Hon. Rodney Gilstrap
James Rodney Gilstrap (born May 1, 1957) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He is notable for presiding over more than one quarter of all patent infringement cases filed in the nation and is often referred to by various sources as the […]
Hon. Michael Kaplan
The Honorable Michael B. Kaplan was appointed as a bankruptcy judge on October 3, 2006, for the District of New Jersey and designated Chief Judge on May 1, 2020. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Kaplan served as a Standing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, as well as a member of the Chapter 7 panel of […]
Hon. Robert Kugler (Ret.)
Robert Byron Kugler (born October 10, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and also serving as a Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Education and Career Born in Camden, New Jersey, Kugler attended and graduated from The Peddie […]
Hon. Leigh Martin May
Leigh Martin May (Leigh Holladay Martin; born February 21, 1971) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Education and Career May received a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in 1993 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received a Juris Doctor, magna cum […]
Hon. Amos L. Mazzant, III
Born 1965 in Ellwood City, PA Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Nominated by Barack Obama on June 26, 2014, to a seat vacated by T. John Ward. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2014, and received commission on December 19, 2014. Other Federal Judicial Service: U.S. […]
Hon. Dan Polster
Dan Aaron Polster (born December 6, 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Polster mediated a settlement between the city of Cleveland and the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was killed by a white police officer in 2014. […]
Hon. Brenda Rhoades
Brenda Rhoades is a judge on the United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Texas, serving as chief judge from 2010 to 2017. Education and Career Born in Seoul, Korea, Judge Rhoades immigrated to the United States with her family. Rhoades received her Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics from Texas A&M University and […]
Hon. Brendan Shannon
Brendan Linehan Shannon is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Shannon was a partner with […]
Hon. Vivian Medinilla (Ret.)
The Honorable Vivian L. Medinilla received her appointment as the first Latina to the Superior Court of the State of Delaware in February 2013. J. Medinilla currently serves on the Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division. She serves as the Court’s Civil Administrative Judge. She was a presiding judge on the Court’s Asbestos Litigation Docket for […]
Hon. Sylvia Matthews (Ret.)
Sylvia Matthews has served the citizens of Harris County as a judge since December 2008. She served for 10 years as judge of the 281st District Court and then in 2019 began service as a visiting judge. By appointment, she currently presides over five MDLs, one of which is for cases alleging that the wrongful […]