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The following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia. Each of the 50 states has between one ...
Education. University of Notre Dame ( BA, JD) London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. John Robert "Jack" Blakey (born August 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and former Illinois prosecutor.
- August 1965 (age 58), South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
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- Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor
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Since 3 April 2006, the Lord Chief Justice has been the overall head of the judiciary. Previously they were second to the Lord Chancellor, but the judicial functions of that office were transferred to the Lord Chief Justice under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. The Lord Chief Justice is also the President of the Courts and holds, amongst some 4...
There are four Heads of Divisions aside from the Lord Chief Justice: the Master of the Rolls, the President of the King's Bench Division, the President of the Family Division and the Chancellor of the High Court. The Master of the Rolls is head of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal. The other Heads are in charge of the three divisions of the...
Judges of the Court of Appeal are known as Lords Justices, and they too[further explanation needed] are Privy Counsellors. Before swearing in they may be referred to as the Honourable Lord Justice Smith, and after swearing in as the Right Honourable Lord Justice Smith. Female Lord Justices are known as Lady Justices. Addressed as "My Lord" or "My L...
High Court justices are not normally Privy Counsellors and are therefore referred to as the Honourable Mr/Mrs Justice Smith. Addressed as "My Lord" or "My Lady". In law reports they are referred to as "Smith J", and, for more than one judge, "Smith and Jones JJ". High Court justices normally wear a short wig along with red and black gowns for crimi...
Circuit judges are referred to as His/Her Honour Judge {surname} e.g. His/Her Honour Judge Smith. If a circuit judge is appointed who has the same surname as another serving circuit judge, he (she) will be referred to as His (Her) Honour Judge {first name} {surname}. e.g. His Honour Judge John Smith. Circuit judges are addressed as "Your Honour", u...
A recorderis a part-time circuit judge, usually a practising barrister, solicitor or a member of the courts or tribunal judiciary who is not a full-time circuit judge. Recorders are addressed in court in the same way as circuit judges (as 'Your Honour'). There is no formal abbreviation for the position and recorders are referred to as 'Mr/Mrs Recor...
District judge is the title given to two different categories of judges. One group of district judges sit in the county courts and have jurisdiction in civil and family cases, having previously been known as registrars until the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. The other group sit in the magistrates' courts and were formerly known as stipendiary...
A solicitor or barrister who sits part-time as a district judge (who may be taking their first steps on the route to becoming a full-time district judge). Retired district judges sometimes sit as deputies. Addressed as "Sir" or "Madam". In law reports, referred to as "DDJ Smith". Formerly, deputy district judges could only be drawn from barristers ...
There are a range of professionals who support the judiciary in complex legal cases where there is an interface between the law and another professional area. In these matters, sometimes non-legally qualified judges are appointed to preside over specialist areas. These judges are sometimes referred to as fee-paid (judiciary) officer holders, or non...
Magistrates (also known as Justices of the peace) are trained volunteers appointed from the local community, who generally sit in threes in order to give judgment in magistrates' courts and youth courts.The chair is addressed as "Sir" or "Madam" or the bench is addressed as "Your Worships".
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in case citations, S.D. Ohio) is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties—everything from the Columbus area southward. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
- February 10, 1855
- Sixth Circuit
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio, encompassing most territories north of the city of Columbus. The court has courthouses in Cleveland, Toledo, Akron and Youngstown . Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of ...
- February 10, 1855
- Sixth Circuit
District Judge Callaghan. South East. 03-04-18. District Judge Michelle Marie Gabrielle Campbell. North West. 05-10-11. District Judge Deborah Wilson Margaret Campbell. South West. 04-01-21.
A District Registry is part of the High Court situated in various districts of England and Wales, dealing with High Court family and civil business. District Registries are often co-located at County Courts when the District Judges sitting there will case-manage High Court cases. Given that 80% of all civil and family work in the courts of ...
