District Court Judges

SJudgeAppointed ByViceCommission DateSenior StatusLeft BenchBirthdateDeath
1Ross WilkinsJacksonNew01/26/1837resigned 02/18/187002/19/179905/17/1872
2John W. LongyearGrantWilkins02/18/1870died 03/11/187510/22/182003/11/1875
3Henry Billings BrownGrantLongyear03/19/1875resigned 12/23/189003/02/183609/04/1913
4Henry H. SwanHarrisonBrown01/21/1891retired 07/01/191110/02/184006/12/1916
5Alexis C. AngellTaftSwan07/01/1911resigned 06/01/191204/26/185712/24/1932
6Arthur J. TuttleTaftAngell08/12/19128/12/1944died 12/02/194411/08/186812/02/1944
7Charles C. SimonsHardingNew02/06/1923resigned 02/02/193205/21/187602/02/1964
8Edward J. MoinetCoolidgeNew06/13/19273/1/1946died 12/23/195207/14/187312/23/1952
9Ernest A. O'BrienHooverNew04/15/1931died 10/09/194807/01/189710/09/1948
10Arthur J. Lederle
-Chief Judge
10/10/1948
RooseveltSimons03/06/19361/30/1960retired 07/01/196011/25/188704/29/1972
11Frank A. PicardRooseveltNew03/30/1939died 02/28/196310/09/188902/28/1963
12Arthur A. KoscinskiTrumanTuttle08/07/1945retired 04/30/195704/01/188711/21/1957
13Theodore Levin
-Chief Judge
10/19/1959
TrumanMoinet08/07/1946died 12/31/197002/18/189712/31/1970
14Thomas P. ThorntonTrumanO'Brien02/15/19492/15/1966died 07/01/198503/08/189807/01/1985
15Ralph M. Freeman
-Chief Judge
02/18/1967
EisenhowerNew06/29/19547/1/1973died 03/29/199005/05/190203/29/1990
16Clifford P. O'SullivanEisenhowerKoscinski09/11/1957resigned 04/04/196012/08/189710/07/1975
17Frederick W. Kaess
-Chief Judge
05/05/1972
EisenhowerLederle07/10/196012/13/1975died 03/30/197912/01/191003/30/1979
18John FeikensEisenhowerInterim10/07/1960died 05/15/201112/03/191705/15/2011
19Thaddeus M. MachrowiczKennedyPicard10/12/1961died 02/17/197008/21/189902/17/1970
20Wade H. McCree, Jr.KennedyO'Sullivan10/09/1961resigned 09/07/196607/03/192008/30/1987
21Talbot SmithKennedyNew10/05/196110/31/1971died 12/21/197810/11/189912/21/1978
22Stephen J. RothKennedyNew05/08/1962died 07/11/197404/21/190807/11/1974
23Damon J. Keith
-Chief Judge
12/14/1975
JohnsonThornton10/27/1967resigned 01/22/197707/04/192201/00/1900
24Lawrence GubowJohnsonMcCree10/11/1968died 03/26/197801/10/191903/26/1978
25Cornelia G. Kennedy
-Chief Judge
01/23/1977
NixonMachrowicz10/20/1970resigned 10/04/197908/04/192305/12/2014
26John Feikens
-Chief Judge
10/04/1979
NixonNew12/01/19703/1/1986died 05/15/201112/03/191705/15/2011
27Phillip Pratt
-Chief Judge
03/02/1986
NixonNew12/01/1970died 02/07/198907/14/192402/07/1989
28Robert E. DeMascioNixonLevin07/22/19711/15/1988died 03/23/199901/11/192303/23/1999
29Charles W. JoinerNixonSmith06/09/19728/15/1984died 03/10/201702/14/191603/10/2017
30James HarveyNixonFreeman12/19/19733/29/1984retired 06/29/199207/04/192207/20/2019
31James P. Churchill
-Chief Judge
02/07/1989
FordRoth12/20/197412/30/1989Current04/10
32Ralph B. Guy, Jr.FordKaess06/07/1976resigned 10/17/198508/30/1929
33Julian Abele Cook, Jr.
-Chief Judge
12/31/1989
CarterGubow09/23/197812/30/1996retired 09/23/201406/22/193005/16/2017
34Patricia J. BoyleCarterKeith10/10/1978resigned 04/23/198303/31/193701/13/2014
35Avern CohnCarterNew09/26/197910/9/1999Current07/23
36Stewart A. NewblattCarterNew09/26/197912/23/1993Current12/23
37Anna Diggs Taylor
-Chief Judge
12/31/1996
CarterNew11/02/197912/31/1998retired 01/01/201112/09/193211/04/2017
38Horace W. GilmoreCarterKennedy06/18/19805/1/1991died 01/25/201004/04/191801/25/2010
39George E. WoodsReaganBoyle11/16/198311/16/1993died 10/09/200710/10/192310/09/2007
40Richard F. SuhrheinrichReaganHarvey10/04/1984resigned 07/12/199008/15/1936
41George La PlataReaganNew04/04/1985retired 08/03/199610/17/192411/14/2010
42Lawrence P. Zatkoff
-Chief Judge
01/01/1999
ReaganGuy03/04/19866/16/2004died 01/22/201506/16/193901/22/2015
43Barbara K. HackettReaganJoiner04/07/19864/8/1997retired 03/01/200003/17/192812/23/2018
44Patrick J. DugganReaganNew10/14/19869/29/2000Current09/28
45Bernard A. Friedman
-Chief Judge
06/16/2004
ReaganDeMascio04/20/19881/1/2009Current09/23
46Paul V. GadolaReaganFeikens10/17/19881/31/2001retired 09/05/200807/21/192912/26/2014
47Gerald E. Rosen
-Chief Judge
01/01/2009
H.W.BushPratt03/12/199010/26/2016retired 02/01/201710/26/1951
48Robert H. ClelandH.W.BushChurchill06/19/19903/1/2013Current04/26
49Nancy G. EdmundsH.W.BushSuhrheinrich02/10/19928/1/2012Current07/10
50Denise Page Hood
-Chief Judge
01/01/2016*
ClintonWoods06/16/1994Current02/21
51Paul D. BormanClintonNewblatt08/10/1994Current01/07
52John Corbett O'MearaClintonGilmore09/15/19941/1/2007Current11/04
53Arthur J. TarnowClintonCook05/22/19985/26/2010Current02/03
54George C. Steeh, IIIClintonHackett05/22/19981/29/2013Current01/29
55Victoria A. RobertsClintonLaPlata06/29/1998Current11/25
56Marianne O. BattaniClintonTaylor06/02/20006/9/2012Current05/18
57David M. LawsonClintonCohn06/02/2000Current01/11
58Thomas L. LudingtonW.BushGadola06/12/2006Current12/28
59Sean F. CoxW.BushZatkoff06/12/2006Current09/24
60Stephen J. Murphy, IIIW.BushDuggan08/18/2008Current09/23
61Mark A. GoldsmithObamaO'Meara06/22/2010Current08/29
62Gershwin A. DrainObamaFriedman08/08/2012Current01/24
63Terrence G. BergObamaTarnow12/07/2012Current08/05
64Judith E. LevyObamaEdmunds03/14/2014Current08/12
65Laurie J. MichelsonObamaSteeh03/14/2014Current06/18
66Matthew F. LeitmanObamaBattani03/14/2014Current08/02
67Linda V. ParkerObamaCleland03/17/2014Current02/17
Judges of the Eastern District of Michigan