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Jill N. Parrish
Jill N. Parrish is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Utah since 2015, after twelve years as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court.
Jill Wine-Banks
Jill Wine-Banks (born 1943), American lawyer, assistant Watergate special prosecutor who cross-examined Rose Mary Woods, later U.S. Army General Counsel, Illinois Solicitor General, ABA executive, and MSNBC legal analyst.
Jim Garrison
Jim Garrison (Earling Carothers Garrison, "Big Jim"), three-term New Orleans district attorney who investigated the JFK assassination, arrested and unsuccessfully prosecuted Clay Shaw in 1969, and later inspired Oliver Stone's film JFK.
Jimm L. Hendren
Jimm L. Hendren, born Jimm Larry Hendren, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Arkansas, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Jimmie V. Reyna
Jimmie V. Reyna, born in 1952, is an American judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appointed by Barack Obama in 2011.
Jinnah family
The Jinnah family, a Gujarati Khoja Muslim merchant family of Paneli, Gujarat, produced Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, his sister Fatima Jinnah, and his only child Dina Wadia, whose descendants live in India.
Jinsook Ohta
Jinsook Ohta is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of California since 2021, nominated by President Biden and confirmed in December 2021.
Joan A. Lenard
Joan A. Lenard is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of Florida since 2017, appointed by President Clinton in 1995.
Joan B. Gottschall
Joan B. Gottschall (born 1947) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Joan L. Larsen
Joan L. Larsen is an American jurist serving as a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017, appointed by President Trump after serving on the Michigan Supreme Court.
Joan Lefkow
Joan Humphrey Lefkow, born 1944, is a senior U.S. district judge in Chicago (N.D. Ill.), formerly magistrate and bankruptcy judge, known for the 2005 murders of her husband and mother by litigant Bart Ross and her judicial security advocacy.
Joan M. Azrack
Joan M. Azrack, also known as Joan Marie Azrack, is an American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2014.
Joan N. Ericksen
Joan N. Ericksen, born 1954, is a United States district judge for the District of Minnesota since 2002, appointed by George W. Bush, and a former Minnesota Supreme Court justice.
Joanna Seybert
Joanna Seybert, born 1946, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2014.
Joaquín V. González
Joaquín V. González (Joaquín Víctor González, 1863–1923) was an Argentine jurist, politician, educator, and writer who served as governor of La Rioja and founded the National University of La Plata.
Jodi W. Dishman
Jodi W. Dishman, born 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Jody Wilson-Raybould (Puglaas), Canada's first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2015-2019), MP for Vancouver Granville, resigned over the SNC-Lavalin affair, was re-elected as an independent, and later wrote "Indian" in the Cabinet.
Joe B. McDade
Joe B. McDade, also known as Joe Billy McDade, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Illinois since 2010.
Joe Brown (judge)
Joe Brown, TV judge and former Shelby County, Tennessee criminal court judge (1990-2001), first African American prosecutor for Memphis, hosted the arbitration-based Judge Joe Brown series 1998-2013; distinct from magistrate Joe B. Brown.
Joe L. Heaton
Joe L. Heaton, born in 1951 in Alva, Oklahoma, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.
Joe Miller (Alaska politician)
Joe Miller, Alaska attorney and perennial Senate candidate, defeated Senator Lisa Murkowski in the 2010 Republican primary with Tea Party backing, lost her 2010 write-in comeback 40-36 percent, and ran again in 2014 (Republican) and 2016 (Libertarian).
Joe Tacopina
Joe Tacopina, Joseph Tacopina, New York criminal defense trial lawyer and senior partner of Tacopina Seigel & DeOreo; former Brooklyn ADA who represented Donald Trump, A$AP Rocky, Meek Mill, and Alex Rodriguez.
Joel F. Dubina
Joel F. Dubina is an American jurist who served as chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit from 2009 to 2013 and took senior status in 2013.
Joel H. Slomsky
Joel H. Slomsky is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
Joel M. Carson III
Joel M. Carson III, also known as Joel McElroy Carson III, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018.
Joel Steinberg
Joel Steinberg, also Joel Barnet Steinberg, disbarred New York criminal defense lawyer convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 1987 beating death of six-year-old Lisa Steinberg; paroled 2004, $15 million civil judgment upheld 2007.
Jogendra Nath Mandal (যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল)
Jogendra Nath Mandal (যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল), 1904–1968, Bengali Namasudra Dalit leader, Bengal AISCF head, Pakistan's first Law and Labour Minister and Constituent Assembly president; resigned 1950 and returned to India.
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619), Land's Advocate of Holland and Dutch council pensionary, chief statesman who built the Dutch Republic, involved in founding the VOC, sided with the Arminians, and was beheaded 13 May 1619 after Maurice of Nassau's 1618 coup.
John A. Gibney, Jr.
John A. Gibney, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
John A. Houston
John A. Houston, born 1952, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.