Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Richard C. Tallman, as U.S. Court of Appeal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 30.

Appointed: Kent J. Dawson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, July 7.

Appointed: Phyllis J. Hamilton, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, July 7.

Appointed: Mary A. McLaughlin, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 23.

Appointed: Berle M. Schiller, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 6.

Appointed: George Z. Singal, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, July 17.

Appointed: R. Barclay Surrick, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, July 14,

Appointed: Petrese B. Tucker, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, July 14.

Appointed: Cecelia G. Morris, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, July 1.

Appointed: Geraldine Soat Brown, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, June 19.

Appointed: J. Thomas Ray, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, June 28.

Elevated: Judge Lawrence M. Baskir, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, succeeding Judge Loren A. Smith, July 11.

Elevated: Judge William J. Zloch, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, succeeding Judge Edward B. Davis, July 2.

Elevated: Judge Sue L. Robinson, to Chief Judge, U.S. District for the District of Delaware, succeeding Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., July 1.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Gerald H. Schiff, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the West-ern District of Louisiana, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Henley A. Hunter, June 1.

Retired: Judge William G. Cambridge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, July 11.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Lawrence Ollason, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, June 30.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge James F. Queenan, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, July 21.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge David F. Snow, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, July 24.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Carlyle E. Richards, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, July 21.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge Lisa Cataldo, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, July 1.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge Phyllis Jean Hamilton, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, July 6.

Deceased: Senior Judge Paul G. Hatfield, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, July 3.

Deceased: Senior Judge Joe J. Fisher, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, June 19.