Vol. 39, Number 4 — April 2007

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Henry S. Perkin, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, March 2.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Robert L. Echols, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, March 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, III, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, April 1

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, April 30.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Carla E. Craig, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Melanie L. Cyganowski, March 1.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge John P. Cooney, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, February 28.