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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Aida Delgado-Colon, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, March 20.
Appointed: Clerk of the Court Leo M. Gordon, to U.S. Court
of International Trade Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade, March 21.
Appointed: U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen G. Larson, to U.S.
District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California,
March 21.
Appointed: Helen E. Burris, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina, March 1.
Appointed: Patrick M. Flatley, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, March 12.
Appointed: Kevin Gross, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, March 13.
Appointed: Brendan L. Shannon, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, March 13.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry S. Schermer, to Chief
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of
Missouri, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James J. Barta, February 1.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge David Bramlette, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, March 20.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Juan M. Perez-Gimenez,
U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, March 28.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen, Sr.,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, April 3.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, April 8.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge David G. Trager, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, March 1.
Retired: Associate Justice Sandra D. O’Connor, U.S. Supreme
Court, January 31.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert W. Alberts, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, February 17.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James J. Barta, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, January 31.
Retired: Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William Thurmond
Bishop, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Southern Carolina,
February 28.
Retired: Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge L. Edward Friend,
II, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia,
March 11.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas M. Twardowski, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, February 5.
Retired: United States Magistrate Judge James W. McMahon,
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Feburary 10.
Retired: United States Magistrate Judge Alfred G. Nicols,
Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi,
February 18.
Retired: United States Magistrate Judge Marcel C. Notzon,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, February 28.