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John Fortescue (judge)
John Fortescue, an English jurist and Chief Justice of the King's Bench, wrote influential works like The Governance of England. He explored the difference between absolute and limited monarchy.
John G. E. Marck
John G. E. Marck, born 1982, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in June 2026.
John G. Koeltl
John G. Koeltl, born in 1945 in New York, is a United States district judge of the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Clinton in 1994.
John G. Murtha
John G. Murtha, also known as John Garvan Murtha, is an inactive senior US district judge for Vermont, appointed by President Clinton in 1995 and chief judge until 2002.
John H. Chun
John Hyungseung Chun, born 1970 in Portland, Oregon, is a US district judge for the Western District of Washington, confirmed in 2022 after serving on Washington state courts.
John Henry Wigmore
John Henry Wigmore (1863–1943) was an American legal scholar whose Treatise on Evidence, first published 1904–05, is regarded as one of the world's great books on law.
John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australia's 25th Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader, served 1996–2007, won four consecutive elections, delivered the GST, gun law reform, and Telstra sale, backed the Iraq war, and lost Bennelong in 2007.
John J. Barry
John J. Barry (John Joseph Barry) was an American trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor in New Jersey whose clients included Donald Trump and Crazy Eddie Antar.
John J. McConnell, Jr.
John J. McConnell, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Rhode Island since 2011, appointed by Barack Obama and chief judge since 2019.
John J. Tharp, Jr.
John J. Tharp, Jr., also known as John Joseph Tharp, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Illinois since 2012.
John J. Tuchi
John J. Tuchi, also known as John Joseph Tuchi, is a United States district judge for the District of Arizona, appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed in 2014.
John K. Bush
John K. Bush, born 1964, is an American jurist serving as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017, appointed by President Donald Trump.
John Kirby (attorney)
John Kirby (attorney), full name John Joseph Kirby Jr. (1939-2019), American lawyer who won Nintendo's Donkey Kong case against Universal in 1984, namesake of Nintendo's Kirby character, and DOJ civil rights worker under John Doar.
John L. Badalamenti
John Leonard Badalamenti is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida since 2020, appointed by President Donald Trump.
John L. Kane, Jr.
John L. Kane, Jr. (born 1937) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Colorado since 1988, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1977.
John L. Sinatra, Jr.
John L. Sinatra, Jr., also known as John Leonard Sinatra, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Buffalo since 2019.
John M. Dowd
John M. Dowd (born 1941) is an American white-collar defense lawyer and independent investigator, author of the 225-page 1989 Dowd Report that led to Pete Rose's lifetime baseball ban, and a Trump lawyer in the Mueller investigation.
John M. Gallagher
John M. Gallagher, also known as John Michael Gallagher, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2019.
John M. Gerrard
John M. Gerrard, born 1953, is a senior United States district judge for the District of Nebraska, appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed in 2012.
John M. Rogers
John M. Rogers, born 1948 in Rochester, New York, is a US Court of Appeals judge for the Sixth Circuit, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
John M. Seabright
John M. Seabright (born 1959) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Hawaii, appointed by George W. Bush in 2005.
John M. Sternhagen
John M. Sternhagen was a federal tax judge who joined the Board of Tax Appeals in its first year, 1924, and served until his term expired in 1946.
John M. Walker, Jr.
John M. Walker, Jr., also known as John Mercer Walker, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the Second Circuit since 2006.
John M. Younge
John M. Younge, also known as John Milton Younge, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Pennsylvania since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
John Marshall Harlan II
John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971), also known as Harlan II, grandson of Justice John Marshall Harlan I, was a US Supreme Court associate justice 1955–1971, appointed by Eisenhower; known for judicial restraint, First Amendment doctrine, and the Katz reasonable-expectation-of-privacy test.
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey (1929-2017), Scottish advocate, Solicitor General for Scotland 1974-79, Senator of the College of Justice 1984-2004, crossbench life peer, Reith Lecturer and chair of the 2011 UK Supreme Court review.
John Morgan (lawyer)
John Morgan, American personal injury lawyer (born in Kentucky), founder of Morgan & Morgan in Orlando, Florida in 1988, the largest U.S. personal injury firm; billionaire, Florida ballot-measure funder.
John N. Mitchell
John N. Mitchell (1913–1988), Nixon's 1968 campaign manager and 67th U.S. Attorney General (1969–1972), later CRP head; convicted in the Watergate cover-up in 1975 and served 19 months, the highest-ranking U.S. official imprisoned.
John P. Bailey
John Preston Bailey, born 1951 in Wheeling, West Virginia, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
John P. Cronan
John P. Cronan, also known as John Peter Cronan, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2020.