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 3, 2026
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All courts3,767 D. Columbia112 Ninth Cir.108 E.D. Pennsylvania85 Fifth Cir.77 Sixth Cir.77 N.D. Illinois77 Third Cir.76 N.D. Ohio73 D. Columbia Circuit68 S.D. Texas67 C.D. California66 Seventh Cir.65 E.D. New York64 Eighth Cir.61 E.D. Michigan60 S.D. New York60 D. Massachusetts59 E.D. Louisiana59 W.D. Pennsylvania59 Fourth Cir.58 D. Connecticut55 N.D. Georgia53 S.D. Ohio51 Tenth Cir.47 D. Arizona47 D. New Jersey46 M.D. Florida46 S.D. Florida45 D. Colorado44 S.D. California44 W.D. Louisiana44 N.D. California42 E.D. Texas41 N.D. Alabama41 Federal Cir.38 D. Kansas38 D. Minnesota38 Eleventh Cir.37 Second Cir.36 First Cir.35 E.D. California34 N.D. Texas33 D. Delaware33 W.D. New York32 Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County30 W.D. Texas30 E.D. Missouri30 D. Rhode Island29 D. Utah29 M.D. Pennsylvania29 W.D. Washington28 D. Nevada28 D. Puerto Rico28 D. Maine27 E.D. Virginia27 E.D. Wisconsin26 W.D. Kentucky26 W.D. Oklahoma26 S.D. Iowa25 W.D. Michigan25 D. New Mexico24 E.D. Arkansas24 M.D. Alabama24 N.D. New York24 S.D. Mississippi24 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. West Virginia19 N.D. Oklahoma18 S.D. Alabama18 S.D. Indiana18 S.D. West Virginia18 D. Vermont18 N.D. Mississippi18 D. Nebraska17 Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage16 D. Alaska16 D. North Dakota16 Delaware Court of Chancery15 C.D. Illinois15 D. the Virgin Islands15 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 E.D. Kentucky12 E.D. North Carolina12 M.D. North Carolina11 Texas Business Court10 D. Wyoming10 M.D. Tennessee10 W.D. North Carolina10 W.D. Virginia10 D. Guam7 Vermont Superior Court6 Massachusetts Superior Court5 D. N. Mariana Islands4 West Virginia Business Court Division4 Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland -- Business & Technology Case Management Program1 Metro Atlanta Business Case Division, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia1
3,767 judges

Karoline Mehalchick

M.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

22 orders 5 insights

Marilyn D. Go

E.D. New York · Appt. Merit selection

22 orders 5 insights

Morris Sheppard Arnold

W.D. Arkansas · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

22 orders 5 insights

Philip Bergen Swing

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

22 orders 5 insights

Sharon A. King

D. New Jersey

22 orders 5 insights

William Charles Lee

N.D. Indiana · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

22 orders 5 insights

Bernice Bouie Donald

W.D. Tennessee · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

Charles Mengel Allen

W.D. Kentucky · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

Charles S. Haight Jr.

D. Connecticut · Appt. Gerald Ford (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

David Brookman Smith

W.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

Frederick J. Kapala

N.D. Illinois · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

George Harrold Carswell

Fifth Cir. · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

Gordon Paul Gallagher

D. Colorado · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

Hala Yalda Jarbou

W.D. Michigan · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

Harold Duane Vietor

S.D. Iowa · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

Harry Hunter MacLaughlin

D. Minnesota · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

Hiram Rafael Cancio

D. Puerto Rico · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

James E. Gates

E.D. North Carolina

21 orders 5 insights

James Rodney Gilstrap

E.D. Texas · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

Joe L. Webster

M.D. North Carolina

21 orders 5 insights

John Berne Hannum

E.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

21 orders 5 insights

John Cadwalader

E.D. Pennsylvania · Appt. James Buchanan (Democratic)

21 orders 5 insights

John Wilson McIlvaine

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

21 orders 5 insights

Nathaniel Matheson Gorton

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

21 orders 5 insights
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