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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Valerie Baker Fairbank, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, February 20.
Appointed: Gregory K. Frizzell, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, February 2.
Appointed: Philip S. Gutierrez, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, February 16.
Appointed: Marcia Morales Howard, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, February 21.
Appointed: Lawrence J. O’Neill, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, February 2.
Appointed: Lisa Godbey Wood, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, February 8.
Appointed: Margaret Mary Cangilos-Ruiz, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, February 5.
Appointed: Robert N. Kwan, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, February 5.
Appointed: Barry A. Bryant, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, February 19.
Appointed: Michelle H. Burns, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, February 23.
Appointed: Jeremiah J. McCarthy, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, February 26.
Appointed: Deborah M. Smith, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, February 5.
Retired: U.S. District Judge Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, February 16.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Larry E. Kelly, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, January 31.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, January 31.
Deceased: Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, February 12.
Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Douglas W. Hillman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, February 1.
Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Elsijane Trimble Roy, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, January 23.