Email updatesOLP works with the Attorney General to advise the President on nominations for Article III and certain Article I judgeships. After the President has submitted a nomination to the Senate, OLP works with the White House and the Senate Judiciary Committee to secure the nominee’s confirmation.
CONFIRMATIONS
| Name | Court | Date Nominated/ Renominated |
Date Confirmed |
| Neil M. Gorsuch | Supreme Court of the United States | 2/1/2017 | 4/7/2017 |
| Amul Roger Thapar | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 3/21/2017 | 5/25/2017 |
| David C. Nye | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho | 5/8/2017 | 7/12/2017 |
| John Kenneth Bush | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 7/20/2017 |
| Kevin Christopher Newsom | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 8/1/2017 |
| Timothy J. Kelly | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 9/5/2017 |
| Ralph R. Erickson | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 6/7/2017 | 9/28/2017 |
| Scott L. Palk | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | 5/8/2017 | 10/26/2017 |
| Trevor N. McFadden | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 10/30/2017 |
| Amy Coney Barrett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 10/30/2017 |
| Joan Louise Larsen | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 11/1/2017 |
| Allison H. Eid | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 6/7/2017 | 11/2/2017 |
| Stephanos Bibas | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 6/19/2017 | 11/2/2017 |
| Donald C. Coggins Jr. | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina | 8/3/2017 | 11/16/2017 |
| Dabney Langhorne Friedrich | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 11/27/2017 |
| Gregory G. Katsas | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 9/7/2017 | 11/28/2017 |
| Steve Leonard Grasz | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 8/3/2017 | 12/12/2017 |
| Don R. Willett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 10/3/2017 | 12/13/2017 |
| James C. Ho | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 10/16/2017 | 12/14/2017 |
| William L. Campbell Jr. | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | 7/13/2017 | 1/9/2018 |
| Thomas Lee Robinson Parker | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | 7/13/2017 | 1/10/2018 |
| Walter David Counts III | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | 9/11/2017 | 1/11/2018 |
| Michael Lawrence Brown | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | 7/13/2017 | 1/11/2018 |
| David Stras | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 1/30/2018 |
| Elizabeth L. Branch | U.S. Court of Appeals fot the Eleventh Circuit | 1/8/2017 | 2/27/2018 |
| A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina | 8/3/2017 | 3/1/2018 |
| Karen Gren Scholer | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas | 9/7/2017 | 3/5/2018 |
| Tilman Eugene Self, III | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | 8/3/2017 | 3/6/2018 |
| Terry A. Doughty | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 8/3/2017 | 3/6/2018 |
| Claria Horn Boom | U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky | 6/12/2017 | 4/10/2018 |
| John Wesley Broomes | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas | 9/7/2017 | 4/12/2018 |
| Rebecca Grady Jennings | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | 9/7/2017 | 4/12/2018 |
| Stuart Kyle Duncan | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 4/24/2018 |
| Kurt Engelhardt | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 5/9/2018 |
| Michael B. Brennan | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 5/10/2018 |
| Michael Y. Scudder | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 5/14/2018 |
| Amy J. St. Eve | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 5/14/2018 |
| John B. Nalbandian | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 1/24/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Joel M. Carson III | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 12/20/2017 | 5/15/2018 |
| Robert Earl Wier | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | 8/3/2017 | 6/5/2018 |
| Fernando Rodriguez Jr. | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas | 9/7/2017 | 6/5/2018 |
| Annemarie Carney Axon | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 6/6/2018 |
| Mark Jeremy Bennett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 7/10/2018 |
| Andrew S. Oldham | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 7/18/2018 |
| Britt Cagle Grant | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 4/10/2018 | 7/31/2018 |
| Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Emily Coody Marks | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Holly Lou Teeter | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Jill Aiko Otake | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii | 12/21/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Maryellen Noreika | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware | 12/20/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Colm F. Connolly | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware | 12/20/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Julius Ness Richardson | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 8/16/2018 |
| A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 8/16/2018 |
| R. Stan Baker | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | 9/7/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Terry Fitzgerald Moorer | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Charles Barnes Goodwin | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Nancy E. Brasel | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | 2/15/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| James R. Sweeney II | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | 11/1/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Barry W. Ashe | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Susan Paradise Baxter | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 12/20/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Kari A. Dooley | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut | 12/20/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Marilyn Jean Horan | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 12/20/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Robert R. Summerhays | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Alan D Albright | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Charles J. Williams | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | 2/15/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Eric C. Tostrud | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | 2/15/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Dominic W. Lanza | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| William F. Jung | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 12/21/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Brett M. Kavanaugh | U.S. Supreme Court | 7/10/2018 | 10/6/2018 |
| Liles Clifton Burke | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Susan Brnovich | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona | 1/24/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| James Patrick Hanlon | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | 4/12/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Michael Joseph Juneau | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Jeremy D. Kernodle | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | 1/23/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Thomas S. Kleeh | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | 2/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Ryan Douglas Nelson | U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit | 5/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Mark Saalfield Norris | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Peter J. Phipps | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 2/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| David James Porter | U.S. Circuit Court for the Third Circuit | 4/12/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| William M. Ray II | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Eli Jeremy Richardson | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Richard J. Sullivan | U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Lance E. Walker | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine | 4/10/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Jonathan A. Kobes | U.S. Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit | 6/11/2018 | 12/11/2018 |
Additional information on judges and judgeships is available at the websites below.
http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships
https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges
Updated December 20, 2018