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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

73 judges have served since Mar 9, 1865. Now: Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara DRamon Ernesto Reyes, Jr. DNatasha Clarise Merle DNusrat Jahan Choudhury DOrelia Eleta Merchant DNina Rauh Morrison DHector Gonzalez DDiane Gujarati RGary Richard Brown REric Ross Komitee RRachel Peter Kovner RLaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall DAnn Marie Donnelly DPamela Ki Mai Chen DMargo Kitsy Brodie D.

Judges
73
42 R · 31 D
Longest tenure
34 years
Robert Alexander Inch
Current
22 months
Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara, since Dec 20, 2024
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18801900192019401960198020002020Charles Linnaeus Benedict · 1865-03-09 – 1897-01-01 · RepublicanAsa Wentworth Tenney · 1897-07-08 – 1897-12-10 · RepublicanEdward Beers Thomas · 1898-02-15 – 1906-12-31 · RepublicanThomas Chatfield · 1907-01-09 – 1922-12-24 · RepublicanMarcus Beach Campbell · 1923-01-03 – 1944-08-03 · RepublicanHarold Maurice Kennedy · 1944-09-22 – 1952-09-30 · DemocratWalter Bruchhausen · 1953-05-08 – 1967-05-20 · RepublicanAnthony John Travia · 1968-07-17 – 1974-11-30 · DemocratHenry Bramwell · 1974-12-26 – 1987-10-01 · RepublicanArthur Donald Spatt · 1989-11-27 – 2004-12-01 · RepublicanJoseph Frank Bianco · 2006-01-03 – 2019-05-17 · RepublicanRachel Peter Kovner · 2019-10-17 – present · RepublicanVan Vechten Veeder · 1911-01-26 – 1917-12-31 · RepublicanEdwin Louis Garvin · 1918-03-21 – 1925-10-31 · DemocratGrover M. Moscowitz · 1925-12-21 – 1947-03-31 · RepublicanLeo Frederick Rayfiel · 1947-07-30 – 1966-03-04 · DemocratJack Bertrand Weinstein · 1967-04-15 – 1993-03-01 · DemocratDavid G. Trager · 1993-11-24 – 2006-03-01 · DemocratBrian Mark Cogan · 2006-06-07 – 2020-06-12 · RepublicanDiane Gujarati · 2020-09-18 – present · RepublicanRobert Alexander Inch · 1924-01-08 – 1958-01-06 · RepublicanJohn Ries Bartels · 1959-07-30 – 1973-12-31 · RepublicanThomas Collier Platt, Jr. · 1974-03-08 – 2001-02-01 · RepublicanSandra J. Feuerstein · 2003-09-22 – 2015-01-21 · RepublicanAnn Marie Donnelly · 2015-10-21 – present · DemocratClarence G. Galston · 1929-04-29 – 1957-01-01 · RepublicanJoseph Carmine Zavatt · 1957-08-07 – 1970-12-31 · RepublicanMark Americus Costantino · 1971-05-20 – 1987-12-01 · RepublicanCarol Bagley Amon · 1990-08-07 – 2016-11-30 · RepublicanEric Ross Komitee · 2019-12-05 – present · RepublicanMortimer W. Byers · 1929-11-20 – 1960-02-01 · RepublicanJacob Mishler · 1960-07-06 – 1980-04-30 · RepublicanJoseph Michael McLaughlin · 1981-09-28 – 1990-10-18 · RepublicanSterling Johnson, Jr. · 1991-07-02 – 2003-06-01 · RepublicanDora L. Irizarry · 2004-07-08 – 2020-01-26 · RepublicanHector Gonzalez · 2022-04-18 – present · DemocratMatthew T. Abruzzo · 1936-02-15 – 1966-02-15 · DemocratOrrin Grimmell Judd · 1968-07-17 – 1976-07-07 · DemocratCharles Proctor Sifton · 1977-10-12 – 2000-03-18 · DemocratNicholas Garaufis · 2000-05-25 – 2014-10-01 · DemocratJoan Marie Azrack · 2014-12-19 – 2024-12-19 · DemocratSanket Jayshukh Bulsara · 2024-12-20 – present · DemocratJohn Francis Dooling, Jr. · 1961-09-22 – 1976-11-30 · DemocratEugene Hoffman Nickerson · 1977-10-21 – 1994-01-01 · DemocratFrederic Block · 1994-09-29 – 2005-09-01 · DemocratEric Nicholas Vitaliano · 2006-01-19 – 2017-02-28 · RepublicanGary Richard Brown · 2019-12-31 – present · RepublicanGeorge Rosling · 1962-03-17 – 1973-04-16 · DemocratGeorge Cheney Pratt · 1976-05-07 – 1982-06-29 · RepublicanFrank X. Altimari · 1982-12-10 – 1985-12-23 · RepublicanRaymond Joseph Dearie · 1986-03-19 – 2011-04-03 · RepublicanWilliam Francis Kuntz, II · 2011-10-04 – 2022-01-01 · DemocratNina Rauh Morrison · 2022-08-11 – present · DemocratEdward Raymond Neaher · 1971-07-22 – 1982-05-28 · RepublicanLeonard D. Wexler · 1983-06-22 – 1994-06-30 · RepublicanAllyne R. Ross · 1994-09-29 – 2011-04-05 · DemocratMargo Kitsy Brodie · 2012-02-29 – present · DemocratIsrael Leo Glasser · 1981-12-10 – 1993-07-01 · RepublicanJoanna Seybert · 1993-11-24 – 2014-01-13 · DemocratLaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall · 2015-11-17 – present · DemocratEdward Robert Korman · 1985-11-04 – 2007-10-25 · RepublicanKiyo A. Matsumoto · 2008-07-22 – 2022-07-23 · RepublicanOrelia Eleta Merchant · 2023-05-12 – present · DemocratReena Raggi · 1987-05-07 – 2002-10-07 · RepublicanSandra L. Townes · 2004-08-02 – 2015-05-01 · RepublicanNusrat Jahan Choudhury · 2023-07-05 – present · DemocratDenis Reagan Hurley · 1991-11-05 – 2004-12-18 · RepublicanRoslynn Renee Mauskopf · 2007-10-18 – 2024-01-31 · RepublicanJohn Gleeson · 1994-09-29 – 2016-03-09 · DemocratNatasha Clarise Merle · 2023-08-11 – present · DemocratNina Gershon · 1996-08-01 – 2008-10-16 · DemocratPamela Ki Mai Chen · 2013-03-05 – present · DemocratRamon Ernesto Reyes, Jr. · 2023-11-13 – present · Democrat
Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara D
Dec 20, 2024 – present · 22 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–42
Ramon Ernesto Reyes, Jr. D
Nov 13, 2023 – present · 2.9 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–48
Natasha Clarise Merle D
Aug 11, 2023 – present · 3.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–49
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury D
Jul 5, 2023 – present · 3.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–49
Orelia Eleta Merchant D
May 12, 2023 – present · 3.4 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–48
Nina Rauh Morrison D
Aug 11, 2022 – present · 4.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–46
Hector Gonzalez D
Apr 18, 2022 – present · 4.5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–45
Diane Gujarati R
Sep 18, 2020 – present · 6.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 99–0
Gary Richard Brown R
Dec 31, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
Eric Ross Komitee R
Dec 5, 2019 – present · 6.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 86–4
Rachel Peter Kovner R
Oct 17, 2019 – present · 7 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 88–3
LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall D
Nov 17, 2015 – present · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 93–1
Ann Marie Donnelly D
Oct 21, 2015 – present · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 95–2
Joan Marie Azrack D
Dec 19, 2014 – Dec 19, 2024 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Dec 19, 2024
Pamela Ki Mai Chen D
Mar 5, 2013 – present · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Margo Kitsy Brodie D
Feb 29, 2012 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 86–2
William Francis Kuntz, II D
Oct 4, 2011 – Jan 1, 2022 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jan 1, 2022
Kiyo A. Matsumoto R
Jul 22, 2008 – Jul 23, 2022 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jul 23, 2022
Roslynn Renee Mauskopf R
Oct 18, 2007 – Jan 31, 2024 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Brian Mark Cogan R
Jun 7, 2006 – Jun 12, 2020 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 12, 2020 · confirmed 95–0
Eric Nicholas Vitaliano R
Jan 19, 2006 – Feb 28, 2017 · 11 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Feb 28, 2017
Joseph Frank Bianco R
Jan 3, 2006 – May 17, 2019 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Sandra L. Townes R
Aug 2, 2004 – May 1, 2015 · 11 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status May 1, 2015 · confirmed 95–0
Dora L. Irizarry R
Jul 8, 2004 – Jan 26, 2020 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jan 26, 2020
Sandra J. Feuerstein R
Sep 22, 2003 – Jan 21, 2015 · 11 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jan 21, 2015 · confirmed 92–0
Nicholas Garaufis D
May 25, 2000 – Oct 1, 2014 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Oct 1, 2014
Nina Gershon D
Aug 1, 1996 – Oct 16, 2008 · 12 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Oct 16, 2008
Frederic Block D
Sep 29, 1994 – Sep 1, 2005 · 11 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 1, 2005
Allyne R. Ross D
Sep 29, 1994 – Apr 5, 2011 · 17 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Apr 5, 2011
John Gleeson D
Sep 29, 1994 – Mar 9, 2016 · 21 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
David G. Trager D
Nov 24, 1993 – Mar 1, 2006 · 12 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Mar 1, 2006
Joanna Seybert D
Nov 24, 1993 – Jan 13, 2014 · 20 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jan 13, 2014
Denis Reagan Hurley R
Nov 5, 1991 – Dec 18, 2004 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Dec 18, 2004
Sterling Johnson, Jr. R
Jul 2, 1991 – Jun 1, 2003 · 12 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jun 1, 2003
