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.
Resigned
J. Rich Leonard
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Date:
July 14, 2013
Appointed
Laurel E. Davis
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
Date:
July 12, 2013
Resigned
Bruce A. Markell
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
Date:
July 10, 2013
Senior Status
David L. Russell
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
July 7, 2013
Senior Status
Terry Means
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Date:
July 3, 2013
Elevated
Ruben Castillo
Position:
Chief U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
July 1, 2013
Succeeding U.S. District Judge James F. Holderman
Elevated
Louis H. Kornreich
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine
Date:
July 1, 2013
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James B. Haines, Jr.
Appointed
Gregory L. Taddonio
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Date:
July 1, 2013
Senior Status
Jean C. Hamilton
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Date:
July 1, 2013
Senior Status
Anthony J. Scirica
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Date:
July 1, 2013
Senior Status
Susan Yvonne Illston
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Date:
July 1, 2013
Appointed
Katherine A. Constantine
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota
Date:
July 1, 2013
Appointed
Christine M. Gravelle
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Date:
July 1, 2013
Retired
Robert Levy
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Date:
June 30, 2013
Senior Status
Michael Patrick McCuskey
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Date:
June 30, 2013
Retired
Dennis D. O'Brien
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota
Date:
June 30, 2013
Retired
Thomas M. Weaver
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
June 30, 2013
Retired
Raymond T. Lyons
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Date:
June 30, 2013
Resigned
Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr.
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Date:
June 30, 2013
Retired
Patricia J. Gorence
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Date:
June 30, 2013