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District Court · Second Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

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.

Judges currently in service
JudgeSinceNominated bySeat
Thomas James McAvoy Senior1986Ronald ReaganNYND0501
Frederick James Scullin Jr. Senior1992George H.W. BushNYND0601
Lawrence E. Kahn Senior1996William J. ClintonNYND0402
David N. Hurd Senior1999William J. ClintonNYND0306
Glenn T. Suddaby Senior2008George W. BushNYND0403
Mae Avila D'Agostino2011Barack ObamaNYND0602
Brenda Kay Sannes2014Barack ObamaNYND0207
Anne Marie Nardacci2022Joseph R. BidenNYND0503
Anthony Joseph Brindisi2024Joseph R. BidenNYND0307
Elizabeth Cheryl Coombe2024Joseph R. BidenNYND0404

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
10
Seat numbers on record
30
Seats with a sitting judge
SeatHeld bySinceHolders to date
NYND0207Brenda Kay Sannes20141
NYND0306David N. Hurd19991
NYND0307Anthony Joseph Brindisi20241
NYND0402Lawrence E. Kahn19961
NYND0403Glenn T. Suddaby20081
NYND0404Elizabeth Cheryl Coombe20241
NYND0501Thomas James McAvoy19861
NYND0503Anne Marie Nardacci20221
NYND0601Frederick James Scullin Jr.19921
NYND0602Mae Avila D'Agostino20111
20 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.

SeatLast held byUntilHolders
NYND0101Matthias Burnett Tallmadge18191
NYND0102Roger Skinner18251
NYND0103Alfred Conkling18521
NYND0104Nathan Kelsey Hall18741
NYND0105William James Wallace18821
NYND0106Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr.19021
NYND0107George Washington Ray19251
NYND0201Frank Cooper19461
NYND0202Stephen W. Brennan19681
NYND0203Edmund Port19861
NYND0204Howard G. Munson20081
NYND0205Rosemary S. Pooler19981
NYND0206Norman A. Mordue20221
NYND0301Frederick Howard Bryant19451
NYND0302Edward S. Kampf19481
NYND0303James Thomas Foley19901
NYND0304Roger Jeffrey Miner19851
NYND0305Con. G. Cholakis19961
NYND0401Neal Peters McCurn20141
NYND0502Gary L. Sharpe20241

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
7
Republican
3
Sitting judges by appointing president
PresidentJudges
Joseph R. Biden3
Barack Obama2
William J. Clinton2
Ronald Reagan1
George H.W. Bush1
George W. Bush1

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)