Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Harlin DeWayne Hale, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, November 7.

Appointed: Janice Miller Karlin, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas, October 17.

Appointed: William T. Lawrence, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, November 11.

Appointed: Sharon L. Ovington, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, October 28

Elevated: Judge James H. Payne, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, succeeding Judge Frank Howell Seay, October 27.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Nugent, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas,succeding Bankruptcy Judge James A. Pusateri, October 28.

Senior Status: Judge James C. Turk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, November 1.

Retired: Court of Appeals Judge Robert M. Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, November 11.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Robert C. McGuire, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, October 31.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Kennard P. Foster, U.S. District Court for the Southern Disctrict of Indiana, November 10.

Deceased: Senior Judge Dale E. Saffels, U.S. District Court for the Disctrict of Kansas, November 14.

Deceased: Magistrate Judge Ronald N. Boyce, U.S. District Court for the Disctrict of Utah, October 28.

Deceased: Judge Nicholas J. Bua, U.S. District Court for Northern Disctrict of Illinois, November 1./P>