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Sarah A. L. Merriam
Sarah A. L. Merriam, born Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam in 1971, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 2022.
Sarah D. Morrison
Sarah Daggett Morrison is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio since 2019, and its chief judge since 2024.
Sarah E. Barker
Sarah E. Barker, born Sarah Evans Barker in 1943, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Indiana.
Sarah E. Geraghty
Sarah E. Geraghty, born Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty in 1974, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia since 2022.
Sarah E. Pitlyk
Sarah E. Pitlyk, born Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk in 1977, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2019.
Sarah F. Russell
Sarah F. Russell, born in 1976 in Boston, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Connecticut since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Sarah M. Davenport
Sarah M. Davenport, also known as Sarah Morgan Davenport, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Mexico since 2025.
Sarah S. Vance
Sarah S. Vance, born 1950, is an American jurist serving as a senior US district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
Sarah Weddington
Sarah Weddington (1945-2021), Texas attorney who argued and won Roe v. Wade at 26, later a Texas House member, first woman USDA general counsel, Carter women's-affairs adviser, and author of A Question of Choice.
Sarala V. Nagala
Sarala V. Nagala, also known as Sarala Vidya Nagala, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Connecticut since 2021.
Saturday Night Massacre
Saturday Night Massacre: October 20, 1973 Watergate episode in which President Nixon fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; Attorneys General Richardson and Ruckelshaus resigned rather than comply, and acting Attorney General Robert Bork executed the dismissal.
Saundra B. Armstrong
Saundra B. Armstrong, also known as Saundra Brown Armstrong, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of California.
Sava Tekelija
Sava Tekelija (Сава Текелија), a Serbian nobleman and jurist from southern Hungary, became the first Serb doctor of law and founded the Tekelijanum in Pest in 1838.
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (سعیده حسین وارثی; born 1971), is a British lawyer and politician who was the first Muslim woman to serve in the UK cabinet.
Scott Boras
Scott Boras (born 1952) is baseball's leading player agent and founder of the Boras Corporation, Newport Beach; negotiated Rodriguez's $252M and Soto's $765M contracts.
Scott H. Rash
Scott Hugh Rash (born 1963) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Arizona since 2020, appointed by President Trump.
Scott L. Palk
Scott L. Palk is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2017, appointed by President Trump.
Scott M. Matheson, Jr.
Scott M. Matheson, Jr., also known as Scott Milne Matheson, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Tenth Circuit since 2010.
Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt (Edward Scott Pruitt) is an American lawyer and Republican politician, Oklahoma attorney general 2011–2017 and 14th EPA Administrator confirmed February 17, 2017, who resigned in 2018 amid ethics scandals.
Scott W. Skavdahl
Scott W. Skavdahl, born Scott Wesley Skavdahl, is a United States district judge for the District of Wyoming since 2011, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Sean D. Jordan
Sean D. Jordan is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Texas since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Segundo Ruiz Belvis
Segundo Ruiz Belvis was a Puerto Rican lawyer, abolitionist, and independence leader who wrote the 1867 abolition project and helped organize the Grito de Lares uprising of 1868.
Senator of the College of Justice
Senator of the College of Justice: judicial title of judges of Scotland's supreme courts, the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, created 1532, appointed by the Monarch on the First Minister's recommendation, maximum 40 since 2026.
Senior status
Senior status is partial retirement for US federal Article III judges, created in 1919 under 28 U.S.C. § 371(b). Eligible via the Rule of 80 (age plus service totaling 80), senior judges vacate their seat, may hear a reduced caseload, and keep salary as an annuity.
Serena R. Murillo
Serena R. Murillo, born 1970 in Pomona, California, is a United States district judge for the Central District of California, appointed by President Biden in 2025.
Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama (1921–1980), Bangwato chieftain-designate exiled by Britain over his 1948 marriage to Ruth Williams; founded the Bechuanaland Democratic Party and served as Botswana's first President, 1966–1980.
Sergei Magnitsky
Sergei Magnitsky (Сергей Магнитский), Russian lawyer and auditor for Hermitage Capital who exposed a $230 million tax refund fraud, died in Moscow pre-trial detention in 2009; his death inspired the 2012 Magnitsky Act and global human rights sanctions laws.
Sergio Moro
Sergio Fernando Moro (born 1972, Maringá) is a Brazilian senator for Paraná, former Lava Jato (Car Wash) judge who convicted Lula in 2017, and Bolsonaro's justice minister 2019-2020; the STF ruled him partial in 2021.
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña, also known as Sergio Osmeña Sr., was a Filipino statesman, first Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, and second president of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1944 to 1946.
Seth R. Aframe
Seth R. Aframe, born 1974, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the First Circuit since 2024, after nearly two decades as a federal prosecutor.