Hala Yalda Jarbou is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. She is the first Chaldean federal judge.

Chaldean Catholics, also known as Chaldeans, Chaldo-Assyrians or Assyro-Chaldeans, are ethnic Assyrian adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church, which originates from the historic Church of the East.