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.
Deceased
James L. Foreman
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Date:
June 3, 2012
Retired
Theodore H. Katz
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
June 1, 2012
Retired
Ricardo M. Urbina
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Date:
May 31, 2012
Retired
C. Christopher Hagy
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Date:
May 31, 2012
Appointed
Paul J. Watford
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date:
May 31, 2012
Retired
Anne E. Vitunac
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
May 27, 2012
Appointed
George Levi Russell, III
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Date:
May 24, 2012
Appointed
Kristine Gerhard Baker
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Date:
May 21, 2012
Appointed
Timothy A. Barnes
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
May 16, 2012
Appointed
Jacqueline H. Nguyen
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date:
May 15, 2012
Retired
Susan Pierson Sonderby
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
May 15, 2012
Retired
Edward C. Voss
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Date:
May 13, 2012
Appointed
H. Brent Brennenstuhl
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
May 11, 2012
Deceased
Louis H. Pollak
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date:
May 8, 2012
Appointed
Bruce G. Macdonald
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Date:
May 7, 2012
Appointed
Leslie A. Bowman
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Date:
May 7, 2012
Deceased
Robert E. Coyle
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
May 7, 2012
Deceased
James R. Browning
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date:
May 6, 2012
Elevated
Jeffrey E.T. Bohm
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
May 5, 2012
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin P. Isgur
Retired
Christine Ann Noland
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Date:
May 5, 2012