Vol. 37, Number 8—August 2005

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Janice Rogers Brown, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 1.

Appointed: Thomas B. Griffith, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 1.

Appointed: Robert S. Bardwil, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California, July 6.

Appointed: Pamela Pepper, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, July 5.

Appointed: Dean R. Brett, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, June 23.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Lowell Nygaard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, July 9.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Redfield T. Baum, Sr., to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sarah Sharer Curley, June 28.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge E. Stephen Derby, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James F. Schneider, August 1

Retired: U.S. Senior District Judge Gary L. Taylor, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, July 1.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge John Jelderks, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, July 12.

Resigned: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jane Dickson McKeag, U.S. Bankruptcy of California, July 5.

Deceased: Senior Judge Falcon B. Hawkins, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, July 20.