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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August 3, 2026
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3,767 judges

Brian S. Meyers

E.D. North Carolina

0 orders 4 insights

Craig B. Shaffer

D. Colorado

0 orders 4 insights

Helen C. Adams

S.D. Iowa

0 orders 4 insights

John J. O'Sullivan

S.D. Florida

0 orders 4 insights

Kathleen M. Tafoya

D. Colorado

0 orders 4 insights

Emilio M. Garza

Fifth Cir. · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

42 orders 3 insights

Roy Steven Payne

E.D. Texas

42 orders 3 insights

Stephen Gerald Breyer

First Cir. · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

41 orders 3 insights

Amos Louis Mazzant III

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

38 orders 3 insights

Giles Sutherland Rich

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

37 orders 3 insights

Helen Wilson Nies

Federal Cir. · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

36 orders 3 insights

Arthur J. Gajarsa

Federal Cir. · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

35 orders 3 insights

Deborah Louise Cook

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

35 orders 3 insights

Martha Craig Daughtrey

Sixth Cir. · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

34 orders 3 insights

Amul Roger Thapar

Sixth Cir. · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

32 orders 3 insights

Jeffrey L. Cureton

N.D. Texas

32 orders 3 insights

John Cooper Godbold

Eleventh Cir. · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

32 orders 3 insights

Irving Robert Kaufman

Second Cir. · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

31 orders 3 insights

John Hazelton Cotteral

Tenth Cir. · Appt. Calvin Coolidge (Republican)

31 orders 3 insights

Tilman E. Self III

M.D. Georgia · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

31 orders 3 insights

Walter Early Craig

D. Arizona · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

31 orders 3 insights

Andre Bernard Mathis

Sixth Cir. · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

30 orders 3 insights

Charles E. Dyer

E.D. Wisconsin · Appt. Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)

30 orders 3 insights

Howard Thomas Markey

Federal Cir. · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

30 orders 3 insights
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