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Jia M. Cobb
Jia M. Cobb, full name Jia Michelle Cobb, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia since 2021, nominated by President Biden.
Jignesh Mevani
Jignesh Mevani (જિજ્ઞેશ મેવાણી), born 1980, is a Gujarat MLA from Vadgam, lawyer, and former journalist who led the 2016 Una Dalit agitation, won as an Independent in 2017, and later aligned with the Congress.
Jill A. Otake
Jill A. Otake, born Jill Aiko Otake, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge in Hawaii since 2018, after 13 years as a federal prosecutor.
Jill A. Pryor
Jill A. Pryor, also known as Jill Anne Pryor, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Eleventh Circuit since 2014.
Jill N. Parrish
Jill N. Parrish is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Utah since 2015, after twelve years as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court.
Jill Wine-Banks
Jill Wine-Banks (born 1943), American lawyer, assistant Watergate special prosecutor who cross-examined Rose Mary Woods, later U.S. Army General Counsel, Illinois Solicitor General, ABA executive, and MSNBC legal analyst.
Jim Garrison
Jim Garrison (Earling Carothers Garrison, "Big Jim"), three-term New Orleans district attorney who investigated the JFK assassination, arrested and unsuccessfully prosecuted Clay Shaw in 1969, and later inspired Oliver Stone's film JFK.
Jimm L. Hendren
Jimm L. Hendren, born Jimm Larry Hendren, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Arkansas, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Jimmie V. Reyna
Jimmie V. Reyna, born in 1952, is an American judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appointed by Barack Obama in 2011.
Jimmy Chérizier
Jimmy Chérizier, known as "Barbecue" and Babekyou, is a Haitian gang leader and former police officer who founded the G9 Family and Allies gang alliance in Port-au-Prince in 2020.
Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal
The Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal: posthumous revelations from the 2012 ITV Exposure documentary that BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was a prolific sexual abuser, triggering Operation Yewtree, the Pollard and Dame Janet Smith reports, and NHS investigations.
Jinnah family
The Jinnah family, a Gujarati Khoja Muslim merchant family of Paneli, Gujarat, produced Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, his sister Fatima Jinnah, and his only child Dina Wadia, whose descendants live in India.
Jinsook Ohta
Jinsook Ohta is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of California since 2021, nominated by President Biden and confirmed in December 2021.
Joachim Kroll
Joachim Kroll, the "Menschenfresser von Duisburg" or Ruhr Cannibal, was a German serial killer active 1955–1976, convicted in 1982 of eight murders and one attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Joan A. Lenard
Joan A. Lenard is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of Florida since 2017, appointed by President Clinton in 1995.
Joan B. Gottschall
Joan B. Gottschall (born 1947) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Joan C. Williams
Joan C. Williams is a law professor at UC Law San Francisco who founded the Center for WorkLife Law and is known for concepts like the maternal wall.
Joan Donoghue
Joan E. Donoghue, American lawyer and arbitrator, was a judge of the International Court of Justice 2010–2024 and its President 2021–2024, the second woman in that post and the first American woman on the bench.
Joan L. Larsen
Joan L. Larsen is an American jurist serving as a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017, appointed by President Trump after serving on the Michigan Supreme Court.
Joan Lefkow
Joan Humphrey Lefkow, born 1944, is a senior U.S. district judge in Chicago (N.D. Ill.), formerly magistrate and bankruptcy judge, known for the 2005 murders of her husband and mother by litigant Bart Ross and her judicial security advocacy.
Joan M. Azrack
Joan M. Azrack, also known as Joan Marie Azrack, is an American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2014.
Joan N. Ericksen
Joan N. Ericksen, born 1954, is a United States district judge for the District of Minnesota since 2002, appointed by George W. Bush, and a former Minnesota Supreme Court justice.
Joanna Howe
Joanna Howe is an Australian Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, Rhodes Scholar, and consultant with Harmers Workplace Lawyers, known for temporary labour migration research, government migration advisory appointments, and anti-abortion campaigning.
Joanna Seybert
Joanna Seybert, born 1946, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York since 2014.
Joanne Lees
Joanne Lees is the British survivor of the 2001 Stuart Highway attack in which Peter Falconio was murdered by Bradley John Murdoch; she escaped, was the key trial witness, and wrote No Turning Back (2006).
João Teixeira de Faria
João Teixeira de Faria, João de Deus or John of God, Brazilian psychic surgeon of Casa Dom Inácio, Abadiânia; hundreds of 2018 sexual-abuse accusations, arrest, and reduced sentence of 214 years plus R$20 million civil damages.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera), Sinaloa Cartel leader, twice escaped Mexican prisons, was convicted on all 10 counts in Brooklyn in 2019, sentenced to life plus 30 years with $12.6 billion forfeiture.
Joaquín Guzmán López
Joaquín Guzmán López (El Güero, El Moreno), born 1987, son of El Chapo and member of Los Chapitos; arrested with El Mayo Zambada in El Paso in 2024, pleaded guilty in Chicago in 2025.
Joaquín V. González
Joaquín V. González (Joaquín Víctor González, 1863–1923) was an Argentine jurist, politician, educator, and writer who served as governor of La Rioja and founded the National University of La Plata.
Jodi Hildebrandt
Jodi Nan Hildebrandt, Utah mental health counselor and ConneXions Classroom founder, pleaded guilty in 2023 to aggravated child abuse of Ruby Franke's children and was sentenced to four to 30 years.