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

Susan A. McManus

Vermont Superior Court · Appt. Phil Scott (Republican)

11 orders 9 insights

John J. Andrews

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County

10 orders 9 insights

Jonathan Eugene Hawley

C.D. Illinois · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

10 orders 9 insights

Charles Robert Eskridge III

S.D. Texas · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

8 orders 9 insights

Gary K. Wolinetz

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

8 orders 9 insights

Michael D. Lorensen

West Virginia Business Court Division

8 orders 9 insights

Nancy F. Atlas

S.D. Texas · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

8 orders 9 insights

Pamela Pepper

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

8 orders 9 insights

Maria Ann Lanahan

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

7 orders 9 insights

Robert T. Numbers, II

E.D. North Carolina

7 orders 9 insights

Colin Stirling Bruce

C.D. Illinois · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

5 orders 9 insights

Carolyn B. McHugh

Tenth Cir. · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

47 orders 8 insights

Gregory A. Phillips

Tenth Cir. · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

40 orders 8 insights

Susan Davis Wigenton

D. New Jersey · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

39 orders 8 insights

Thurman Wesley Arnold

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

35 orders 8 insights

Wendy B. Vitter

E.D. Louisiana · Appt. Donald J. Trump (Republican)

31 orders 8 insights

John Kenneth Bush

Sixth Cir. · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

30 orders 8 insights

Marion Charles Matthes

Eighth Cir. · Appt. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

30 orders 8 insights

Emilio L. Colaiacovo

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Erie County

29 orders 8 insights

Jerome A. Holmes

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

29 orders 8 insights

Charles Joseph Vogel

Eighth Cir. · Appt. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

28 orders 8 insights

Zahid N. Quraishi

D. New Jersey · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

28 orders 8 insights

Gordon Elmo Young

E.D. Arkansas · Appt. Dwight D. Eisenhower

27 orders 8 insights

John Garvan Murtha

D. Vermont · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

27 orders 8 insights
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