D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas, left, and Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton, right. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

A new crop of feeder judges seems to be emerging.

According to a National Law Journal analysis of law clerks hired since 2019, a few familiar federal judges sent the highest number of clerks to work in the chambers of U.S. Supreme Court justices, along with a number of fresh faces that included Trump-appointed judges.