| Appointed: U.S. District Judge Henry F. Floyd, as a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, October 6.
| | Appointed: Timothy M. Cain, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, September 29.
| | Appointed: Nannette Jolivette Brown, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, October 5.
| | Appointed: Katherine B. Forrest, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, October 17.
| | Appointed: Susan Owens Hickey, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, October 25, 2011.
| | Appointed: William Francis Kuntz II, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, October 5.
| | Appointed: Marina Garcia Marmolejo, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, October 5.
| | Appointed: John Andrew Ross, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, October 14.
| | Appointed: Nancy Torresen, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, October 11.
| | Appointed: Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, October 12.
| | Appointed: U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer G. Zipps, as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, October 5.
| | Appointed: David R. Jones, as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, September 30.
| | Appointed: Jean P. Rosenbluth, as a U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, September 23.
| | Appointed: Robert S. Ballou, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, October 3.
| | | Appointed: Vincent C. Ferenbach, as a U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, October 8.
| | Appointed: Barbara McAuliffe, as a U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, October 14.
| | Appointed: Cynthia R. Eddy, as a U.S. tes Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, October 20.
| | Elevated: U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, succeeding U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, October 8.
| | Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William F. Stone, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ross W. Krumm, August 1.
| | Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Tracey N. Wise, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Joseph M. Scott, Jr., October 1.
| | Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Jidge Karen S. Jennemann, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul M. Glenn, October 1.
| | Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle, III, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 1.
| | Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, October 14.
| | Retired: U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, October 1.
| | Retired: U.S. District Judge T. John Ward, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, October 1.
| | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence R. Leavitt, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, October 7.
| | Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert L. Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, October 2.
| | Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Robert Boochever, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, October 9. | |