Vol. 36, Number 5—May 2004

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Neil Vincent Wake, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, April 30.

Appointed: Louis Guirola, Jr., as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, March 23.

Appointed: Timothy S. Black, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, May 1.

Appointed: David C. Keesler, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, April 30.

Appointed: William M. Wunderlich, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, April 30.

Appointed: Camille L. Velez-Rive, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, March 22.

Appointed: Lisa P. Lenihan, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, April 2.

Appointed: George W. Cannon, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, District Court for the Virgin Islands, April 12.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Diane Weiss Sigmund, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Bruce I. Fox, April 5.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Shanahan, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, May 5.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, April 17.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, April 27.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Walter J. Gex III, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, March 24.

Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bernard Markovitz, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, April 17.

Deceased: Senior Judge Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, April 13.