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.
Elevated
Brian Stacy Miller
Position:
Chief U.S. District Judge
Court:
Eastern District of Arkansas
Date:
July 23, 2012
Succeeding U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes
Deceased
David W. Daniel
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Date:
July 20, 2012
Appointed
Kevin McNulty
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Date:
July 20, 2012
Deceased
Thomas J. Curran
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Date:
July 17, 2012
Senior Status
J.L. Edmondson
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Date:
July 15, 2012
Senior Status
Michael M. Baylson
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date:
July 13, 2012
Appointed
Rebecca Buehler Connelly
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia
Date:
July 11, 2012
Senior Status
Kent J. Dawson
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Date:
July 9, 2012
Retired
George H. Boswell
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Date:
July 8, 2012
Senior Status
Garland E. Burrell, Jr.
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
July 4, 2012
Appointed
Philip R. Lammens
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Date:
July 2, 2012
Elevated
Marcia Phillips Parsons
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Date:
July 2, 2012
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John C. Cook
Appointed
William D. Matthewman
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
July 2, 2012
Senior Status
Robert W. Pratt
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Date:
July 1, 2012
Appointed
Shon T. Erwin
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
July 1, 2012
Resigned
David C. Smith
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge (Part-Time)
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
Date:
July 1, 2012
Retired
Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Date:
June 30, 2012
Rrecalled to Service on July 1, 2012
Retired
Robert J. Kressel
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota
Date:
June 30, 2012
Retired
Samuel Alba
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Date:
June 30, 2012
Retired
Robert W. Ionta
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge (Part-Time)
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New Mexico
Date:
June 29, 2012