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
Jesus G. Bernal
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date:
January 4, 2013
Retired
Barbara S. Jones
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
January 4, 2013
Appointed
Catherine J. Furay
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Date:
January 3, 2013
Appointed
Terrence G. Berg
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Date:
January 3, 2013
Appointed
Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
Date:
January 2, 2013
Appointed
James M. Carr
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Date:
January 2, 2013
Appointed
Thomas M. Lynch
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
January 1, 2013
Elevated
Robert D. Martin
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Date:
January 1, 2013
Succeeding retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Utsching.
Elevated
Marcia Krieger
Position:
Chief U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Date:
January 1, 2013
Succeeding Senior U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel
Elevated
Thomas H. Fulton
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
January 1, 2013
Succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Joan Alison Lloyd
Appointed
Nancy J. Koppe
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Date:
January 1, 2013
Senior Status
Mark L. Wolfe
Position:
Chief U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Date:
January 1, 2013
Appointed
Miguel A. Torres
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
January 1, 2013
Elevated
Stephen C. St. John
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Date:
January 1, 2013
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Douglas O. Tice, Jr.
Senior Status
Wiley Y. Daniel
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Date:
January 1, 2013
Elevated
Mary Patricia Gorman
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois
Date:
January 1, 2013
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas L. Perkins
Senior Status
Hilda G. Tagle
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
December 31, 2012
Senior Status
Sam E. Haddon
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
Date:
December 31, 2012
Appointed
Stanley A. Boone
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
December 31, 2012
Appointed
Michael P. Shea
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Date:
December 31, 2012