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.
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
April 1, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge William C. Sherrill, Jr
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
March 31, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
March 31, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Stein Nowak
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
March 31, 2012
Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert R. Beezer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
March 30, 2012
Position: U.S. Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
March 30, 2012
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
March 30, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Y. Powers
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
March 29, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge David O. Nuffer
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
March 23, 2012
U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
March 23, 2012
Position: U.S. Magistrate Judge (Part-Time)
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
March 23, 2012
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
March 23, 2012
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
March 22, 2012
U.S. Magistrate Judge (Part-Time) Victor H. Laws, III
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
March 21, 2012
U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
March 21, 2012
Position: U.S. District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
March 21, 2012
U.S. District Judge William J. Hibbler
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
March 19, 2012
U.S. District Judge David Folsom
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
March 17, 2012
Position: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
March 16, 2012
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Whitney Rimel
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
March 15, 2012