Carol Bagley Amon R
Aug 7, 1990 – Nov 30, 2016 · 26 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 30, 2016
Arthur Donald Spatt R
Nov 27, 1989 – Dec 1, 2004 · 15 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Dec 1, 2004
Reena Raggi R
May 7, 1987 – Oct 7, 2002 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Raymond Joseph Dearie R
Mar 19, 1986 – Apr 3, 2011 · 25 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Apr 3, 2011
Edward Robert Korman R
Nov 4, 1985 – Oct 25, 2007 · 22 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 25, 2007
Leonard D. Wexler R
Jun 22, 1983 – Jun 30, 1994 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jun 30, 1994
Frank X. Altimari R
Dec 10, 1982 – Dec 23, 1985 · 3 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Israel Leo Glasser R
Dec 10, 1981 – Jul 1, 1993 · 12 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 1, 1993
Joseph Michael McLaughlin R
Sep 28, 1981 – Oct 18, 1990 · 9.1 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Eugene Hoffman Nickerson D
Oct 21, 1977 – Jan 1, 1994 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jan 1, 1994
Charles Proctor Sifton D
Oct 12, 1977 – Mar 18, 2000 · 22 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Mar 18, 2000
George Cheney Pratt R
May 7, 1976 – Jun 29, 1982 · 6.1 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Henry Bramwell R
Dec 26, 1974 – Oct 1, 1987 · 13 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Oct 1, 1987
Thomas Collier Platt, Jr. R
Mar 8, 1974 – Feb 1, 2001 · 27 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Feb 1, 2001
Edward Raymond Neaher R
Jul 22, 1971 – May 28, 1982 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 28, 1982
Mark Americus Costantino R
May 20, 1971 – Dec 1, 1987 · 17 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Dec 1, 1987
Anthony John Travia D
Jul 17, 1968 – Nov 30, 1974 · 6.4 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Orrin Grimmell Judd D
Jul 17, 1968 – Jul 7, 1976 · 8 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Bertrand Weinstein D
Apr 15, 1967 – Mar 1, 1993 · 26 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Mar 1, 1993
George Rosling D
Mar 17, 1962 – Apr 16, 1973 · 11 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
John Francis Dooling, Jr. D
Sep 22, 1961 – Nov 30, 1976 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Nov 30, 1976
Jacob Mishler R
Jul 6, 1960 – Apr 30, 1980 · 20 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Apr 30, 1980
John Ries Bartels R
Jul 30, 1959 – Dec 31, 1973 · 14 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Dec 31, 1973
Joseph Carmine Zavatt R
Aug 7, 1957 – Dec 31, 1970 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Dec 31, 1970
Walter Bruchhausen R
May 8, 1953 – May 20, 1967 · 14 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status May 20, 1967
Leo Frederick Rayfiel D
Jul 30, 1947 – Mar 4, 1966 · 19 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Mar 4, 1966
Harold Maurice Kennedy D
Sep 22, 1944 – Sep 30, 1952 · 8 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Matthew T. Abruzzo D
Feb 15, 1936 – Feb 15, 1966 · 30 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Feb 15, 1966
Mortimer W. Byers R
Nov 20, 1929 – Feb 1, 1960 · 30 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Feb 1, 1960
Clarence G. Galston R
Apr 29, 1929 – Jan 1, 1957 · 28 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Jan 1, 1957
Grover M. Moscowitz R
Dec 21, 1925 – Mar 31, 1947 · 21 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Robert Alexander Inch R
Jan 8, 1924 – Jan 6, 1958 · 34 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status Jan 6, 1958
Marcus Beach Campbell R
Jan 3, 1923 – Aug 3, 1944 · 22 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Edwin Louis Garvin D
Mar 21, 1918 – Oct 31, 1925 · 7.6 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Van Vechten Veeder R
Jan 26, 1911 – Dec 31, 1917 · 6.9 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Thomas Chatfield R
Jan 9, 1907 – Dec 24, 1922 · 16 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Beers Thomas R
Feb 15, 1898 – Dec 31, 1906 · 8.9 years · appointed by William McKinley
Asa Wentworth Tenney R
Jul 8, 1897 – Dec 10, 1897 · 5 months · appointed by William McKinley
Charles Linnaeus Benedict R
Mar 9, 1865 – Jan 1, 1897 · 32 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.