Legal Principles Endorsements

Over 700 attorneys and legal organizations have endorsed the Principles.

Selected Endorsements

Judicial Endorsements

  • Judge Gerard J. Alonzo — Formerly of the Livingston County Court in the Seventh Judicial District of New York
  • Judge Wayne Andersen – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Judge John Bissell – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • Judge Robert J. Cindrich – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Judge Jack H. Cook – Formerly of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
  • Judge Gail M. Cookson – Former Administrative Law Judge for the State of New Jersey
  • Judge Georgia M. Curio – Formerly of the New Jersey Superior Court
  • Judge Andre M. Davis – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland & the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Justice Mary McGowan Davis – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Justice Carolyn Demarest – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Judge Bernice Donald – Formerly of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit & the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Judge William Downes – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
  • Judge Allyson K. Duncan – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Judge Eugene M. Fahey – Formerly of the New York Court of Appeals
  • Judge Gary Feess – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • Justice Helen Freedman – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Justice Marcy Friedman – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Judge Royal Furgeson, Jr. – Formerly of the U.S. District Courts for the Western & Northern Districts of Texas
  • Judge Vanessa Gilmore – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Justice Judith Gische – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Justice Richard Goldenhersch – Formerly of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District
  • Judge Irma Gonzalez – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • Justice Emily J. Goodman – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Judge Paul W. Grimm – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • Judge Anne Harper – Formerly of the King County District Court, Washington
  • Judge Thelton Henderson, Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • Chief Judge Robert Henry – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • Judge Richard J. Holwell – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Judge Ellen Huvelle – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Judge Gary M. Israel – Former Administrative Law Judge-In-Charge, Industrial Commission of Arizona
  • Chief Judge John Jones III – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • Justice Marcy L. Kahn – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Judge Abdul K. Kallon – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • Judge Robert B. Kugler – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey & the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
  • Judge Michael S. Kupersmith – Formerly of the Vermont Superior Court
  • Judge Louise LaMothe – Former Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • Judge Timothy Lewis – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit & The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Justice Joan B. Lobis – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Judge James Loprest – U.S. Immigration Court
  • Judge John Markson – Formerly of the Dane County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
  • Judge Beverly Martin – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • Judge John S. Martin – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Judge A. Howard Matz – Formerly of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Central District of California
  • Judge Arthur McFarland – Formerly of the Municipal Court for the City of Charleston, South Carolina
  • Chief Judge Paul Michel – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Judge Margaret M. Morrow – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • Justice Karla Moskowitz – Formerly of the New York Supreme Court
  • Presiding Judge Michael C. Nelson – Formerly of the Apache County Superior Court, Arizona
  • Judge Richard Niess – Formerly of the Dane County Circuit Court, Wisconsin
  • Judge Liam O’Grady – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia & the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
  • Judge Kathleen O’Malley – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit & the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • Judge Philip M. Pro – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
  • Anonymous Former Michigan Judge
  • Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald – Formerly of the Hawaii Supreme Court
  • Judge Shira Scheindlin – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Judge M. John Schubert – Formerly of the Orange District Court, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • Judge Elisabeth Sichel – Formerly of the Superior Court of Riverside County, California
  • Judge Lawrence F. Stengel – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith – Formerly of the Missouri Supreme Court
  • Justice Mary Thomas Sullivan – Formerly of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Judge David S. Tatel – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
  • Judge Samuel H. Teller – Formerly of the Tolland District Superior Court, Connecticut
  • Judge John Daniel Tinder – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit & the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
  • Judge Daniel Turbow – Formerly of the New York Family Court
  • Judge Ursula M. Ungaro – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • Judge Thomas Vanaskie – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit & the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • Judge T. John Ward – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • Judge Paul Watford – Formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • Judge Lee Yeakel – Formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas