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Jodi W. Dishman
Jodi W. Dishman, born 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Jody Wilson-Raybould (Puglaas), Canada's first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2015-2019), MP for Vancouver Granville, resigned over the SNC-Lavalin affair, was re-elected as an independent, and later wrote "Indian" in the Cabinet.
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan, born Joseph Megjugorac (1929-1993), Croatian-American career criminal and first non-Hispanic member and reputed godfather of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, inspiration for American Me.
Joe Adonis
Joe Adonis (Giuseppe Antonio Doto, 1902-1971) was an Italian-American mobster of the Genovese/Luciano circles in New York, a Masseria killer, Kefauver figure, and deportee to Italy in 1956; not the actor or the Chippendales troupe.
Joe Arridy
Joe Arridy (1915-1939), intellectually disabled Pueblo, Colorado man wrongfully executed for the 1936 murder of Dorothy Drain after a coerced confession; posthumously pardoned by Governor Bill Ritter on January 7, 2011.
Joe B. McDade
Joe B. McDade, also known as Joe Billy McDade, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Illinois since 2010.
Joe Brown (judge)
Joe Brown, TV judge and former Shelby County, Tennessee criminal court judge (1990-2001), first African American prosecutor for Memphis, hosted the arbitration-based Judge Joe Brown series 1998-2013; distinct from magistrate Joe B. Brown.
Joe Gallo
Joe "Crazy Joe" Gallo (1929-1972), Brooklyn-born Profaci/Colombo family mobster who kidnapped his own bosses in the 1961 Gallo-Profaci war, served about a decade for extortion, became a celebrity gangster, and was shot dead at Umberto's Clam House on his 43rd birthday.
Joe L. Heaton
Joe L. Heaton, born in 1951 in Alva, Oklahoma, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.
Joe Metheny
Joe Roy Metheny (1955–2017), Baltimore serial murderer, convicted of two killings; death sentence vacated in 2000; unverified roadside barbecue cannibalism claims; died in prison 2017.
Joe Miller (Alaska politician)
Joe Miller, Alaska attorney and perennial Senate candidate, defeated Senator Lisa Murkowski in the 2010 Republican primary with Tea Party backing, lost her 2010 write-in comeback 40-36 percent, and ran again in 2014 (Republican) and 2016 (Libertarian).
Joe Tacopina
Joe Tacopina, Joseph Tacopina, New York criminal defense trial lawyer and senior partner of Tacopina Seigel & DeOreo; former Brooklyn ADA who represented Donald Trump, A$AP Rocky, Meek Mill, and Alex Rodriguez.
Joel Bakan
Joel Bakan is a legal scholar and filmmaker, professor of law at the University of British Columbia, best known for The Corporation (2003) and its award-winning documentary.
Joel F. Dubina
Joel F. Dubina is an American jurist who served as chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit from 2009 to 2013 and took senior status in 2013.
Joel H. Slomsky
Joel H. Slomsky is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
Joël Le Scouarnec
Joël Le Scouarnec, French former digestive surgeon born 1950, convicted May 2025 by the Vannes cour criminelle of raping or assaulting 299 child patients (1989–2014) and sentenced to 20 years, after a 2005 suspended conviction.
Joel M. Carson III
Joel M. Carson III, also known as Joel McElroy Carson III, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018.
Joel Rifkin
Joel Rifkin, called Joel the Ripper, is an American serial killer born 1959 who murdered 17 women around New York, 1989 to 1993, caught at a license-plate traffic stop, serving 203 years at Clinton Correctional Facility.
Joel Steinberg
Joel Steinberg, also Joel Barnet Steinberg, disbarred New York criminal defense lawyer convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 1987 beating death of six-year-old Lisa Steinberg; paroled 2004, $15 million civil judgment upheld 2007.
Joey Buttafuoco
Joey Buttafuoco, Long Island auto body shop owner, became a 1992 tabloid figure when teenage lover Amy Fisher shot his wife Mary Jo; he later pleaded guilty to statutory rape.
Joey Merlino
Joey "Skinny Joey" Merlino, reputed former boss of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra family, 1990s mob war rival of John Stanfa, 2001 racketeering conviction, 2016 East Coast LCN case, now a podcaster and cheesesteak shop owner.
Jogendra Nath Mandal (যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল)
Jogendra Nath Mandal (যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল), 1904–1968, Bengali Namasudra Dalit leader, Bengal AISCF head, Pakistan's first Law and Labour Minister and Constituent Assembly president; resigned 1950 and returned to India.
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619), Land's Advocate of Holland and Dutch council pensionary, chief statesman who built the Dutch Republic, involved in founding the VOC, sided with the Arminians, and was beheaded 13 May 1619 after Maurice of Nassau's 1618 coup.
John A. Gibney, Jr.
John A. Gibney, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
John A. Gotti
John A. "Junior" Gotti, eldest son of Gambino boss John Gotti Sr., served as acting boss, pleaded guilty to racketeering in 1999, and beat four later trials including the 2005 Sliwa-kidnapping RICO case.
John A. Houston
John A. Houston, born 1952, is a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
John A. Kazen
John A. Kazen is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas since 2024, after six years as a magistrate judge.
John A. Kronstadt
John A. Kronstadt, also known as John Arnold Kronstadt, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in California, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011.
John A. Mendez
John A. Mendez is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of California, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
John A. Ross
John A. Ross, also known as John Andrew Ross, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2023.