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Judicial Milestones

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

Richard Alan Hertling

Position:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Date:
June 24, 2019
Appointed

Greg Gerard Guidry

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Date:
June 24, 2019
Appointed

Allen Cothrel Winsor

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Date:
June 21, 2019
Appointed

Kenneth Kiyul Lee

Position:
Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date:
June 20, 2019
Appointed

Pamela A. Barker

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Date:
June 19, 2019
Appointed

Corey Landon Maze

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Date:
June 18, 2019
Appointed

Rossie David Alston, Jr.

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. Distric Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Date:
June 17, 2019
Appointed

Sarah Daggett Morrison

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Date:
June 17, 2019
Appointed

Karen B. Owens

Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Date:
June 17, 2019
Appointed

Rodney Smith

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
June 17, 2019
Retired

E. Scott Frost

Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Date:
June 15, 2019
Appointed

Stephen R. Clark, Sr.

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Date:
June 14, 2019
Appointed

Jean-Paul Boulee

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Date:
June 14, 2019
Senior Status

Nora Barry Fischer

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Date:
June 13, 2019
Appointed

Howard C. Nielson, Jr.

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Date:
June 13, 2019
Deceased

Edwin M. Kosik

Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Date:
June 13, 2019
Appointed

Kenneth D. Bell, Sr.

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Date:
June 12, 2019
Appointed

John T. Dorsey

Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Date:
June 11, 2019
Elevated

Magdeline D. Coleman

Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Date:
June 10, 2019

Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Richard E. Fehling

Senior Status

Joseph H. McKinley, Jr.

Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
June 9, 2019