The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island. The District Court was created in 1790 when Rhode Island ratified the Constitution. The Federal Courthouse was built in 1908.
Bruce Marshall Selya is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former chief judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review who is known for his distinctive writing style.
Sandra Lea Lynch is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.
Paul James Barbadoro is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. In July 2016,he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts as the chair of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Mary Kathryn Beck Briscoe is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
William Edward Smith is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Carol Ann Bagley Amon is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
James Arthur Beaty Jr. is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina,and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Francis Joseph Boyle was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Denise Arlene Page Hood is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Raymond James Pettine was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Roslyn Elaine Olson Silver is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She served as Chief Judge for the district from 2011 to 2013.
Ernest C. Torres is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She was previously a Rhode Island Superior Court justice.
Michael Francis Urbanski is the Chief United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Beth Robinson is an American lawyer and judge from Vermont. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is the first openly lesbian judge to serve on any federal court of appeals. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
Robert Mahealani Ming Seto is a law professor,and a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1987.
Mary Susan McElroy is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Eleni Maria Roumel is a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. She is the first Greek American woman to serve as a federal judge in the United States. She was designated as Chief Judge by President Donald Trump on October 19,2020,and served in that capacity until March 2,2021. She previously served as deputy counsel to Vice President Mike Pence.
Lara Elizabeth Montecalvo is an American lawyer from Rhode Island who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit since 2022.
