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Paul K. Holmes III

Paul Kinloch Holmes III (born 1951) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Arkansas appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011.

Paul L. Friedman

Paul L. Friedman, born 1944 in Buffalo, New York, is a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed by President Clinton in 1994.

Paul L. Maloney

Paul Lewis Maloney is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Michigan since 2007, appointed by President George W. Bush.

Paul Reynaud

Paul Reynaud (1878–1966), French lawyer and statesman, Third Republic finance minister 1938–1940 and President of the Council 21 March–16 June 1940 during the fall of France; opposed armistice, deported; later Nord deputy and 1962 de Gaulle opponent.

Paul S. Diamond

Paul Steven Diamond is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2004, appointed by President George W. Bush.

Paul V. Niemeyer

Paul Victor Niemeyer is an American jurist serving as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit since 1990, appointed by President George H.W. Bush.

Paula Xinis

Paula Xinis, born 1968, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Maryland since 2016, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray (Anna Pauline Murray, 1910-1985) was an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, poet, and first African American woman ordained an Episcopal priest. Coined 'Jane Crow,' wrote States' Laws on Race and Color, co-founded NOW, shaped Reed v. Reed.

Pauline Newman

Pauline Newman, born in 1927 in New York, is an American judge on the Federal Circuit appointed by Reagan in 1984, known for more than 300 dissents.

Pedro A. D. Hernández

Pedro A. D. Hernández, also known as Pedro Alberto Delgado Hernández, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Puerto Rico since 2014.

Pedro Albizu Campos

Pedro Albizu Campos (c. 1891–1965), Puerto Rican lawyer and president of the Nationalist Party from 1930, Harvard-trained, led the island's independence movement, was imprisoned after the 1936 sedition conviction and the 1950 Jayuya uprising, and died a national symbol.

Pell Cooper

Pell Carlton Cooper (born 1959) is a North Carolina District Court judge, brother of Governor Roy Cooper, on the bench since 1999 in Nash, Wilson, and Edgecombe counties, and manager of the Will Clark Properties solar-farm LLC.

Percy Anderson (federal judge)

Percy Anderson, born in 1948 in Long Beach, California, is a United States district judge for the Central District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.

Peter C. Economus

Peter C. Economus, born 1943 in Youngstown, Ohio, is a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by President Clinton in 1995.

Peter D. Welte

Peter D. Welte, also known as Peter David Welte, is an American jurist serving as chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota since 2019.

Peter G. Sheridan

Peter G. Sheridan (born 1950) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey from 2006 to 2018.

Peter J. Phipps

Peter J. Phipps, born 1973, is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 2019.

Peter Lopez (attorney)

Peter Lopez (attorney) was an American entertainment lawyer, founder of Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy & Klein, representing Michael Jackson, Eagles, Andrea Bocelli, and Michael Buble; husband of Catherine Bach, died 2010.

Peter MacKay

Peter MacKay (born 1966), Nova Scotia MP from 1997, final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (elected May 31, 2003), who merged it with the Canadian Alliance in 2003 and later served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 2013-2015.

Peter Neronha

Peter Neronha is an American attorney and Democrat serving his second term as Attorney General of Rhode Island, after nearly eight years as the state's US Attorney.

Petrese B. Tucker

Petrese B. Tucker, born 1951, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Phil Weiser

Phil Weiser is an American Democratic attorney who has served as Attorney General of Colorado since 2019, and previously was dean of the University of Colorado Law School.

Philip A. Brimmer

Philip A. Brimmer is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Colorado since 2008, appointed by President George W. Bush.

Philip G. Reinhard

Philip G. Reinhard, born 1941, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke

Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke and 4th Earl of Montgomery (1653–1683), English peer notorious for violence; imprisoned for blasphemy 1678, twice tried for killing men (Nathaniel Cony, William Smeeth), escaped by peerage privilege.

Philip M. Halpern

Philip M. Halpern, also known as Philip Morgan Halpern, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2020.

Philip P. Simon

Philip P. Simon, born in 1962, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Indiana since 2003.

Philip Perry

Philip J. Perry (born 1964, San Diego) is an American lawyer, husband of Liz Cheney, who was DHS General Counsel 2005-2007, OMB General Counsel, acting Associate Attorney General, and a Latham & Watkins litigation partner.

Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands (Philippe Joseph Sands, born 1960) is a Franco-British international lawyer, UCL Professor of the Public Understanding of Law, and author of East West Street, Lawless World, and 38 Londres Street.

Phyllis J. Hamilton

Phyllis J. Hamilton, born Phyllis Jean Hamilton in 1952, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Northern California since 2021.