judge	Title	Appointed by	Status
Laura Taylor Swain	Judge	William J. Clinton	Active
John George Koeltl	Judge	William J. Clinton	Active
Kenneth M. Karas	Judge	George W. Bush	Active
James Paul Oetken	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Paul Adam Engelmayer	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Edgardo Ramos	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Andrew Lamar Carter, Jr.	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Jesse Matthew Furman	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Ronnie Abrams	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Katherine Polk Failla	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Analisa Nadine Torres	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Nelson Stephen Román	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Vernon Speede Broderick	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Gregory Howard Woods, III	Judge	Barack Obama	Active
Mary Kay Vyskocil	Judge	Donald J. Trump	Active
Lewis Jeffrey Liman	Judge	Donald J. Trump	Active
Philip Morgan Halpern	Judge	Donald J. Trump	Active
John Peter Cronan	Judge	Donald J. Trump	Active
Jennifer Louise Rochon	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Jennifer Hutchison Rearden	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Arun Srinivas Subramanian	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Dale Edwin Ho	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Margaret M. Garnett	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Jeannette Anne Vargas	Judge	Joseph R. Biden	Active
Charles Sherman Haight, Jr.	Judge	Gerald Ford	Senior status
Louis Lee Stanton	Judge	Ronald Reagan	Senior status
Kimba Maureen Wood	Judge	Ronald Reagan	Senior status
Loretta A. Preska	Judge	George H.W. Bush	Senior status
Denise Cote	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Lewis A. Kaplan	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Sidney H. Stein	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Jed Saul Rakoff	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Richard M. Berman	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Colleen McMahon	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Naomi Reice Buchwald	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
Victor Marrero	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
George B. Daniels	Judge	William J. Clinton	Senior status
P. Kevin Castel	Judge	George W. Bush	Senior status
Paul Austin Crotty	Judge	George W. Bush	Senior status
Cathy Seibel	Judge	George W. Bush	Senior status
Paul G. Gardephe	Judge	George W. Bush	Senior status
Vincent Louis Briccetti	Judge	Barack Obama	Senior status
Lorna Gail Schofield	Judge	Barack Obama	Senior status
Valerie Elaine Caproni	Judge	Barack Obama	Senior status

The court’s website: https://www.nysd.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.