J U D I C I A L M I L E S T O N E S

Appointed: John D. Bates, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, December 20.

Appointed: William Paul Johnson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, December 28.

Appointed: Danny C. Reeves, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, December 31.

Appointed: Julie A. Robinson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, December 14.

Appointed: James C. Mahan, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, February 1.

Appointed: Morris Stern, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, December 27.

Elevated: Judge A. Joe Fish,to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, succeeding Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, January 1.

Senior Status: Judge Procter Hug, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 1.

Senior Status: Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, January 31.

Senior Status: Judge George C. Smith, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, January 1.

Senior Status: Judge Donald E. Walter, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, November 30.

Senior Status: Judge Herman J. Weber, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, January 1.

Retired: Judge Nicholas H. Politan, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, January 4.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge A. David Kahn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, January 3.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Robert J. DeGiacomo, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, January 25.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Alexander B. Denson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, January 11.

Resigned: Bankruptcy Judge Ray Reynolds Graves, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, January 5.

Deceased: Senior Judge William L. Dwyer, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, February 12.

Deceased: Senior Judge Herbert N. Maletz, U.S. Court of International Trade, January 6.

Deceased: Senior Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, January 1.

Deceased: Judge John W. Reynolds, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, January 6.

Deceased: Judge H. F. Garcia, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, January 16.

Correction:The February 2002 Milestones reported that Judge Rogert L. Wollman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit took senior status on February 1. He has not. Judge Wollman stepped down as chief judge of the Circuit but remains in active service on the court. The Editors apologize for this error.