Royce Lamberth

Royce Lamberth
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
July 15, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
May 1, 2008  July 15, 2013
Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
Succeeded byRichard W. Roberts
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
May 19, 1995  May 19, 2002
Preceded byJoyce Hens Green
Succeeded byColleen Kollar-Kotelly
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
November 16, 1987  July 15, 2013
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byBarrington D. Parker
Succeeded byChristopher R. Cooper
Personal details
Born
Royce Charles Lamberth

(1943-07-16) July 16, 1943
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB)

Royce Charles Lamberth (/ˈlæmbərθ/; born July 16, 1943) is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, who formerly served as its chief judge. Since 2015, he has sat as a visiting judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.