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.

3,616
Judges
117
Courts
August 1, 2026
Last updated

Search by name, court, or how a judge tends to rule.

Courts

All courts3,616 D. Columbia111 Ninth Cir.108 Fifth Cir.77 Sixth Cir.77 Third Cir.76 E.D. Pennsylvania76 N.D. Illinois69 D. Columbia Circuit68 Seventh Cir.65 N.D. Ohio64 C.D. California63 Eighth Cir.61 E.D. Michigan60 D. Massachusetts59 W.D. Pennsylvania59 Fourth Cir.58 E.D. New York58 E.D. Louisiana58 D. Connecticut55 S.D. Texas55 N.D. Georgia53 S.D. New York50 S.D. Ohio50 Tenth Cir.47 D. New Jersey46 D. Arizona46 M.D. Florida46 S.D. Florida45 D. Colorado44 S.D. California43 W.D. Louisiana43 N.D. California42 E.D. Texas41 N.D. Alabama41 Federal Cir.38 Eleventh Cir.37 D. Kansas37 Second Cir.36 First Cir.35 E.D. California34 D. Delaware33 N.D. Texas32 D. Minnesota31 Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County30 W.D. Texas30 E.D. Missouri30 D. Utah29 M.D. Pennsylvania29 W.D. Washington28 D. Nevada28 D. Puerto Rico28 E.D. Virginia27 D. Rhode Island26 E.D. Wisconsin26 W.D. Oklahoma26 S.D. Iowa25 W.D. Michigan25 D. Maine24 D. New Mexico24 E.D. Arkansas24 M.D. Alabama24 N.D. New York24 D. Hawaii23 N.D. Indiana23 D. Maryland23 D. Montana23 D. South Carolina23 N.D. Florida23 W.D. Arkansas23 D. Oregon22 D. South Dakota22 E.D. Oklahoma21 D. New Hampshire20 S.D. Georgia20 M.D. Georgia19 N.D. Oklahoma18 S.D. Alabama18 S.D. Indiana18 S.D. Mississippi18 W.D. New York18 D. Vermont18 D. Nebraska17 Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage16 D. Alaska16 D. North Dakota16 Delaware Court of Chancery15 C.D. Illinois15 E.D. Tennessee15 W.D. Tennessee15 W.D. Missouri15 E.D. Washington14 D. Idaho14 N.D. Iowa14 M.D. Louisiana13 S.D. Illinois13 W.D. Wisconsin13 North Carolina Business Court12 S.D. West Virginia12 E.D. Kentucky12 E.D. North Carolina12 M.D. North Carolina11 Texas Business Court10 N.D. Mississippi10 D. Wyoming10 M.D. Tennessee10 W.D. Kentucky10 W.D. North Carolina10 W.D. Virginia10 D. the Virgin Islands9 N.D. West Virginia9 Vermont Superior Court6 Massachusetts Superior Court5 West Virginia Business Court Division4 D. Guam2 D. N. Mariana Islands2 Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland -- Business & Technology Case Management Program1 Metro Atlanta Business Case Division, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia1
3,616 judges

Tanya S. Chutkan

D. Columbia · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

20 orders 6 insights

Thomas Aquinas Flannery

D. Columbia · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

20 orders 6 insights

Thomas Patrick Thornton

E.D. Michigan · Appt. Harry S. Truman (Democratic)

20 orders 6 insights

W. H. Seward Thomson

W.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)

20 orders 6 insights

Wallace Samuel Gourley

W.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Harry S. Truman (Democratic)

20 orders 6 insights

Warren Booth Burrows

D. Connecticut · Appt. Calvin Coolidge (Republican)

20 orders 6 insights

William Truslow Newman

N.D. Georgia · Appt. Grover Cleveland (Democratic)

20 orders 6 insights

Albert Wheeler Coffrin

D. Vermont · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

19 orders 6 insights

Barbara Brandriff Crabb

W.D. Wisconsin · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Barry M. Kurren

D. Hawaii

19 orders 6 insights

Calvin E. Murphy

North Carolina Business Court · Appt. Mike Easley (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Charles Bruno Kornmann

D. South Dakota · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

David Campbell Humphreys

D. Columbia · Appt. Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)

19 orders 6 insights

Denise Jefferson Casper

D. Massachusetts · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Ernest William Gibson Jr.

D. Vermont · Appt. Harry S. Truman (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Francis Lund Van Dusen

E.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

19 orders 6 insights

Francis Muir Scarlett

S.D. Georgia · Appt. Harry S. Truman (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Heartsill Ragon

W.D. Arkansas · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Howard Francis Corcoran

D. Columbia · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

James August Comiskey

E.D. Louisiana · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Jay A. Garcia-Gregory

D. Puerto Rico · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Joseph A. Marutollo

E.D. New York · Appt. Board of Judges, U.S. District Court for the E.D.N.Y. (merit-selected magistrate; not presidentially appointed)

19 orders 6 insights

Joseph Simon Lord III

E.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights

Michael Patrick McCuskey

C.D. Illinois · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

19 orders 6 insights
No judges match your search.