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Judicial Confirmations for January 2015

Judicial Confirmations 113th Congress As of 01/01/2015
Nominee Nomination Date Confirmation Date Circuit/District Incumbent Vacancy Date Vacancy Reason
Abrams,Leslie Joyce 03/11/2014 11/18/2014 11 - GAM Sands,W. Louis 04/12/2014 Senior
Alonso,Jorge Luis 08/05/2014 12/16/2014 07 - ILN Guzman,Ronald A. 11/16/2014 Senior
Arleo,Madeline Cox 06/26/2014 11/20/2014 03 - NJ Cavanaugh,Dennis M. 01/31/2014 Retired
Azrack,Joan Marie 09/18/2014 12/16/2014 02 - NYE Seybert,Joanna 01/13/2014 Senior
Bacharach,Robert E. 01/04/2013 02/25/2013 10 - CCA Henry,Robert H. 06/30/2010 Resigned
Barnett,Mark A. 01/04/2013 05/23/2013        IT Barzilay,Judith M. 06/02/2011 Senior
Barron,David Jeremiah 01/06/2014 05/22/2014 01 - CCA Boudin,Michael 06/01/2013 Senior
Bashant,Cynthia Ann 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 09 - CAS Gonzalez,Irma E. 03/29/2013 Senior
Bastian,Stanley Allen 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 09 - WAE Shea,Edward F. 06/07/2012 Senior
Beetlestone,Wendy 06/16/2014 11/20/2014 03 - PAE Baylson,Michael M. 07/13/2012 Senior
Biggs,Loretta Copeland 09/18/2014 12/16/2014 04 - NCM Beaty Jr.,James A. 06/30/2014 Senior
Birotte Jr.,Andre 04/03/2014 07/22/2014 09 - CAC Feess,Gary 03/13/2014 Senior
Blakey,John Robert 08/05/2014 12/16/2014 07 - ILN Holderman Jr.,James F. 12/31/2013 Senior
Bloom,Beth 02/06/2014 06/24/2014 11 - FLS Graham,Donald L. 12/15/2013 Senior
Bolden,Victor Allen 06/16/2014 11/20/2014 02 - CT Arterton,Janet Bond 07/01/2014 Senior
Bough,Stephen R. 01/16/2014 12/16/2014 08 - MOW Gaitan Jr.,Fernando J. 01/03/2014 Senior
Boulware II,Richard Franklin 01/16/2014 06/10/2014 09 - NV Pro,Philip M. 12/31/2011 Senior
Broderick,Vernon S. 04/15/2013 09/09/2013 02 - NYS Batts,Deborah A. 04/13/2012 Senior
Brooks,Timothy L. 01/06/2014 03/05/2014 08 - ARW Hendren,Jimm Larry 12/31/2012 Senior
Brown,Debra M. 05/16/2013 11/04/2013 05 - MSN Pepper Jr.,W. Allen 01/24/2012 Deceased
Bruce,Colin Stirling 05/06/2013 10/07/2013 07 - ILC McCuskey,Michael Patrick 06/30/2013 Senior
Burroughs,Allison Dale 07/31/2014 12/16/2014 01 - MA Zobel,Rya W. 04/01/2014 Senior
Byron,Paul G. 02/06/2014 06/24/2014 11 - FLM Moody Jr.,James S. 03/31/2014 Senior
Caproni,Valerie E 01/04/2013 09/09/2013 02 - NYS Holwell,Richard J 02/07/2012 Resigned
Carnes,Julie E. 01/06/2014 07/21/2014 11 - CCA Edmondson,J. L. 07/15/2012 Senior
Chappell,Sheri Polster 01/04/2013 05/20/2013 11 - FLM Presnell,Gregory A. 04/01/2012 Senior
Chen,Pamela Ki Mai 01/04/2013 03/04/2013 02 - NYE Dearie,Raymond J. 04/03/2011 Senior
Chen,Raymond T. 02/07/2013 08/01/2013 FD - CCA Linn,Richard 10/31/2012 Senior
Chhabria,Vince Girdhari 01/06/2014 03/05/2014 09 - CAN Illston,Susan Yvonne 07/01/2013 Senior
Chuang,Theodore David 01/06/2014 05/01/2014 04 - MD Titus,Roger W. 01/17/2014 Senior
Chutkan,Tanya S. 01/06/2014 06/04/2014 DC - DC 07/01/2013 AO Director
