Vol. 38, Number 12 — December 2006

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Brian K. Tester, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico, November 13.

Appointed: Martin Glenn, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, November 30.

Appointed: Esther Salas, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, November 3.

Appointed: Joel Schneider, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, October 31.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, succeeding U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett, December 30.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald B. King, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Larry E. Kelly, November 2.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bruce M. Seyla, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, December 31.

Senior Status: Chief U.S. District Judge Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, December 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Donald J. Stohr, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, December 31.

Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James G. Mixon, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, November 30.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Vanzetta Penn McPherson, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, October 31.

Deceased: U.S. Senior Judge Daniel B. Sparr, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, November 9.

Deceased: U.S. Senior Judge Richard C. Erwin, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, November 7.