Vol. 37, Number 8—August 2005

Chief Judge Hogan Named Chair of Judicial Conference Executive Committee

Two New Executive Committee Members Appointed

	Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has named Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan (D.D.C.) Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference. Among its responsibilities as the senior executive arm of the Conference, the Committee has the authority to act on behalf of the Conference between its regular sessions. Hogan’s appointment takes effect October 1, 2005.

Hogan will replace Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King (5th Cir.), who served on the Committee for five years, the last three as the chair. In a letter to King, Chief Justice Rehnquist called her “an exceptionally creative and vigorous chairman.”

Hogan was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in August 1982 and became chief judge in June 2001. He has served on the Executive Committee since 2001.

Two new Executive Committee members also have been named. Chief Judge Paul R. Michel (Fed. Cir.) will succeed King, who soon will leave the Conference. Judge Charles Breyer (N.D. Calif.) succeeds Judge J. Owen Forrester (N.D. Ga.) whose term expires. Both appointments are effective October 1, 2005.

Currently, the other members of the Executive Committee are Chief Judge Michael Boudin (1st Cir.), Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum (7th Cir.), Judge J. Owen Forrester (N.D. Ga.), Judge David L. Russell (W.D. Okla.), Chief Judge John M. Walker (2nd Cir.) and Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.