Participating Judges
Judges from across the Federal Judiciary participate in the Heyburn Initiative’s programming.
Below is a select list of federal judges and justices who have generously contributed to our efforts, from speeches and conference panels to oral history and archival collections.
U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts,
2005-Present
Heyburn Keynote &
Judicial Conference speaker, 2017


Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch,
2017-Present
Heyburn guest speaker, 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals

Judge Carl E. Stewart,
1994-Present
Heyburn Judicial Conference speaker, 2017

Judge Amul R. Thapar,
2017-Present
Heyburn Board Advisor, 2016
Heyburn oral history interview, 2019

Senior Judge Danny J. Boggs,
1986-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2019-2021

Judge Roger L. Gregory,
2000-Present
Heyburn keynote speaker, 2019

Senior Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr.,
1979-2016
Archival collection donated, 2017

Judge John K. Bush, 2017-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2019-2021
U.S. District Courts


Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell,
1994-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2017
Senior Judge John G. Heyburn II, 1992-2015
Archival collection donated, 2016
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2017-2019

Judge Karen K. Caldwell,
2001-Present
Heyburn oral history interview, 2019

Judge David J. Hale, 2014-Present
Heyburn Board Advisor, 2016
Heyburn oral history interview, 2017

Senior Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., 1995-Present
Oral history interview, 2018

Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, 2018-Present
Heyburn oral history interview, 2020
