Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Richard A. Paez, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, March 17.

Appointed: Marsha S. Berzon, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, March 21.

Appointed: George D. Daniels, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, April 17.

Appointed: Colleen A. Brown, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Vermont, April 10.

Appointed: Robert L. Jones, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, April 4.

Appointed: Randolph J. Haines, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, March 17.

Appointed: Susan D. Davis, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, April 7.

Appointed: Monica J. Benton, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, February 28.

Appointed: James P. O'Hara, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, April 17.

Appointed: Kimberly E. West, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, April 18.

Elevated: Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, vice Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, April 7.

Reappointed: Bankruptcy Judge James G. Mixon, as Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, through June 13, 2002.

Senior Status: Judge Donald J. Lee, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, April 6.

Senior Status: Judge Roger G. Strand, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, April 28.

Retired: Senior Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, April 3.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge John C. Akard, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, April 3.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Richard P. Cornish, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, April 16.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Joseph Schmitt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, March 30.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Eugene W. Beaulieu, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, January 20.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge Susan D. Davis, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, April 6.

Deceased: Senior Judge Daniel Holcombe Thomas, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, April 13.

Deceased: Judge Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine, March 25.

Deceased: Senior Judge Edward J. Schwartz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, March 22.