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Richard Kleindienst
Richard Gordon Kleindienst (1923–2000), Arizona lawyer and Republican, 68th U.S. Attorney General under Nixon (1972–1973); resigned in the Watergate scandal and in 1974 pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for false confirmation-hearing testimony about the ITT antitrust case.
Richard L. Voorhees
Richard L. Voorhees is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of North Carolina, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Richard L. Young
Richard L. Young, born 1953, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Indiana since 2023.
Richard Linn
Richard Linn, born in 1944, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 2012.
Richard M. Berman
Richard M. Berman, born in 1943, is a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998.
Richard M. Gergel
Richard Mark Gergel, born 1954 in Columbia, South Carolina, is a United States district judge for the District of South Carolina since 2010, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Richard Painter
Richard W. Painter (born 1961) is an American law professor, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota, and former chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush (2005–2007), later a CREW vice chair, Trump ethics critic, and 2018 DFL Senate candidate.
Richard Posner
Richard Posner is an American jurist and legal scholar who served on the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017 and led the law and economics movement.
Richard R. Clifton
Richard R. Clifton, born in 1950, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2016.
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496/7-1567), English lawyer and lord chancellor under Edward VI; solicitor-general under Henry VIII, whose sole testimony at Thomas More's 1535 trial fixed his reputation for perjury and opportunism.
Richard W. Roberts (judge)
Richard W. Roberts, born in 1953, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998.
Richard W. Story
Richard W. Story, born in 1953 in Augusta, Georgia, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia since 1998, appointed by Bill Clinton.
Richie Roberts
Richie Roberts, the Essex County assistant prosecutor who led the investigation of Harlem heroin trafficker Frank Lucas and later served as Lucas's defense attorney, is best known as Russell Crowe's character in American Gangster (2007).
Rita F. Lin
Rita Faye Lin is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Rob Bonta
Rob Bonta is an American politician and attorney who has served as California's Attorney General since 2021, previously serving over eight years in the State Assembly.
Robert A. Edgar
Robert Allan Edgar, born 1940, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge in Tennessee from 1985 to 2005, appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Robert A. Kirsch
Robert A. Kirsch (Robert Andrew Kirsch), born 1966, is an American retired jurist who served as a federal district judge in New Jersey from 2023 to 2026.
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), Ohio senator 1939-1953 nicknamed Mr. Republican, son of President William Howard Taft; coauthor of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, three-time Republican presidential contender, and Senate majority leader who died in office in July 1953.
Robert B. Harwell
Robert Bryan Harwell is a senior United States district judge for the District of South Carolina, appointed by George W. Bush in 2004 and chief judge from 2019 to 2024.
Robert B. King
Robert B. King, also known as Robert Bruce King, is an American federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998, appointed by President Clinton.
Robert B. Maloney
Robert B. Maloney, born 1933, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Robert Bilott
Robert Bilott, American environmental lawyer at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, whose DuPont PFOA litigation (Tennant case, C8 Science Panel, $670.7M settlement) inspired Dark Waters.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork (1927-2012), American jurist and Yale antitrust scholar, was Solicitor General, acting Attorney General in the Saturday Night Massacre, D.C. Circuit judge, and author of The Antitrust Paradox; his 1987 Supreme Court nomination was rejected 58-42, spawning "borking."
Robert Buckland
Robert Buckland KC (born 1968, Llanelli) is a British Conservative barrister and former MP for South Swindon (2010–2024) who served as Solicitor General 2014–2019, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary 2019–2021, and Welsh Secretary in 2022.
Robert C. Brack
Robert C. Brack (born 1953) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the District of New Mexico, appointed by George W. Bush in 2003.
Robert C. Chambers
Robert C. Chambers, born 1952, is an American jurist serving as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of West Virginia since 1997, and was chief judge from 2012 to 2017.
Robert C. Jones
Robert C. Jones, also known as Robert Clive Jones, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Nevada since 2016.
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert C. O'Brien (born 1966), American lawyer and diplomat, 27th U.S. National Security Advisor 2019–2021 and hostage-affairs envoy 2018–2019; distinct from the novelist Robert C. O'Brien and the Irish company director.
Robert D. Drain
Robert D. Drain, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York (2002-2022), presided over major chapter 11 cases including Purdue Pharma, Sears, and Windstream, later joining Skadden and M3 Partners.
Robert D. Mariani
Robert D. Mariani, also known as Robert David Mariani, is an American jurist who has served as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since 2011.