Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Sharon Prost, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, October 3.

Appointed: Dennis Michael Lynn, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, September 18.

Appointed: William T. Thurman, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, September 4.

Appointed: Delores R. Boyd, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, September 14.

Appointed: John S. Kaull,as Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, September 29.

Appointed: Michael T. Mason,as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, September 29.

Appointed: Fernando M. Olguin, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, July 23.

Appointed: Randolph F. Treece, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, September 25.

Elevated: Judge Frederic N. Smalkin, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, August 27.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Philip H. Brandt, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Thomas T. Glover, October 1.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Joseph M. Scott, Jr., to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, October 1.

Senior Status: Judge Donald E. Ziegler, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, October 1.

Retired: Magistrate Judge John Paul Godich, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, September 30.

Retired: Magistrate Judge W. Thomas Rosemond, Jr, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, September 28.

Resigned: Judge Alfred J. Lechner, Jr, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, October 1.

Deceased: Senior Court of Appeals Judge Floyd R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, October 4.

Deceased: Senior Judge Lenore Carrero Nesbitt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, October 6.

Deceased: Senior Judge Nauman S. Scott, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, September 19.

Deceased: Senior Judge Dorwin W. Suttle, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, September 29.

Deceased: Judge Paul E. Riley, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, October 11.

Deceased: Magistrate Judge William F. Hall, Jr.,U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 9.