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#FederalJudge

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  • Alison Nathan Federal judge, formerly an Obama White House lawyer, who presided over Ghislaine Maxwell's prosecution in Manhattan and sentenced her to 20 years three months after her own commission to the Second Circuit.
  • Jed Rakoff Former chief of securities fraud prosecutions in Manhattan, appointed a federal judge by Bill Clinton, who rejected the SEC's Citigroup settlement in 2011 and presided over the 2023 Epstein suits against JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank.
  • José A. Cabranes Second Circuit judge, formerly Yale's general counsel and presiding judge of the FISA Court of Review, who sat on five appellate panels in the Giuffre v. Maxwell unsealing fight and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal appeal.
  • Kenneth Marra Kenneth Marra is a U.S. district judge in West Palm Beach, appointed in 2002, who presided over the Epstein victims' Crime Victims' Rights Act case and the Chiquita paramilitary-financing litigation.
  • Loretta Preska Manhattan federal judge appointed by George H.W. Bush, chief judge from 2009 to 2016, who inherited the sealed Giuffre v. Maxwell record in 2019 and managed its unsealing through 2026.
  • Paul Cassell Utah law professor, former Reagan Justice Department official and former federal judge who, after leaving the bench in 2007, represented Epstein's victims in the Crime Victims' Rights Act case against the United States.
  • Paul Engelmayer Manhattan federal judge and former Thurgood Marshall clerk and Major Crimes chief who inherited Ghislaine Maxwell's closed criminal case and ruled on its grand jury record under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
  • Richard M. Berman Manhattan federal judge, a former Javits aide and Warner Cable general counsel, who ordered Jeffrey Epstein detained in 2019, let victims speak before dismissing his indictment, and later unsealed its grand jury record.
  • Robert W. Sweet Former New York deputy mayor and Carter-appointed Manhattan federal judge who sentenced Towers Financial's Steven Hoffenberg in 1997 and presided over the sealed Giuffre v. Maxwell record until his death in 2019.