J U D I C I A L M I L E S T O N E S

Appointed: Robert E. Blackburn as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, March 8.

Appointed: David L. Bunning, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, February 21.

Appointed: Stephen P. Friot, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, November 19.

Appointed: Callie V. S. Granade, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, February 20.

Appointed: James E. Gritzner, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, March 1.

Appointed: Marcia S. Krieger, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, March 1.

Appointed: Clay D. Land, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, December 28.

Appointed: Philip R. Martinez, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, February 15.

Appointed: Frederick J. Martone, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, January 30.

Appointed: C. Ashley Royal, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, December 28.

Appointed: Jay C. Zainey, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 19.

Appointed: Audrey R. Evans, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, February 17.

Appointed: Robert J. Faris, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii, February 14.

Appointed: Paul L. Abrams, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, January 14.

Appointed: Susan S. Cole, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, March 7.

Appointed: Mark Falk, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, March 1.

Appointed: Walter E. Johnson, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, March 18.

Appointed: Larry A. Kudrle, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, January 24.

Appointed: Carolyn S. Ostby, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, February 25.

Appointed: C. Clifford Shirley, Jr., as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, February 13.

Appointed: R. Clarke Vandervort, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, December 20.

Appointed: Kimberly E. West, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, March 15.

Elevated: Judge David R. Hansen to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, succeeding Judge Roger L. Wollman, February 1.

Elevated: Judge Michael J. Melloy, to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, February 26.

Elevated: Judge Anger L. Haggerty to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, succeeding Judge Michael R. Hogan, March 13.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Donald E. Cordova to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Alan H. W. Shiff, February 11.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge William R. Greendyke to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, succeeding Judge George P. Kazen, January 1.

Senior Status: Judge James H. Jarvis, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, February 28.

Senior Status: Judge Paul A. Magnuson, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, February 9.

Senior Status: Judge Shelby Highsmith, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, March 15.

Senior Status: Judge William L. Standish, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, March 1.

Senior Status: Judge Rodney S. Webb, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, January 1.

Retired: Senior Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, March 30.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Peder K. Ecker, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota, January 30.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Erwin I. Katz, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, March 23.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd King, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii, February 13.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Susan M. Novotny, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, March 26.

Deceased: Court of Appeals Judge Carol Los Mansmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, March 9.

Deceased: Senior Judge C. William Kraft, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, January 18.

Deceased: Senior Judge Henry Woods, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, March 14.

Deceased: Bankruptcy Judge Howard C. Buschman, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, January 12.

Deceased: Senior Judge Edwin E. Hunter, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, February 22.

Deceased: Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Klein, Jr., U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, February 12.