Cohen,Mark Howard 01/06/2014 11/18/2014 11 - GAN Cooper,Clarence 02/09/2009 Senior
Cooper,Christopher Reid 01/06/2014 03/26/2014 DC - DC Lamberth,Royce C. 07/15/2013 Senior
Costa,Gregg Jeffrey 01/06/2014 05/20/2014 05 - CCA Benavides,Fortunato P. 02/03/2012 Senior
Crabtree,Daniel D. 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 10 - KS Lungstrum,John W. 11/02/2010 Senior
Crawford,Geoffrey W. 05/20/2014 06/24/2014 02 - VT Sessions III,William K. 06/15/2014 Senior
Davis,Brian J. 01/04/2013 12/20/2013 11 - FLM Lazzara,Richard A. 12/17/2011 Senior
Delgado Hernandez,Pedro A. 01/06/2014 03/05/2014 01 - PR Dominguez,Daniel R. 07/31/2011 Senior
Dick,Shelly Deckert 01/04/2013 05/09/2013 05 - LAM Tyson,Ralph E. 07/18/2011 Deceased
Dillon,Elizabeth K. 09/18/2014 12/16/2014 04 - VAW Wilson,Samuel Grayson 07/31/2014 Retired
Donato,James 01/06/2014 02/25/2014 09 - CAN Ware,James 08/31/2012 Retired
Dorsey,Jennifer A. 01/04/2013 07/09/2013 09 - NV Hicks,Larry R. 12/13/2012 Senior
Ellis,Sara Lee 05/06/2013 10/07/2013 07 - ILN Gottschall,Joan B. 04/23/2012 Senior
Failla,Katherine Polk 01/04/2013 03/04/2013 02 - NYS Cote,Denise 12/15/2011 Senior
Freeman,Beth Labson 01/06/2014 02/25/2014 09 - CAN 10/03/2011 FJC Director
Friedland,Michelle T. 01/06/2014 04/28/2014 09 - CCA Fisher,Raymond C. 04/01/2013 Senior
Gayles,Darrin P. 02/06/2014 06/17/2014 11 - FLS Seitz,Patricia A. 11/16/2012 Senior
Gilliam Jr.,Haywood Stirling 09/08/2014 12/16/2014 09 - CAN Wilken,Claudia 01/01/3000 Senior
Gonzales,Kenneth John 01/04/2013 06/17/2013 10 - NM Black,Bruce D. 10/01/2012 Senior
Gordon,Andrew Patrick 01/04/2013 03/11/2013 09 - NV Dawson,Kent J. 07/09/2012 Senior
Haikala,Madeline Hughes 05/09/2013 10/14/2013 11 - ALN Johnson,Inge Prytz 10/24/2012 Senior
Hale,David J. 06/19/2014 12/03/2014 06 - KYW Simpson III,Charles R. 02/01/2013 Senior
Harpool,M. Douglas 01/06/2014 03/26/2014 08 - MOW Dorr,Richard E. 04/24/2013 Deceased
Harris,Pamela 05/08/2014 07/28/2014 04 - CCA Davis,Andre M. 02/28/2014 Senior
Hazel,George Jarrod 01/06/2014 05/01/2014 04 - MD Williams Jr.,Alexander 05/08/2013 Senior
Hendricks,Bruce Howe 01/06/2014 06/04/2014 04 - SC Seymour,Margaret B. 01/16/2013 Senior
Hughes,Todd M. 02/07/2013 09/24/2013 FD - CCA Bryson,William C. 01/07/2013 Senior
Humetewa,Diane J. 01/06/2014 05/14/2014 09 - AZ Murguia,Mary H. 01/03/2011 Elevated
Jackson,Ketanji Brown 01/04/2013 03/22/2013 DC - DC Kennedy Jr.,Henry H. 11/18/2011 Senior
Kayatta Jr.,William J. 01/04/2013 02/13/2013 01 - CCA Lipez,Kermit Victor 12/31/2011 Senior
Kearney,Mark A. 06/16/2014 12/03/2014 03 - PAE Joyner,J. Curtis 05/01/2013 Senior
Kelly,Claire R. 01/04/2013 05/23/2013        IT Wallach,Evan J. 11/08/2011 Elevated
Kelly,Jane 01/31/2013 04/24/2013 08 - CCA Melloy,Michael J. 02/01/2013 Senior
Krause,Cheryl Ann 02/06/2014 07/07/2014 03 - CCA Sloviter,Dolores K. 06/21/2013 Senior
Lauck,M. Hannah 01/06/2014 06/10/2014 04 - VAE Spencer,James R. 03/25/2014 Senior
Leeson Jr.,Joseph F. 06/16/2014 12/04/2014 03 - PAE Robreno,Eduardo C. 09/01/2013 Senior
