Biographical Directory of Federal Judges


The Biographical Directory of Federal Judges is a publication of the Federal Judicial Center providing basic biographical information on all past and present United States federal court Article III judges.
These include justices of the Supreme Court of [the United States] and judges of United States courts of appeals, district courts, and the now-obsolete circuit courts.
The Biographical Directory is available online in searchable format. Biographical information provided for each judge includes birth and death dates, educational background, a summary of the judge's professional career and a summary of the judge's federal judicial service Where available, links to the location of the judge's manuscript papers, biographical sources, and oral history sources are also provided.
As a non-copyrighted work of the United States government, the Biographical Directory is in the public domain within the United States.