List of Judges on all Law & Order shows:
Law & Order
Arraignment Judges
Trial Judges
Appellate Judges
| Actor | Character | First episode | Last episode | Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norma Fire | New York County Appellate Judge Pamela Jensen |
"Black Tie" (Season 4) |
"Absentia" (Season 13) |
7 |
| George Bartenieff | New York County Appellate Judge Shawn McNamara |
"American Dream" (Season 4) |
"Gunshow" (Season 10) |
5 |
| Ira Wheeler | New York County Appellate Judge Bloom |
"Asylum" (Season 2) |
"Black Tie" (Season 4) |
2 |
| Leslie Barrett | New York County Appellate Judge Lewis Getman |
"Black Tie" (Season 4) |
"Humiliation" (Season 6) |
2 |
| Chester A. Sims II | New York County Appellate Judge Wayne Humphrey |
"American Dream" (Season 4) |
"Performance" (Season 5) |
2 |
| Graham Brown | New York County Appellate Judge Barry Marton |
"Asylum" (Season 2) |
"Black Tie" (Season 4) |
2 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Arraignment Judges
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Crouse | New York County Arraignment Judge D. Andrews |
"Stranger" (Season 10) |
"Bombshell" (Season 12) |
7 |
| Zach Grenier | New York County Arraignment Judge Miranski |
"Wet" (Season 12) |
"Flight" (Season 12) |
2 |
| Michael Mastro | New York County Arraignment Judge Serani |
"Scorched Earth" (Season 13) |
N/A | 11+ |
| Stephen Bradbury | New York County Arraignment Judge Colin McNamara |
"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13) |
N/A | 11+ |
| Sharon Washington | New York County Arraignment Judge Hayes |
"Above Suspicion" (Season 14) |
"December Solstice" (Season 16) |
4 |
| Kecia Lewis | New York County Arraignment Judge Constance Copeland |
"Surrender Benson" (Season 15) |
"October Surprise" (Season 15) |
2 |
| Sonia Manzano | New York County Arraignment Judge Gloria Pepitone |
"Undercover Blue" (Season 14) |
N/A | 6+ |
Trial Judges
Family Court Judges
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne Houdyshell | New York County Trial Judge / Family Court Judge Ruth Linden |
"Silence" (Season 3) |
"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16) |
10 |
| Stephen Henderson | New York County Family Court Judge Bernard |
"Alien" (Season 7) |
"Clock" (Season 8) |
2 |
| Anita Gillette | New York County Family Court / Arraignment Judge Shelia Tripler |
"Wannabe" (Season 11) |
"Bullseye" (Season 12) |
2 |
| Priscilla Lopez | New York County Family Court Judge Shira Suarez |
"Child's Welfare" (Season 13) |
"Vanity's Bonfire" (Season 14) |
2 |
| Novella Nelson | New York County Family Court Judge Anne Sciola |
"Criminal Hatred" (Season 14) |
"Comic Perversion" (Season 15) |
2 |
Federal Judges
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Patterson | Federal Trial Judge William Evans |
"Undercover Mother" (Season 16) |
"Perverted Justice" (Season 16) |
2 |
Law & Order/Law & Order: Special Victims Unit/Law & Order: Trial by Jury
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Blommaert | New York County Trial Judge Rebecca Steinman |
L&O: "God Bless the Child" (Season 2) |
TBJ: "Vigilante" (Season 1) |
10 |
| Michael Mulheren | New York County Trial Judge Harrison Taylor |
"Refuge (1)" (Season 11) |
"Positive" (Season 16) |
11 |
Law & Order/Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Belack | New York County Trial Judge Margaret Barry |
"Happily Ever After" (Season 1) |
"School Daze" (Season 11) |
12 |
| Leslie Ayvazian | New York County Trial Judge Susan Valdera |
SVU: "Limitations" (Season 1) |
L&O: "Strike" (Season 18) |
6 |
| William Mitchell | New York County Appellate Judge P. Connolly |
"The Third Guy" (Season 1) |
"Manic" (Season 5) |
4 |
| John Ramsey | New York County Trial Judge Walter Schreiber |
"The Blue Wall" (Season 1) |
"Teenage Wasteland" (Season 11) |
12 |
| Patrick Tovatt | New York County Arraignment Judge Barry Abrams |
L&O: "Carrier" (Season 8) |
SVU: "Entitled" (Season 1) |
2 |
| Audrie J. Neenan | New York County Trial Judge Marilyn Haynes |
L&O: "Teenage Wasteland" (Season 11) |
SVU: "Monogamy" (Season 3) |
3 |
Law & Order/Law & Order: Trial by Jury
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lipman | New York County Arraignment Judge Morris Torledsky |
"The Fertile Fields" (Season 2) |
"Age of Innocence" (Season 16) |
29 |
| Ron McLarty | New York County Trial Judge William Wright |
L&O: "Damaged" (Season 8) |
TBJ: "Truth or Consequences" (Season 1) |
5 |
| David Fonteno | New York County Trial Judge Derek Hafner |
"Whose Monkey is it Anyway?" (Season 11) |
"Exchange" (Season 19) |
5 |
Trial Judges
- Leslie Goldman as Trial Judge Benjamin Harcourt
- Sam Gray as Trial Judge Manuel Leon
- Barbara Spiegel as Trial Judge Harriet Doremus
- William Severs as Trial Judge Henry Fillmore
- George Murdock as Trial Judge Eric Bertram
- Victor Truro as Trial Judge Douglas Spivack
- DeAnn Mears as Trial Judge Maria Gance
- Ted Kazanoff as Trial Judge Daniel Scarletti
- Helmar Augustus Cooper as Trial Judge Lawrence McNeil
- Pippa Pearthree as Trial Judge Esther Morrow
- Michael Mulheren as Trial Judge Sheldon Taylor/Harrison Taylor
- Connie Winston as Trial Judge Shirley Taylor
- Carey Lowell as Trial Judge Jamie Ross
- Michael Murphy as Trial Judge Peter Blakemore
- George DiCenzo as Trial Judge Raoul Sabatelli
- Swoosie Kurtz as Trial Judge Hilda Marsden
- John Rubinstein as Trial Judge T. Schuyler (deceased)
Arraignment Judges
- Vince Pacimeo as Arraignment Judge Douglas/David Venturelli