Leitman,Matthew Frederick 01/06/2014 03/12/2014 06 - MIE Battani,Marianne O. 06/09/2012 Senior
Levy,Jon David 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 01 - ME Singal,George Z. 07/31/2013 Senior
Levy,Judith Ellen 01/06/2014 03/12/2014 06 - MIE Edmunds,Nancy G. 08/01/2012 Senior
Lipman,Sheryl H. 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 06 - TNW McCalla,Jon P. 08/23/2013 Senior
Logan,Steven Paul 01/06/2014 05/14/2014 09 - AZ Teilborg,James A. 01/30/2013 Senior
Marquez,Rosemary 01/06/2014 05/15/2014 09 - AZ Zapata,Frank R. 08/03/2010 Senior
Mastroianni,Mark G. 01/06/2014 06/04/2014 01 - MA Ponsor,Michael A. 08/15/2011 Senior
May,Leigh Martin 01/06/2014 11/13/2014 11 - GAN Martin,Beverly B. 01/20/2010 Elevated
Mazzant III,Amos Louis 06/26/2014 12/16/2014 05 - TXE Ward,T. John 10/01/2011 Retired
McCafferty,Landya B. 05/23/2013 12/12/2013 01 - NH McAuliffe,Steven J. 04/01/2013 Senior
McHugh Jr.,Gerald Austin 01/06/2014 03/26/2014 03 - PAE Bartle III,Harvey 10/01/2011 Senior
McHugh,Carolyn B. 01/06/2014 03/12/2014 10 - CCA Murphy,Michael R. 12/31/2012 Senior
McShane,Michael J. 01/04/2013 05/20/2013 09 - OR Hogan,Michael R. 09/24/2011 Senior
Mehta,Amit Priyavadan 07/31/2014 12/16/2014 DC - DC Huvelle,Ellen Segal 06/03/2014 Senior
Mendoza Jr.,Salvador 01/16/2014 06/17/2014 09 - WAE Suko,Lonny R. 11/01/2013 Senior
Mendoza,Carlos Eduardo 02/06/2014 06/24/2014 11 - FLM Antoon II,John 06/03/2013 Senior
Meyer,Jeffrey Alker 01/06/2014 02/24/2014 02 - CT Kravitz,Mark R. 10/01/2012 Deceased
Michelson,Laurie J. 01/06/2014 03/12/2014 06 - MIE Steeh III,George Caram 01/29/2013 Senior
Millett,Patricia Ann 06/04/2013 12/10/2013 DC - CCA Roberts Jr.,John G. 09/29/2005 Elevated
Moody Jr.,James Maxwell 01/06/2014 02/25/2014 08 - ARE Carter,Susan Webber 08/22/2013 Senior
Moore,Raymond P. 01/04/2013 03/22/2013 10 - CO Daniel,Wiley Y. 01/01/2013 Senior
Moritz,Nancy L. 01/06/2014 05/05/2014 10 - CCA Tacha,Deanell Reece 01/27/2011 Senior
Morris,Brian 05/23/2013 12/12/2013 09 - MT Haddon,Sam E. 12/31/2012 Senior
Moss,Randolph D. 04/03/2014 11/13/2014 DC - DC Wilkins,Robert L. 01/14/2014 Elevated
Nunley,Troy L. 01/04/2013 03/22/2013 09 - CAE Burrell Jr.,Garland E. 07/04/2012 Senior
O'Connell,Beverly Reid 01/04/2013 04/15/2013 09 - CAC Fairbank,Valerie Baker 03/01/2012 Senior
Orrick III,William H. 01/04/2013 05/15/2013 09 - CAN Breyer,Charles R. 12/31/2011 Senior
Owens,John B. 01/06/2014 03/31/2014 09 - CCA Trott,Stephen S. 12/31/2004 Senior
Pappert,Gerald J. 06/16/2014 12/03/2014 03 - PAE Dalzell,Stewart 10/31/2013 Senior
Parker,Linda Vivienne 01/06/2014 03/12/2014 06 - MIE Cleland,Robert H. 03/01/2013 Senior
Pepper,Pamela 05/01/2014 11/20/2014 07 - WIE Clevert Jr.,Charles N. 10/31/2012 Senior
Peterson,James D. 01/06/2014 05/08/2014 07 - WIW Shabaz,John C. 01/20/2009 Senior
Phillips,Gregory Alan 01/31/2013 07/08/2013 10 - CCA O'Brien,Terrence L. 04/30/2013 Senior
Pillard,Cornelia T.L. 06/04/2013 12/12/2013 DC - CCA Ginsburg,Douglas H. 10/14/2011 Senior
