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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Virginia M. Kendal, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, January 17.
Appointed: W. Keith Watkins, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, January 12.
Appointed: James M. Peck, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, January 10.
Appointed: James E. Gates, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, January 27.
Appointed: Oswald Parada, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Central District of California; January 20.
Appointed: Jacqueline Chooljian, as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, January 9.
Elevated: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Edith Hollan Jones, to
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, succeeding U.S. Courts
of Appeals Judge Carolyn Dineen King, January 16.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III, to Chief
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, succeeding
U.S. District Judge James T. Giles, January 1.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier, to Chief
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, succeeding U.S.
District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol, January 1.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, to Chief Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, succeeding U.S. District
Judge William G. Young, January 2.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas L. Perkins, to Chief
Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald D. Fines, January 1.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barbara J. Houser, to Chief
Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven A. Felsenthal, September 19.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge David M. Ebel,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, January 16.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Frank W. Bullock, Jr.,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, December 31.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 31.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, December 31.
Senior Status: U.S. Chief District Judge Graham Calder
Mullen, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina,
December 1.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist, U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Michigan, January 1.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein, Jr., U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, January 1.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Harry W. McKee, U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas, January 1