First Things First

First Circuit Judges

Chief Judge David J. Barron

Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí

Judge Lara E. Montecalvo

Judge Julie Rikelman

Judge Seth R. Aframe

Vacant Seat

Senior Judge Sandra L. Lynch

Senior Judge Kermit V. Lipez

Senior Judge Jeffrey R. Howard

Senior Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson

Senior Judge William J. Kayatta, Jr.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer (visiting)

Senior Judge Levin H. Campbell (inactive)

The current Supreme Court Justice responsible for the First Circuit is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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District Court Judges

District of Maine

• Chief Judge Lance E. Walker
• Judge Nancy Torresen
• Judge Stacey D. Neumann
• Senior Judge George Z. Singal
• Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.
• Senior Judge D. Brock Hornby (inactive)
• Senior Judge Jon D. Levy (inactive)

District of Massachusetts

• Chief Judge Denise J. Casper
• Judge Richard G. Stearns
• Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV
• Judge Indira Talwani
• Judge Mark G. Mastroianni
• Judge Leo T. Sorokin
• Judge Allison D. Burroughs
• Judge Angel Kelley
• Judge Margaret R. Guzman
• Judge Myong J. Joun
• Judge Julia E. Kobick
• Judge Brian E. Murphy
• Senior Judge Rya W. Zobel
• Senior Judge William G. Young
• Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf
• Senior Judge Douglas P. Woodlock
• Senior Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton
• Senior Judge Patti B. Saris
• Senior Judge Michael A. Ponsor
• Senior Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr.
• Senior Judge Nancy Gertner (inactive)
• Senior Judge Timothy S. Hillman (inactive)

District of New Hampshire

• Chief Judge Landya M.B. McCafferty
• Judge Joseph N. Laplante
• Judge Samantha D. Elliott
• Senior Judge Paul J. Barbadoro
• Senior Judge Steven J. McAuliffe

District of Puerto Rico

• Chief Judge Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach
• Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colón
• Judge Pedro A. Delgado Hernández
• Judge Silvia L. Carreño-Coll
• Judge María del R. Antongiorgi-Jordán
• Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé
• Judge Gina R. Méndez-Miró
• Senior Judge Jay A. García-Gregory
• Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa
• Senior Judge Carmen C. Cerezo (inactive)
• Senior Judge Hector M. Laffitte (inactive)
• Senior Judge José A. Fusté (inactive)
• Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez Hernández (inactive)

District of Rhode Island

• Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
• Judge Mary S. McElroy
• Judge Melissa R. DuBose
• Senior Judge Mary M. Lisi
• Senior Judge William E. Smith
• Senior Judge Ernest C. Torres (inactive)