Judicial Milestones

Appointed: William Jay Riley, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, August 16.

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: Susan Paradise Baxter, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, August 27.

Appointed: Paul Game, Jr., as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, August 1.

Elevated: Judge Consuelo Bland Marshall, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, succeeding Judge Terry J. Hatter, Jr., September 25.

Senior Status: Court of Appeals Judge Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, September 30.

Senior Status: Judge H. Russel Holland, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, September 18.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge Stephen A. Stripp, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, September 14.

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

Deceased: Senior Judge James L. Watson, U.S. Court of International Trade, September 1.

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

Deceased: Senior Judge Albert Lee Stephens, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, September 6.

Deceased: Bankruptcy Judge Lawrence Ollason, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, June 23.