USA JUDGES’ BIOS

Justice Stephen Breyer is an American lawyer and jurist. He has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1994. Stephen was nominated by President Bill Clinton and replaced retiring justice, Harry Blackmun. He is generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. Stephen specialized in administrative law, writing textbooks that remain in use today.

Judy Sheindlin professionally known as Judge Judy, is a popular American television personality, producer, author, and a previous prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge. She passed the New York State bar examination in 1965 and was a prosecutor in the family court system. New York City mayor Ed Koch appointed her in 1982 as a judge, first in criminal court, afterward as Manhattan’s supervising family court judge from 1986 to 1996.

Faith Jenkins ( AKA Judge Faith Jenkins ) is an American renowned attorney, legal commentator, and also media personality. She currently works at MSNBC as a legal analyst. Faith has been with the channel since March 11, 2014. She began her legal career by working in the New York City office of Sidley Austin. After working for five years as a litigator, Faith qualified for a promotion to become an Assistant District Attorney. Her role was to prosecute criminals at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

John Roberts (Full name: John Glover Roberts Jr) is an American lawyer and jurist. Currently, he serves as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Roberts was nominated by President George W. Bush to replace William Rehnquist and sworn in on September 29, 2005. Roberts has created the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including Shelby County v. Holder, and National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, to name a few. Moreover, he has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy but has shown a willingness to work with the Supreme Court’s liberal bloc.

Janet DiFiore(Full name: Janet Marie DiFiore) is an American judge. She has been the Chief Judge of the State of New York since 2016. As a practicing attorney, DiFiore worked in a law firm in the Westchester District Attorney’s Office. DiFiore then was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court, serving in that post from 2003 to 2005. DiFiore left and became district attorney of Westchester County, New York in 2006. She stayed in that position until Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed her to the New York Court of Appeals.

Alison Jones Rushing (Full name: Allison Blair Jones Rushing) is an American lawyer and jurist. Currently, she is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Rushing was confirmed to this position by the Senate in March 2019 after her nomination by President Donald Trump in August 2018. She is viewed as a favorite to become Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Barbara Lagoa is an American lawyer who is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and former Supreme Court of Florida Judge. She was the Hispanic woman to be appointed as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida before becoming a federal judge. Alongside justice Amy Coney Barret, Lagoa is viewed as a favorite to become Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Amy Coney Barrett (Full name: Amy Vivian Coney Barrett) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit who has widely described as an “originalist” and a “textualist. She is the first and only female occupant of a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Indiana. Judge Barrett is a firm believer in the principle of Stare Decisis also held by late Justice Antonin Scalia. She is widely viewed as President Donald Trump’s likely nominee to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Patricia Dimango is a retired Judge of Kings County, New York. She was popularly known for the famous American panel court show known as Hot Bench where she was among the three judges. Patricia was elected in 2002 for the Supreme Court of Kings Country were she worked until her retirement. Prior to working at the Supreme Court, she worked for the government as an appointed Judge of the Criminal Court of the City in New York.