Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, August 1.

Appointed: Paul C. Huck, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, August 5.

Appointed: David M. Lawson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, August 4.

Appointed: Beverly B. Martin, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, August 4.

Appointed: James S. Moody, Jr., as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, July 29.

Appointed: Gregory A. Presnell, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, August 2.

Appointed: John E. Steele, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, July 28.

Appointed: Thomas L. Perkins, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois, July 20.

Appointed: Joel B. Rosenthal, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, August 10.

Appointed: E. Clifton Knowles, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, July 7.

Appointed: Judith Gail Dein, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, July 31.

Elevated: Court of Appeals Judge Joel M. Flaum, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, succeeding Judge Richard A. Posner, August 1.

Elevated: Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson, to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, succeeding Judge Melvin Brunetti, July 26.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Thomas E. Baynes, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, succeeding Judge George L. Proctor, August 2.

Senior Status: Judge Robert B. Maloney, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, August 31.

Senior Status: Judge Loren A. Smith, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, July 10.

Retired: Bankruptcy Judge William F. Tuohey, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, August 9.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge John E. Steele, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, July 27.

Deceased: Senior Judge Raymond J. Broderick, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, August 6.