The Federal Districts

The Eastern District of New York (EDNY) is the Federal judicial district that covers the approximately 8 million people living in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York State. The Chief Judge is the Honorable Carol Bagley Amon. The Clerk of the Court is Douglas C. Palmer. The EDNY has 26 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and 15 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is United States Attorney Loretta Lynch. There are two Federal courthouses in the EDNY: The Brooklyn Courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and the Central Islip Courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza, Central Islip, NY 11722. www.nyed.uscourts.gov

The Southern District of New York (SDNY) is the Federal judicial district that covers the approximately 3 million people living in Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Sullivan counties in New York State. The Chief Judge is the Honorable Loretta A. Preska. The Clerk of the Court is Ruby J. Krajick. The SDNY has 49 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and 15 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is United States Attorney Preet Bharara. There are two federal courthouses in the SDNY: The Manhattan Courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007-1312 and the White Plains Courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601-4150. www.sdny.uscourts.gov.

The Northern District of New York (NDNY) is the Federal judicial district that covers thirty-two counties in upstate New York, with an extensive border with Canada to the north. Its jurisdiction comprises the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, and Washington. The Chief Judge is the Honorable Gary L. Sharpe. The Clerk of the Court is Lawrence K. Baerman. The NDNY has 8 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and 6 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is United States Attorney Richard Hartunian.

The court has offices in Albany at the James T. Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207; Binghamton at 15 Henry Street, Binghamton, NY 13901; Plattsburgh at the Gateway Building, 14 Durkee Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901; Syracuse at the James Hanley Federal Building, 100 South Clinton Street, Syracuse, NY 13261; and Utica at the Alexander Pirnie Federal Building, 10 Broad Street, Utica, NY 13501. http://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/maps-locations-hours

The Western District of New York (WDNY) is the Federal judicial district that covers the western portion of upstate New York including the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagra, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. It has jurisdiction over the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Elmira. The Chief Judge is the Honorable William M. Skretny. The Clerk of the Court is Michael J. Roemer. The WDNY has 8 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and 6 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is United States Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. There are two federal courthouses in the WDNY. The Buffalo courthouse is located at 2 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202 and the Rochester courthouse is located at 100 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614. www.nywd.uscourts.gov

The District of New Jersey (DNJ) is the Federal judicial district that covers the all 9 million people living in the 21 counties of New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren. The Chief Judge is the Honorable Jerome B. Simandle. The Clerk of the Court is William T. Walsh. The DNJ has 23 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and approximately 12 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is United States Attorney Paul Fishman. There are three federal courthouses in the DNJ: The Newark Courthouse located at 50 Walnut Street, Newark, NJ 07101 , the Trenton Courthouse located at 402 East State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608 and the Camden Courthouse located at 4th and Cooper Streets, Camden, NJ 08101. www.njd.uscourts.gov

The District of Connecticut (DCONN) is the Federal judicial district that covers all 3.6 million people in the state of Connecticut including all 8 counties: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham. The Chief Judge is the Honorable Janet C. Hall. The Clerk of the Court is Robin D. Tabora. The District of Connecticut has 13 Presidentially appointed Article III Judges and 5 Magistrate Judges. The chief prosecutor for the district is Interim United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly. There are three federal courthouses in the District of Connecticut: The New Haven Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, 141 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510; the Hartford Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building, 450 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103; and the Bridgeport Brien McMahon Federal Building, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604. www.ctd.uscourts.gov

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