Vol. 37, Number 2 —February 2005

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Micaela Alverez, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, December 27.

Appointed: Christopher A. Boyko, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, January 4.

Appointed: Keith Starrett, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, January 1.

Appointed: Curtis V. Gomez, as U.S. District Judge, District Court for the Virgin Islands, January 3.

Appointed: Jeffrey E. T. Bohm, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, December 30.

Appointed: Robert Somma , as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, December 31.

Appointed: Mark L. Hornsby, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, January 14.

Appointed: Donald C. Wilkerson, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, January 4.

Elevated: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Paul R. Michel, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, succeeding U.S. Courts of Appeals Judge Haldane Robert Mayer, December 25.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, succeeding U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf, December 1.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge James G. Carr, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, succeeding U.S. District Judge Paul R. Matia, December 21.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Irma E. Gonzalez, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, succeeding U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff, January 24.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Michael Patrick McCuskey, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, succeeding U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade, January 14.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, succeeding U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton, December 3.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jerry A. Brown, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas M. Brahney, III, deceased, January 3.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge M. Bruce McCullough, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald, January 1.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 3l.

Senior Status : U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr., U.S.Court of International Trade, December 10.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Denis R. Hurley, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, December 18.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge David A. Katz, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, January 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Paul R. Matia, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, December 31.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge James K. Singleton, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, January 27.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Gary L. Taylor, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, December 8.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge William H. Walls, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, January 31.

Retired: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, December 8.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence P. Cohen, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, January 31.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, January 3.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Willard W. McEwen, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, December 27.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, January 2.

Deceased: Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ellsworth Van Graafeiland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, November 20.

Deceased: U.S. Senior Judge William A. Bootle, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, January 25.

Deceased: U.S. Senior Judge Henry A. Mentz, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, January 23.

Deceased: Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas M. Brahney III, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, December 17.

Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Core, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, December 10.

Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Mignella, Jr. , U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, December 8.