Pitman,Robert Lee 06/26/2014 12/16/2014 05 - TXW Furgeson Jr.,W. Royal 11/30/2008 Senior
Pryor,Jill A. 01/06/2014 09/08/2014 11 - CCA Birch Jr.,Stanley F. 08/29/2010 Retired
Quinones Alejandro,Nitza I. 01/04/2013 06/13/2013 03 - PAE Surrick,R. Barclay 02/01/2011 Senior
Rayes,Douglas L. 01/06/2014 05/15/2014 09 - AZ Martone,Frederick J. 01/30/2013 Senior
Reeves,Pamela L. 01/06/2014 03/05/2014 06 - TNE Phillips,Thomas W. 08/01/2013 Senior
Restrepo,Luis Felipe 01/04/2013 06/17/2013 03 - PAE Brody,Anita B. 06/08/2009 Senior
Roman,Nelson Stephen 01/04/2013 05/09/2013 02 - NYS Berman,Richard M. 09/11/2011 Senior
Rosenbaum,Robin S. 01/06/2014 05/12/2014 11 - CCA Barkett,Rosemary 09/30/2013 Resigned
Rosenberg,Robin L 02/26/2014 07/22/2014 11 - FLS Jordan,Adalberto 02/15/2012 Elevated
Rosenstengel,Nancy J. 01/06/2014 05/08/2014 07 - ILS Murphy,G. Patrick 12/01/2013 Retired
Ross,Eleanor Louise 01/06/2014 11/18/2014 11 - GAN Pannell Jr.,Charles A. 01/31/2013 Senior
Sannes,Brenda K. 05/08/2014 11/20/2014 02 - NYN Mordue,Norman A. 06/30/2013 Senior
Schmehl,Jeffrey L. 01/04/2013 06/13/2013 03 - PAE Golden,Thomas M. 07/31/2010 Deceased
Schroeder III,Robert William 06/26/2014 12/16/2014 05 - TXE Folsom,David 03/17/2012 Retired
Shah,Manish S. 01/06/2014 04/30/2014 07 - ILN Lefkow,Joan Humphrey 09/01/2012 Senior
Shwartz,Patty 01/04/2013 04/09/2013 03 - CCA Barry,Maryanne Trump 06/30/2011 Senior
Smith,Edward G. 01/06/2014 03/26/2014 03 - PAE Schiller,Berle M. 06/18/2012 Senior
Sorokin,Leo T. 01/06/2014 06/10/2014 01 - MA Tauro,Joseph L. 09/26/2013 Senior
Soto,James Alan 01/06/2014 05/15/2014 09 - AZ Bury,David C. 12/31/2012 Senior
Srinivasan,Srikanth 01/04/2013 05/23/2013 DC - CCA Randolph,A. Raymond 11/01/2008 Senior
Stivers,Gregory N. 06/19/2014 12/04/2014 06 - KYW Russell,Thomas B. 11/15/2011 Senior
Talwani,Indira 01/06/2014 05/08/2014 01 - MA Wolf,Mark L. 01/01/2013 Senior
Taranto,Richard Gary 01/04/2013 03/11/2013 FD - CCA Michel,Paul R. 05/31/2010 Retired
Torres,Analisa 01/04/2013 04/18/2013 02 - NYS Buchwald,Naomi Reice 03/21/2012 Senior
Tuchi,John Joseph 01/06/2014 05/14/2014 09 - AZ Silver,Roslyn O. 09/03/2013 Senior
Watson,Derrick Kahala 01/04/2013 04/18/2013 09 - HI Ezra,David A. 06/27/2012 Senior
Watters,Susan P. 05/23/2013 12/12/2013 09 - MT Cebull,Richard F. 03/18/2013 Senior
White,Ronnie L. 01/06/2014 07/16/2014 08 - MOE Hamilton,Jean C. 07/01/2013 Senior
Wilkins,Robert Leon 06/04/2013 01/13/2014 DC - CCA Sentelle,David Bryan 02/12/2013 Senior
Wolford,Elizabeth A. 05/16/2013 12/12/2013 02 - NYW Siragusa,Charles J. 12/15/2012 Senior
Wood,Andrea R. 05/06/2013 10/14/2013 07 - ILN Hibbler,William J. 03/19/2012 Deceased
Woods,Gregory Howard 05/09/2013 11/04/2013 02 - NYS Jones,Barbara S. 12/31/2012 Retired
Yandle,Staci Michelle 01/16/2014 06/17/2014 07 - ILS Gilbert,J. Phil 03/15/2014 Senior
deGravelles,John W. 03/13/2014 07/22/2014 05 - LAM Brady,James J. 12/31/2013 Senior
Total Confirmations: 134