Vol. 38, Number 6 — June 2006

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Brett M. Kavanugh, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, May 30.

Appointed: Patrick J. Schiltz, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, May 30.

Appointed: Michael R. Barrett, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, May 25.

Appointed: Gray H. Miller, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, May 15.

Appointed: Stacey G. Jernigan, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, May 12.

Appointed: Victoria S. Kaufman, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, May 2.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, succeeding U.S. District Judge Ronald E. Longstaff, May 2.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, May 31.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, June 5, 2006.

Retired: Senior U. S. District Judge F. A. Little, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, May 15.

Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William Houston Brown, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee, May 31.

Resigned: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, May 10.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick A. Daugherty, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, April 7.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge S. Hugh Dillin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, March 13.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, May 19.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Varner, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, May 17.

Deceased: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bert M. Goldwater, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, May 3.