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Jalisco New Generation Cartel
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, CJNG) is a Mexican drug cartel founded around 2010 by El Mencho, a main rival of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Jam v. International Finance Corp.
Jam v. International Finance Corp., 586 U.S. _ (2019), a Supreme Court case on IOIA immunity, held international organizations like the IFC receive only the restrictive FSIA immunity foreign governments enjoy today, not absolute 1945 immunity.
Jamal N. Whitehead
Jamal N. Whitehead, born 1979, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Washington since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Jamar K. Walker
Jamar K. Walker, born Jamar Kentrell Walker, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2023.
Jamel K. Semper
Jamel K. Semper, also known as Jamel Ken Semper, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey since 2023.
James A. Soto
James A. Soto, also known as James Alan Soto, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Arizona since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
James A. Teilborg
James A. Teilborg, born 1942 in Pueblo, Colorado, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Arizona, nominated by President Bill Clinton in 2000.
James A. Wynn, Jr.
James A. Wynn, Jr., also known as James Andrew Wynn, Jr., is an American judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit since 2010.
James Aren Duckett
James Aren Duckett, former Mascotte, Florida police officer convicted in 1988 of raping and drowning 11-year-old Teresa McAbee; executed July 28, 2026 after inconclusive DNA testing, distinguished from unrelated people named James Duckett.
James Arthur Ray
James Arthur Ray, an American self-help author, was convicted of negligent homicide in 2011 after three participants died in a Sedona, Arizona, sweat lodge ceremony in 2009.
James B. Donovan
James B. Donovan (1916–1970) was the New York lawyer who defended Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, negotiated Abel's 1962 Glienicke Bridge exchange for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor, and won the release of Bay of Pigs prisoners from Castro for $53 million in food and medicine.
James B. Loken
James B. Loken, born in 1940, is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 1990.
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA, Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois), signed November 11, 1975, is Canada's first modern treaty, settling Cree and Inuit claims over 1,165,286 km² of northern Quebec for compensation, land categories, and environmental and harvesting guarantees.
James Benjamin Parker
James Benjamin Parker (1857–1907), "Big Ben," African American waiter who struck Leon Czolgosz and stopped a third shot after McKinley was shot at Buffalo's 1901 Pan American Exposition, then was discredited at trial.
James Beveridge Thomson
Tun Sir James Beveridge Thomson (1902–1983), Scottish jurist, first Lord President of Malaysia's Federal Court (1963–1966) and Chief Justice of Malaya (1957); earlier Chief Justice of Fiji and Tonga.
James Boasberg
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and a former FISA court presiding judge (2020-2021) whose 2025 order blocking Alien Enemies Act deportation flights made him a focal point of Trump administration-judiciary conflict.
James Brown Scott
James Brown Scott (1866–1943) was a Canadian-born American jurist and legal educator who advised seven presidents, founded the American Society of International Law, and helped establish the Hague Academy and the Permanent Court of International Justice.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th U.S. president (1857–1861), Pennsylvania Democrat, lifelong bachelor; failed to stop Southern secession and consistently ranks last among presidents.
James Burke (gangster)
James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke (born James Conway, 1931–1996) was an Irish-American Lucchese crime family associate, suspected mastermind of the 1978 $5.8 million Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport, and inspiration for Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas; he died in prison for an unrelated murder.
James C. Dever III
James C. Dever III is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina since 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush.
James C. Ho
James C. Ho, born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1973, is an American circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit since 2018, appointed by President Donald Trump.
James C. Mahan
James C. Mahan, born 1943 in El Paso, Texas, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Nevada, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
James Cobern
James W. Cobern, Alabama man executed September 4, 1964 in the electric chair for a Dallas County robbery and the killing of Mamie Belle Walker; not the Texas inmate James Colburn.
James D. Cain, Jr.
James David Cain, Jr. (born 1964) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 2019, based in Lake Charles.
James D. Maxwell II
James D. Maxwell II, born 1975, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi since 2025.
James D. Peterson
James D. Peterson, full name James Donald Peterson, is an American jurist serving as a federal district judge in Wisconsin since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
James D. Todd
James D. Todd, born James Dale Todd in 1943, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge in western Tennessee from 1985 to 2025.
James D. Whittemore
James D. Whittemore, born in 1952, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619-1695), Scottish lawyer and Lord President of the Court of Session; his Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1681) founded modern Scots law and drew on Grotius, Gudelinus, and Vinnius within a Calvinist natural-law framework.
James Donato
James Donato, born 1960 in Pasadena, California, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Northern California since 2014, known for presiding over high-profile antitrust and social media cases.