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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Timothy Burgess, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Alaska, January 23.
Appointed: Eric N. Vitaliano, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 8.
Appointed: Richard E. Fehling, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, February 14.
Appointed: Eric L. Frank, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, February 14.
Appointed: Laurel Myerson Isicoff, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, February 13.
Appointed: Richard M. Neiter, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, February 18.
Appointed: John Karl Olson, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, February 10.
Appointed: James Jack Robinson, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama, February 16.
Appointed: Christopher S. Sontchi, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, February 23.
Appointed: Michael E. Hegarty, as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, February 15.
Appointed: Timothy S. Hillman, as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, February 13.
Appointed: Ramon E. Reyes, Jr., as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 13.
Appointed: A. Kathleen Tomlinson, U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 24.
Appointed: Paul M. Warner, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Utah, February 19.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond C. Clevenger,
III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, February 1.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge William Henry Barbour,
Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi,
February 4.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin,
Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, March
13.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Lesley Brooks Wells, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, February 14.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Norman A. Mordue, to Chief
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, succeeding
U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., March 14.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mark B. McFeeley, to Chief
Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James S. Starzynski, January 1.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth L. Perris, to
Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Albert E. Radcliffe, October 1, 2005.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John E. Waites, to Chief
Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William Thurmond Bishop, March 1.