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U.S. District Clerks

This article is about the position United States District Clerk, a position authorized by the first Congress under the Judiciary Act of 1789, and not court clerks in state or municipal courts. Incumbents are appointed as officials of the 94 federal district courts under 28.U.S.C. § 751.

A U.S. District Clerk is the executive of a U.S. District Court responsible for overseeing filings made with the court, maintaining the court’s records, processing fees, fines, and restitution, and managing the non-judicial work of the court, including information technology, budget, procurement, human resources, and financial. Clerks may appoint deputies, clerical assistants, and employees to carry out the work of the court. The clerk of each district court must reside in the district for which the clerk is appointed, except that the clerk of the District of Columbia and the clerk of the Southern District of New York may reside within twenty miles of their respective districts. The current U.S. District Clerks are listed below.

History

The Judiciary Act of 1789 authorized the Supreme Court and the judge of each U.S. District Court to appoint a clerk to assist with the administration of federal judicial business in those courts. The clerk for each district court was to also serve as clerk of the corresponding circuit court. The Judiciary Act required each clerk to issue the writs summoning jurors and "to record the decrees, judgments and determinations of the court of which he is clerk." The Judicial Code (28 U.S.C. § 571) provides that the clerk is appointed, and may be removed, by the court. The clerk's duties are prescribed by the statute, by the court's customs and practices, and by policy established by the Judicial Conference of the United States. The clerk is appointed by order of the court en banc to serve the entire court. The role of the clerk and deputies or assistants should not be confused with the court's law clerks, who assist the judges by conducting research, making recommendations on which cases to hear, and preparing drafts of opinions. To be eligible to serve as a U.S. District Clerk, a person must have a minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible administrative experience in public service or business that provides a thorough understanding of organizational, procedural, and human aspects of managing an organization, and at least 3 of the 10 years must have been in a position of substantial management responsibility. An attorney may substitute the active practice of law on a year-for-year basis for the management or administrative experience requirement. Clerks do not have to be licensed attorneys, but some courts specify that a law degree is a preference for employment.

List of U.S. District Clerks[edit]

Name	Appointment Date	Court	Circuit
Debbie Hackett	01-20-99	United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama	11
Sharon Harris	01-09-06	United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama	11
Chuck Diard	07-17-00	United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama	11
Lesley Allen	07-06-15	United States District Court for the District of Alaska	9
Brian Karth	07-21-08	United States District Court for the District of Arizona	9
Jim McCormack	01-01-94	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas	8
Doug Young	10-01-15	United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas	8
Kiry Gray	07-01-15	United States District Court for the Central District of California	9
Marianne Matherly	05-06-13	United States District Court for the Eastern District of California	9
Sue Soong	09-02-15	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	9
John Morrill	12-01-13	United States District Court for the Southern District of California	9
Angela Denise Caesar	10-02-15	United States District Court for the District of Columbia	DC
Jeff Colwell	09-17-12	United States District Court for the District of Colorado	10
Robin Tabora	10-01-07	United States District Court for the District of Connecticut	2
John Cerino	01-01-13	United States District Court for the District of Delaware	3
Elizabeth Warren	06-26-17	United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida	11
Jessica Lyublanovits	01-03-11	United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida	11
Steve Larimore	11-12-07	United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida	11
David Bunt	05-01-15	United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia	11
Jim Hatten	04-06-06	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	11
Scott Poff	12-31-01	United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia	11
Jeanne Quinata	08-06-07	United States District Court of Guam	9
Sue Beitia	06-06-05	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	9
Steve Kenyon	08-31-17	United States District Court for the District of Idaho	9
Ken Wells	12-03-12	United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois	7
Tom Bruton	01-01-12	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	7
Justine Flanagan	05-19-14	United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois	7
Bob Trgovich	01-16-12	United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana	7
Laura Briggs	03-02-98	United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana	7
Rob Phelps	09-04-07	United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa	8
John Courter	09-01-16	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa	8
Tim O’Brien	03-31-08	United States District Court for the District of Kansas	10
Robert Carr	01-01-12	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky	6
Vanessa Armstrong	12-20-10	United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky	6
Bill Blevins	05-06-13	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana	5
Mike McConnell	06-23-14	United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana	5
Tony Moore	03-16-09	United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana	5
Christa Berry	01-01-11	United States District Court for the District of Maine	1
Felicia Cannon	09-13-99	United States District Court for the District of Maryland	4
Rob Farrell	08-12-13	United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	1
Dave Weaver	07-03-99	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan	6
Thomas Dorwin	01-11-16	United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan	6
David Crews	01-08-07	United States District Court for Northern District of Mississippi	5
Arthur Johnston	01-13-14	United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi	5
Kate Fogarty	01-01-18	United States District Court for the District of Minnesota	8
Greg Linhares	07-01-14	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri	8
Paige Wymore-Wynn	07-01-15	United States District Court for the District of Western District of Missouri	8
Tyler Gilman	10-08-12	United States District Court for the District of Montana	9
Denise Lucks	08-09-04	United States District Court for the District of Nebraska	8
Deb Kempi	03-01-17	United States District Court for the District of Nevada	9
Dan Lynch	01-13-14	United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire	1
Bill Walsh	6-1-1986	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey	3
Vacant	10-04-04	United States District Court for the District of New Mexico	10
Doug Palmer	10-01-11	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	2
Larry Baerman	07-21-97	United States District Court for the Northern District of New York	2
Ruby Krajick	5/1/2010	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	2
Mary Loewenguth	01-04-16	United States District Court for the Western District of New York	2
Stat Moore	03-13-17	United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina	4
John Brubaker	07-02-03	United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina	4
Frank Johns	04-11-94	United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina	4
Rob Ansley	01-02-07	United States District Court for the District of North Dakota	8
Heather Kennedy	04-15-13	United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands	9
Sandy Opacich	04-03-17	United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio	6
Rich Nagel	01-31-15	United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio	6
Pat Keaney	04-08-13	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma	10
Mark McCartt	06-01-16	United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma	10
Carmelita Reeder Shinn	04-14-14	United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma	10
Mary Moran	07-28-86	United States District Court for the District of Oregon	9
Kate Barkman	01-17-17	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	3
Pete Welsh (acting)	04-28-16	United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania	3
Josh Lewis	08-01-17	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania	3
Frances Rios De Moran	03-14-88	United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico	1
Nora Tyer-Wytek	06-01-17	United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island	1
Robin Blume	07-01-13	United States District Court for the District of South Carolina	4
Matt Thelen	01-01-18	United States District Court for the District of South Dakota	8
John Medearis	02-13-18	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee	6
Keith Throckmorton	08-13-03	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	6
Tom Gould	06-21-05	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee	6
David O’Toole	09-04-15	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas	5
Karen Mitchell	06-19-00	United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas	5
David Bradley	06-22-09	United State District Court for the Southern District of Texas	5
Jeannette Clack	12-29-14	United States District Court for the Western District of Texas	5
Mark Jones	02-05-07	United States District Court for the District of Utah	10
Jeff Eaton	01-05-09	United States District Court for the District of Vermont	2
Glenda Lake	05-21-12	United States District Court of the Virgin Islands	3
Fernando Galindo	04-17-06	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia	4
Julie Dudley	08-02-10	United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia	4
Sean McAvoy	09-25-00	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington	9
Bill McCool	06-17-02	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	9
Cheryl Riley	08-03-09	United States District Court for the District of Northern District of West Virginia	4
Rory Perry	12-01-17	United States District Court for the District of Southern District of West Virginia	4
Steve Dries	05-04-17	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin	7
Peter Oppeneer	11-24-08	United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin	7
Stephan Harris	06-02-05	United States District Court for the District of Wyoming	10

Sources: Messinger, I. Scott. Order in the Courts: A History of the Federal Court Clerk's Office.Washington, D.C.: The Federal Judicial Center, 2002. The Judiciary Act Of 1789, the Foundation of the Federal Judicial System. [College Park, M.D.]: National Archives and Records Administration, 1989. Print. Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 12, Appx. 5F