`fjc_judge_lookup`

Pack: fjc-judges · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/fjc_judge_lookup for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Look up a US federal (Article III) judge by name in the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory — every Supreme Court justice, court of appeals and district court judge since 1789. Returns each appointment: court, title, appointing president and party, ABA rating, nomination, hearing, confirmation and commission dates, Senate vote, chief-judge and senior-status dates, and when and how service ended; plus birth, death, education and professional career. Answers “who appointed Judge X”, “when was X confirmed”, “is X still serving”, “where did X go to law school”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Judge name, full or partial, e.g. “Ketanji Brown Jackson”, “Sotomayor”, “Learned Hand”.
`limit`	number	no	Max matches returned in full (default 5, max 25).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Ketanji Brown Jackson"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fjc-judges/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"fjc_judge_lookup","arguments":{"name":"Ketanji Brown Jackson"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('fjc_judge_lookup', {
  "name": "Ketanji Brown Jackson"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the fjc-judges pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fjc-judges": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fjc-judges/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

fjc_judge_lookup