District Court · Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
The federal trial court. Juries sit here, evidence is heard here, and almost every federal case begins here.
The bench
Who sits on this court?
Judges in active service, when they were confirmed, and who nominated each.
| Judge | Since | Nominated by | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orinda Dale Evans Senior | 1979 | Jimmy Carter | GAND0603 |
| Clarence Cooper Senior | 1994 | William J. Clinton | GAND0902 |
| Willis B. Hunt Jr. Senior | 1995 | William J. Clinton | GAND1402 |
| Thomas W. Thrash Jr. Senior | 1997 | William J. Clinton | GAND1102 |
| Richard W. Story Senior | 1998 | William J. Clinton | GAND0802 |
| Charles A. Pannell Jr. Senior | 1999 | William J. Clinton | GAND1003 |
| Steve CarMichael Jones Senior | 2011 | Barack Obama | GAND0604 |
| Amy Mil Totenberg Senior | 2011 | Barack Obama | GAND0703 |
| Leigh Martin May | 2014 | Barack Obama | GAND1203 |
| Mark Howard Cohen | 2014 | Barack Obama | GAND0903 |
| Eleanor Louise Ross | 2014 | Barack Obama | GAND1004 |
| Michael Lawrence Brown | 2018 | Donald J. Trump | GAND1303 |
| William McCrary Ray II | 2018 | Donald J. Trump | GAND0506 |
| Jean-Paul Boulee | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | GAND0406 |
| Steven Daniel Grimberg | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | GAND0803 |
| Victoria Marie Calvert | 2022 | Joseph R. Biden | GAND1103 |
| Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty | 2022 | Joseph R. Biden | GAND0704 |
| Tiffany Rene Johnson | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | GAND0605 |
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
What seats does this court have?
Each seat on this court, who holds it, and how many judges have held it before.
- Judges seated now
- 18
- Seat numbers on record
- 49
| Seat | Held by | Since | Holders to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAND0406 | Jean-Paul Boulee | 2019 | 1 |
| GAND0506 | William McCrary Ray II | 2018 | 1 |
| GAND0603 | Orinda Dale Evans | 1979 | 1 |
| GAND0604 | Steve CarMichael Jones | 2011 | 1 |
| GAND0605 | Tiffany Rene Johnson | 2025 | 1 |
| GAND0703 | Amy Mil Totenberg | 2011 | 1 |
| GAND0704 | Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty | 2022 | 1 |
| GAND0802 | Richard W. Story | 1998 | 1 |
| GAND0803 | Steven Daniel Grimberg | 2019 | 1 |
| GAND0902 | Clarence Cooper | 1994 | 1 |
| GAND0903 | Mark Howard Cohen | 2014 | 1 |
| GAND1003 | Charles A. Pannell Jr. | 1999 | 1 |
| GAND1004 | Eleanor Louise Ross | 2014 | 1 |
| GAND1102 | Thomas W. Thrash Jr. | 1997 | 1 |
| GAND1103 | Victoria Marie Calvert | 2022 | 1 |
| GAND1203 | Leigh Martin May | 2014 | 1 |
| GAND1303 | Michael Lawrence Brown | 2018 | 1 |
| GAND1402 | Willis B. Hunt Jr. | 1995 | 1 |
31 seat numbers with no sitting judge
These are seat numbers in the historical record with nobody currently in them. That usually means the seat was abolished or renumbered, not that it is open today — Congress has changed the size of federal courts many times. Do not read this as a vacancy list.
| Seat | Last held by | Until | Holders |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAND0101 | John Cochran Nicoll | 1861 | 1 |
| GAND0102 | John Erskine | 1882 | 1 |
| GAND0201 | Henry Kent McCay | 1886 | 1 |
| GAND0202 | William Truslow Newman | 1920 | 1 |
| GAND0301 | Samuel Hale Sibley | 1931 | 1 |
| GAND0302 | Emory Marvin Underwood | 1960 | 1 |
| GAND0401 | Robert Lee Russell | 1949 | 1 |
| GAND0402 | Frank Arthur Hooper | 1985 | 1 |
| GAND0403 | Newell Edenfield | 1981 | 1 |
| GAND0404 | J. Owen Forrester | 2014 | 1 |
| GAND0405 | William S. Duffey Jr. | 2018 | 1 |
| GAND0501 | Maurice Neil Andrews | 1950 | 1 |
| GAND0502 | William Boyd Sloan | 1970 | 1 |
| GAND0503 | Sidney Oslin Smith Jr. | 1974 | 1 |
| GAND0504 | James Clinkscales Hill | 1976 | 1 |
| GAND0505 | Harold Loyd Murphy | 2022 | 1 |
| GAND0601 | Lewis Render Morgan | 1968 | 1 |
| GAND0602 | Albert John Henderson | 1979 | 1 |
| GAND0701 | Charles Allen Moye Jr. | 2010 | 1 |
| GAND0702 | Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. | 2010 | 1 |
| GAND0801 | William Clark O'Kelley | 2017 | 1 |
| GAND0901 | Richard Cameron Freeman | 1999 | 1 |
| GAND1001 | Marvin Herman Shoob | 2017 | 1 |
| GAND1002 | Frank M. Hull | 1997 | 1 |
| GAND1101 | Robert L. Vining Jr. | 2022 | 1 |
| GAND1201 | George Ernest Tidwell | 2011 | 1 |
| GAND1202 | Beverly Baldwin Martin | 2010 | 1 |
| GAND1301 | Robert Howell Hall | 1995 | 1 |
| GAND1302 | Julie E. Carnes | 2014 | 1 |
| GAND1401 | Horace Taliaferro Ward | 2016 | 1 |
| GAND1403 | Timothy C. Batten Sr. | 2025 | 1 |
This site does not publish a vacancy count. Seat identifiers are not stable across court renamings and reorganisations, so a seat that was vacated and refilled can appear empty when it is not. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts publishes the authoritative list of current judicial vacancies: uscourts.gov.
Seats are created by Congress and filled by the President with the Senate's consent. For current vacancies, use the Administrative Office's published list rather than inferring them from this table.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
How this bench was built
Who appointed them?
The tally of presidents who placed the sitting judges on this court.
- Democratic
- 14
- Republican
- 4
| President | Judges |
|---|---|
| Barack Obama | 5 |
| William J. Clinton | 5 |
| Donald J. Trump | 4 |
| Joseph R. Biden | 3 |
| Jimmy Carter | 1 |
The party of the president who appointed a judge is a matter of record. How that judge will rule is not, and this site draws no inference from one to the other.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)