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
Rozella A. Oliver
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date:
May 1, 2015
Senior Status
Sandra L. Townes
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Date:
May 1, 2015
Elevated
Kathryn C. Ferguson
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Date:
May 1, 2015
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gloria M. Burns
Retired
Margaret A. Mahoney
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Date:
April 30, 2015
Retired
Dennis Hisey Inman
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Date:
April 30, 2015
Retired
Mark E. Aspey
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Date:
April 30, 2015
Retired
David G. Bernthal
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Date:
April 30, 2015
Retired
Ralph Zarefsky
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date:
April 30, 2015
Deceased
John G. Heyburn, II
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
April 29, 2015
Deceased
Lorraine Murphy Weil
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut
Date:
April 26, 2015
Deceased
George C. Young
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Date:
April 24, 2015
Elevated
George C. Hanks
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
April 23, 2015
Senior Status
Kermit Edward Bye
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Date:
April 22, 2015
Appointed
Michael A. Fagone
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine
Date:
April 21, 2015
Deceased
Robert P. Patterson, Jr.
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
April 21, 2015
Appointed
John M. Bodenhausen
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Date:
April 16, 2015
Appointed
Alfred H. Bennett
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
April 16, 2015
Retired
Harold R. DeMoss, Jr.
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date:
April 16, 2015
Appointed
Ann M. Nevins
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut
Date:
April 15, 2015
Retired
Terry I. Adelman
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Date:
April 15, 2015