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John A. Kazen
John A. Kazen is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas since 2024, after six years as a magistrate judge.
John A. Kronstadt
John A. Kronstadt, also known as John Arnold Kronstadt, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in California, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011.
John A. Mendez
John A. Mendez is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
John A. Ross
John A. Ross, also known as John Andrew Ross, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2023.
John A. Woodcock, Jr.
John A. Woodcock, Jr. (born 1950) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Maine, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1821–1893), Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician, third Prime Minister of Canada 1891–1892, first Canadian-born PM and first to govern from the Senate, McGill law dean and CPR counsel.
John Antoon II
John Antoon II (born 1946) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Middle District of Florida since 2013.
John Archibald Campbell
John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1853–1861 from Alabama, concurred in Dred Scott, resigned to become Confederate assistant secretary of war, and later argued the Slaughterhouse Cases.
John B. Nalbandian
John B. Nalbandian, born John Baylor Nalbandian in 1969, is an American jurist serving as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018, appointed by President Trump.
John B. Owens
John B. Owens, also known as John Byron Owens, is an American jurist serving as a Ninth Circuit federal appeals judge since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
John B. Weller
John B. Weller (1812–1875) was an American Jacksonian Democrat from Ohio who served in the House, as US senator and Governor of California, and as Minister to Mexico.
John Beckett, Lord Beckett
John Beckett, Lord Beckett is a Scottish judge, Lord Justice Clerk since 4 February 2025, formerly Solicitor General for Scotland (2006), Senator of the College of Justice (2016), and Inner House judge (2023).
John Bessler
John D. Bessler is an American law professor at the University of Baltimore and Georgetown, author of 12 books on the death penalty, Eighth Amendment, and Beccaria, arguing executions are torture under international law.
John Bradshaw (judge)
John Bradshaw (1602-1659), English lawyer and judge, president of the High Court of Justice that tried and sentenced Charles I; first president of the Council of State, later an opponent of Cromwell; posthumously attainted and hanged in effigy at Tyburn.
John C. Coughenour
John C. Coughenour, born 1941, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington since 2006.
John C. Hinderaker
John Charles Hinderaker, born 1968, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Arizona since 2020, appointed by President Trump.
John C. Porfilio
John C. Porfilio, born 1934, is an inactive senior judge of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by Reagan; he earlier served as a Colorado district judge.
John C. Wallace
John C. Wallace, born 1928, is an American judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the longest-serving federal circuit judge in US history.
John Church Hamilton
John Church Hamilton (1792–1882), fourth son of Alexander Hamilton, was an American historian who edited his father's seven-volume Works and wrote the seven-volume Life of Alexander Hamilton.
John D. Bates
John D. Bates, born 1946, is an American jurist and senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001.
John D. Rainey
John D. Rainey, born 1945, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of Texas, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
John D. Russell
John D. Russell, also known as John David Russell, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 2024.
John Dean
John Dean (born 1938) was White House Counsel to Richard Nixon, 1970-1973, and the star witness of the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings, later corroborated by Nixon's tapes; he pleaded guilty to obstruction and became an author.
John E. Dowdell
John E. Dowdell, born John Edward Dowdell in 1955, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
John Eastman
John Charles Eastman, American conservative lawyer and former Chapman University law school dean, advised Trump's 2020 election challenge; disbarred by California in 2026 after State Bar Court found 10 of 11 disciplinary charges.
John F. Heil III
John F. Heil III (born 1968) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 2020, appointed by President Donald Trump.
John F. Kness
John F. Kness, born 1969 in Chicago, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in 2020.
John F. Murphy (American judge)
John F. Murphy, also known as John Frank Murphy, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2022.
John Finnis
John Finnis, Australian legal philosopher and Hart student at Oxford and Notre Dame, author of Natural Law and Natural Rights (1980), founder of New Natural Law Theory built on basic goods and practical reasonableness.
John Formella
John Formella is an American attorney and Republican who has served as Attorney General of New Hampshire since 2021 and was President of the National Association of Attorneys General in 2025.