Judicial Biographies Free Electronic Resources Federal Judicial Center's Judges of the United States Courts contains biographical information including service history for all judges from U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789. http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf Many of the Federal court websites provide biographical information about their judges. This site is a list of links to every Federal Court website. http://www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html Basic biographical information is available from Martindale-Hubbell. Search under the lawyer tab by Justice Name. This can be helpful if you have a name and do not know the jurisdiction. http://lawyers.martindale.com/ Texas court websites also often have judicial biographical information. http://www.courts.state.tx.us/appcourt.asp is list of links to the websites of the Texas Courts of Appeal. Here are links to the Courts with online biographies: Supreme Court of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Circuit Courts:    1st Court of Appeals    2nd Court of Appeals    3rd Court of Appeals    4th Court of Appeals    6th Court of Appeals    7th Court of Appeals    8th Court of Appeals    9th Court of Appeals    10th Court of Appeals    12th Court of Appeals    13th Court of Appeals    14th Court of Appeals Fee-Based Electronic Resources The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary contains judicial biographies, including media coverage, noteworthy decisions, and anonymous attorney evaluations. It is available electronically directly from the publisher (Aspen) http://online.aspenpublishers.com/judlib/ and on Westlaw (AFJ database). The Westlaw version does not contain the attorney evaluations. It is also available in print. The Judicial Yellow Book has contact information and biographical sketches of all Federal judges and state appellate court judges. The Judicial Yellow Book is available on Lexis (LEXREF library; YBJUD file) and Westlaw (JUDYB database) and in print. Print Resources The American Bench: Judges of the Nation, provides biographical information on over 18,000 judges in all levels of federal, state and local courts with jurisdictional, structural and geographical facts as to the courts they serve, as provided by federal sources and by the individual states. American Lawyer Media publishes several Bench Books about Texas Judges. The bench books include biographical information and the judge's courtroom preferences. Each judge provides insight into trial scheduling, motion practice, pretrial and trial procedures, decorum, pet peeves, as well as staff names and phone numbers. The series includes Bench Books for Dallas County; Harris County (Houston area); Tarrant County (Fort Worth area); Travis County (Austin area); and the West Texas Bench Book. Texas Judge Reviews was published by James Publishing until 1999 but publication has ceased. The material is similar to that contained in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. This is a good source for information about those judges appointed before 1999. Send mail to webmaster@tex-app.org with questions or comments about this web site. Copyright © 2007 State Bar of Texas