Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Michael W. McConnell, as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, December 5.

Appointed: John M. Rogers, as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 27.

Appointed: Dennis W. Shedd, as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, December 10.

Appointed: Stanley R. Chesler, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, December 4.

Appointed: Ronald H. Clark, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, November 22.

Appointed: Mark E. Fuller, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, December 2.

Appointed: James Knoll Gardner, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, November 26.

Appointed: Daniel L. Hovland, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, November 26.

Appointed: Kent A. Jordan, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, November 27.

Appointed: James Edgar Kinkeade, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, November 18.

Appointed: Robert G. Klausner,as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, December 4.

Appointed: Robert B. Kugler, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, December 4.

Appointed: Ronald B. Leighton, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, November 26.

Appointed: Alia Moses Ludlum, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, November 18.

Appointed: William J. Martini, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, November 20.

Appointed: Thomas W. Phillips, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, November 19.

Appointed: Linda R. Reade, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, November 26.

Appointed: William E. Smith, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, December 2.

Appointed: Freda L. Wolfson, as Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, December 4.

Appointed: Thomas H. Fulton, as Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucy, December 6.

Elevated: Judge Richard J. Arcara, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, succeeding Judge David G. Larimer, January 1.

Deceased: Senior Judge Edwin L. Mechem, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, November 27.

Deceased: Senior Judge Richard J. Putnam, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, December 16.

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