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Jonathan A. Kobes
Jonathan A. Kobes is an American jurist serving as a judge on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018, appointed by President Trump and confirmed 51 to 50.
Jonathan Djanogly
Jonathan Simon Djanogly, British Conservative solicitor and politician, MP for Huntingdon 2001-2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice 2010-2012, responsible for LASPO, court closures, and civil legal aid reform.
Jonathan E. Hawley
Jonathan E. Hawley, born 1971 in Peoria, Illinois, is a United States district judge for the Central District of Illinois, appointed by President Biden in 2024.
Jonathan J. C. Grey
Jonathan J. C. Grey, or Jonathan James Canada Grey, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2023.
Jonathan James
Jonathan James (cOmrade), American hacker born 1983, first US juvenile sentenced to custody for hacking; breached DTRA and NASA in 1999, downloading $1.7 million ISS software; died May 18, 2008 during TJX investigation.
Jonathan Lee Riches
Jonathan Lee Riches, aka JLR Investigates, an American convicted wire fraudster who filed thousands of frivolous federal lawsuits as a prisoner, drew court injunctions, and later became a true-crime personality covering the Nancy Guthrie case.
Jonathan Skrmetti
Jonathan Skrmetti is an American politician serving as Tennessee's 28th Attorney General, appointed by the state Supreme Court in 2022 to an eight-year term and sworn in that September.
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption (born 1948): British historian, barrister, and UK Supreme Court justice 2012-2018, appointed directly from the bar; author of the five-volume Hundred Years' War history and Reith Lecturer.
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley (born 1961), American legal scholar, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School, Fox News analyst, author of The Indispensable Right, and 2019 Republican impeachment witness for Trump.
Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild (c. 1682–1725), English "Thief-Taker General" of London, ran a lost-property office returning stolen goods for profit while organizing the thieves themselves; convicted under 4 Geo. I c. 11, hanged at Tyburn 24 May 1725, later Fielding's satirical hero.
Jones Day
Jones Day is a global law firm founded in 1893 as Blandin & Rice in Cleveland, Ohio; over 2,500 lawyers in 40+ offices on five continents, no headquarters, confidential contribution-based pay, and eight Managing Partners since 1913.
Joran van der Sloot
Joran van der Sloot, Dutch national, prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba; convicted in Peru of the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores (28 years), pleaded guilty in 2023 to extorting Holloway's mother and admitted killing Holloway.
Jordan Brown case
The Jordan Brown case: Pennsylvania prosecution of an 11-year-old charged as an adult in the 2009 shooting of Kenzie Houk, adjudicated delinquent in 2012, exonerated by the state Supreme Court in 2018, later suing state troopers.
Jordan E. Pratt
Jordan E. Pratt, born 1987 in Tampa, Florida, is a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2025.
Jorge Ayala
Jorge "Rivi" Ayala, born 1957 in Cali, Colombia, is a hitman who served as chief enforcer for drug lord Griselda Blanco in Miami, pleading guilty in 1993 to three murders for hire.
Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez
Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, alias El Perris or El 27, was a Sinaloa Cartel Los Chapitos security leader and Los Ninis commander, indicted in SDNY in 2023 with a $1 million US reward, killed by the Mexican Army in Navolato on May 23, 2025.
Jorge L. Alonso
Jorge L. Alonso, also known as Jorge Luis Alonso, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge in Illinois since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Jorge Labarga
Jorge Labarga, born 1952 in Havana, Cuba, is a Florida Supreme Court justice since 2009 (84th justice) and 56th Chief Justice of Florida 2014-2018, the first Cuban American to lead the state judicial branch.
Jorge Ochoa
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez, Colombian drug trafficker and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel with Pablo Escobar and his brothers Juan David and Fabio; controlled Miami distribution, surrendered in the early 1990s, and was released in 1996.
Jorge Salcedo Cabrera
Jorge Salcedo Cabrera, born 1947 in Bogotá, Colombian civil engineer and Cali cartel head of security who became a DEA informant, helped capture Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela in 1995, and lives under witness protection in the US.
Jos Leijdekkers
Jos Leijdekkers, also known as "Bolle Jos," is a Dutch fugitive drug trafficker. In 2024, he was sentenced to 24 years for trafficking nearly 7,000 kilograms of cocaine.
José A. Cabranes
José A. Cabranes, also known as José Alberto Cabranes, is an American jurist on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals since 1994, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr.
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr., born 1931, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida since 1996.
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos (1886–1942), Filipino jurist and martyr, sixth Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and wartime acting President of the Commonwealth; executed by the Japanese at Malabang, Lanao in 1942 for refusing to collaborate; portrait on the 1,000-peso note.
Jose Baez (lawyer)
Jose Baez, American criminal defense lawyer and founder of the Baez Law Firm in Miami, known for acquittals of Casey Anthony (2011) and Aaron Hernandez (2017), Harvey Weinstein fee dispute, Harvard Law teaching.
Jose E. Martinez
Jose E. Martinez, born 1941 in the Dominican Republic, is a United States district judge in the Southern District of Florida, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Jose Figueroa deportation case
Jose Figueroa deportation case: Salvadoran refugee José Luis Figueroa, ordered deported from Canada in 2010 under IRPA s. 34(1)(f) for FMLN membership, spent two years in Langley church sanctuary until the order was cancelled in December 2015.
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, alias El Mexicano (1947–1989), Colombian drug trafficker and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel; oversaw cocaine labs, financed paramilitaries, implicated in the Galán assassination, and was killed by police in Sucre in December 1989.
José Gustavo Guerrero
José Gustavo Guerrero (1876–1958) was a Salvadoran jurist and diplomat who presided over both the Permanent Court of International Justice and its successor, the International Court of Justice.
José López Portillo
José López Portillo (José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco, 1920–2004), Mexican lawyer, UNAM law professor, and PRI president of Mexico 1976–1982; former finance minister, political reformer, restorer of Spain ties, and nationalizer of the banks in 1982.