Judge Analytics

How U.S. judges actually decide, drawn from their own signed orders. Each profile shows what persuades a judge, their procedural preferences, and grounded examples with links to the source.

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117
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August 1, 2026
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3,616 judges

Rossie David Alston, Jr.

E.D. Virginia · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

11 orders 8 insights

Beryl A. Howell

D. Columbia · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

10 orders 8 insights

Fernando Joe Gaitan Jr.

W.D. Missouri · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

10 orders 8 insights

James R. Cho

E.D. New York

10 orders 8 insights

Mark Andrew Beatty

S.D. Illinois

10 orders 8 insights

Mark Douglas Harpool

W.D. Missouri · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

10 orders 8 insights

Navah C. Spero

Vermont Superior Court · Appt. Phil Scott (Republican)

10 orders 8 insights

Candace J. Smith

E.D. Kentucky

9 orders 8 insights

Brett Harry Ludwig

E.D. Wisconsin · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

8 orders 8 insights

Robert Lewis Brown Sr.

D. Montana · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

8 orders 8 insights

Brian Edward Sandoval

D. Nevada · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

7 orders 8 insights

John Augustine Marshall

D. Utah · Appt. Grover Cleveland (Democratic)

7 orders 8 insights

James Harris Baldwin

D. Montana · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

6 orders 8 insights

Sharon M.J. Gianelli

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County

6 orders 8 insights

Chad N. Cagan

Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth Vicinage · Appt. Phil Murphy (Democratic)

5 orders 8 insights

Stephen L. Petrillo

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage · Appt. Chris Christie (Republican)

5 orders 8 insights

Darren J. Del Sardo

Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic Vicinage · Appt. Phil Murphy (Democratic)

4 orders 8 insights

A. Graham Shirley II

North Carolina Business Court

2 orders 8 insights

Walter Smith Cox

D. Columbia · Appt. Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)

54 orders 7 insights

William Louis Day

N.D. Ohio · Appt. William Howard Taft (Republican)

39 orders 7 insights

Aloysius Joseph Connor

D. New Hampshire · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

36 orders 7 insights

Charles Brents Kennamer

M.D. Alabama · Appt. Herbert Hoover (Republican)

36 orders 7 insights

Henry De Lamar Clayton

M.D. Alabama · Appt. Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)

35 orders 7 insights

Harris L. Hartz

Tenth Cir. · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

34 orders 7 insights
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