This table tracks milestones in federal judges' careers, including appointments to the bench, elevations to a new judicial position, taking senior status, retiring, and death.
Appointed
Robert L. Pitman
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
December 19, 2014
Appointed
Mark A. Kearney
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date:
December 18, 2014
Senior Status
Claudia Wilken
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Date:
December 17, 2014
Elevated
Phyllis J. Hamilton
Position:
Chief Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Date:
December 17, 2014
Succeeding U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken
Deceased
William T. Prince
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Date:
December 15, 2014
Appointed
Lydia Kay Griggsby
Position:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Date:
December 15, 2014
Appointed
Janice D. Loyd
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
December 12, 2014
Deceased
James S. Gallas
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Date:
December 11, 2014
Appointed
David Jason Hale
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
December 10, 2014
Elevated
Susan V. Kelley
Position:
Chief Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Date:
December 8, 2014
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Pamela Pepper
Appointed
Robert T. Numbers, II
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Date:
December 8, 2014
Appointed
Gregory Neil Stivers
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
December 6, 2014
Appointed
Brenda Kay Sannes
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Date:
December 4, 2014
Deceased
George J. Long
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
December 3, 2014
Deceased
A.J. McNamara
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Date:
December 2, 2014
Senior Status
William Joseph Haynes, Jr.
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Date:
December 1, 2014
Senior Status
Williams Joseph Haynes, Jr.
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Date:
December 1, 2014
Senior Status
Stephen P. Friot
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
December 1, 2014
Elevated
Sidney R. Thomas
Position:
Chief Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date:
December 1, 2014
Succeeding U.S. Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski
Deceased
Arnold C. Rapoport
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date:
November 29, 2014