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Judicial Confirmations for December 2018

Judicial Confirmations

115th Congress

Last updated on12/01/2018

Total Confirmations:84

Nominee	Nomination Date	Confirmation Date	Court	Incumbent	Vacancy Reason	Vacancy Date
Walker,Lance E.	04/10/2018	10/11/2018	01 - ME	Woodcock Jr.,John A.	Senior	06/27/2017
Sullivan,Richard J.	05/07/2018	10/11/2018	02 - CCA	Wesley,Richard C.	Senior	08/01/2016
Dooley,Kari A.	12/20/2017	09/06/2018	02 - CT	Chatigny,Robert N.	Senior	01/01/2017
Bibas,Stephanos	06/19/2017	11/02/2017	03 - CCA	Rendell,Marjorie O.	Senior	07/01/2015
Porter,David James	04/12/2018	10/11/2018	03 - CCA	Fisher,D. Michael	Senior	02/01/2017
Connolly,Colm F.	12/20/2017	08/01/2018	03 - DE	Robinson,Sue L.	Senior	02/03/2017
Noreika,Maryellen	12/20/2017	08/01/2018	03 - DE	Sleet,Gregory M.	Senior	05/01/2017
Kenney,Chad F.	12/20/2017	10/11/2018	03 - PAE	Restrepo,Luis Felipe	Elevated	01/11/2016
Baxter,Susan Paradise	12/20/2017	08/28/2018	03 - PAW	McLaughlin,Sean J.	Resigned	08/16/2013
Horan,Marilyn Jean	12/20/2017	09/06/2018	03 - PAW	Lancaster,Gary L.	Deceased	04/24/2013
Phipps,Peter J.	02/15/2018	10/11/2018	03 - PAW	McVerry,Terrence F.	Senior	09/30/2013
Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin	05/07/2018	08/16/2018	04 - CCA	Traxler Jr.,William B.	Senior	08/31/2018
Richardson,Julius Ness	05/07/2018	08/16/2018	04 - CCA	Shedd,Dennis W.	Senior	01/30/2018
Coggins Jr.,Donald C.	08/03/2017	11/16/2017	04 - SC	Anderson Jr.,Joseph F.	Senior	11/16/2014
Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin	08/03/2017	03/01/2018	04 - SC	Currie,Cameron McGowan	Senior	10/03/2013
Kleeh,Thomas S.	02/15/2018	10/11/2018	04 - WVN	Keeley,Irene M.	Senior	08/12/2017
Duncan,Stuart Kyle	01/08/2018	04/24/2018	05 - CCA	Davis,W. Eugene	Senior	12/31/2016
Engelhardt,Kurt D.	01/08/2018	05/09/2018	05 - CCA	Clement,Edith Brown	Senior	05/09/2018
Ho,James C.	10/16/2017	12/14/2017	05 - CCA	King,Carolyn Dineen	Senior	12/31/2013
Oldham,Andrew S.	02/15/2018	07/18/2018	05 - CCA	Prado,Edward C.	Retired	04/02/2018
Willett,Don R.	10/03/2017	12/13/2017	05 - CCA	Garza,Emilio M.	Senior	08/01/2012
Ashe,Barry W.	01/08/2018	08/28/2018	05 - LAE	Lemelle,Ivan L.	Senior	06/29/2015
Doughty,Terry A.	08/03/2017	03/06/2018	05 - LAW	James,Robert G.	Senior	05/31/2016
Juneau,Michael Joseph	01/08/2018	10/11/2018	05 - LAW	Haik,Richard T.	Senior	03/06/2015
Summerhays,Robert R.	01/24/2018	09/06/2018	05 - LAW	Doherty,Rebecca F.	Senior	06/05/2017
Kernodle,Jeremy D.	01/23/2018	10/11/2018	05 - TXE	Schneider,Michael H.	Senior	01/07/2016
Scholer,Karen Gren	09/07/2017	03/05/2018	05 - TXN	Solis,Jorge A.	Retired	05/01/2016
Rodriguez Jr.,Fernando	09/07/2017	06/05/2018	05 - TXS	Costa,Gregg Jeffrey	Elevated	05/20/2014
Albright,Alan D.	01/24/2018	09/06/2018	05 - TXW	Smith Jr.,Walter S.	Retired	09/14/2016
Counts III,Walter David	09/11/2017	01/11/2018	05 - TXW	Junell,Robert A.	Senior	02/13/2015
Bush,John Kenneth	05/08/2017	07/20/2017	06 - CCA	Boggs,Danny J.	Senior	02/28/2017
Larsen,Joan Louise	05/08/2017	11/01/2017	06 - CCA	McKeague,David W.	Senior	11/01/2017
Nalbandian,John B.	01/24/2018	05/15/2018	06 - CCA	Rogers,John M.	Senior	05/15/2018
Thapar,Amul Roger	03/21/2017	05/25/2017	06 - CCA	Martin Jr.,Boyce F.	Retired	08/16/2013
Boom,Claria Horn	06/12/2017	04/10/2018	06 - KYE	Coffman,Jennifer B.	Retired	01/08/2013
Wier,Robert Earl	08/03/2017	06/05/2018	06 - KYE	Thapar,Amul R.	Elevated	05/25/2017
Jennings,Rebecca Grady	09/07/2017	04/12/2018	06 - KYW	Heyburn II,John G.	Senior	04/01/2014
Campbell Jr.,William L.	07/13/2017	01/09/2018	06 - TNM	Sharp,Kevin Hunter	Resigned	04/15/2017
Richardson,Eli Jeremy	01/08/2018	10/11/2018	06 - TNM	Campbell,Todd J.	Senior	12/01/2016
Norris Sr.,Mark Saalfield	01/08/2018	10/11/2018	06 - TNW	Breen,J. Daniel	Senior	03/18/2017
Parker,Thomas Lee Robinson	07/13/2017	01/10/2018	06 - TNW	Mays Jr.,Samuel H.	Senior	07/01/2015
Barrett,Amy Coney	05/08/2017	10/31/2017	07 - CCA	Tinder,John Daniel	Senior	02/18/2015
Brennan,Michael B.	01/08/2018	05/10/2018	07 - CCA	Evans,Terence T.	Senior	01/07/2010
Scudder,Michael Y.	02/15/2018	05/14/2018	07 - CCA	Posner,Richard A.	Retired	09/02/2017
St. Eve,Amy J.	02/15/2018	05/14/2018	07 - CCA	Williams,Ann C.	Senior	06/05/2017
Hanlon,James Patrick	04/12/2018	10/11/2018	07 - INS	Lawrence,William T.	Senior	07/01/2018
Sweeney II,James R.	11/01/2017	08/28/2018	07 - INS	Barker,Sarah Evans	Senior	06/30/2014
Erickson,Ralph R.	06/07/2017	09/28/2017	08 - CCA	Bye,Kermit Edward	Senior	04/22/2015
Grasz,Leonard Steven	08/03/2017	12/12/2017	08 - CCA	Riley,William Jay	Senior	06/30/2017
Stras,David Ryan	01/08/2018	01/30/2018	08 - CCA	Murphy,Diana E.	Senior	11/29/2016
Williams,Charles J.	02/15/2018	09/06/2018	08 - IAN	Reade,Linda R.	Senior	10/01/2017
Brasel,Nancy E.	02/15/2018	08/28/2018	08 - MN	Montgomery,Ann D.	Senior	05/31/2016
Tostrud,Eric C.	02/15/2018	09/06/2018	08 - MN	Frank,Donovan W.	Senior	10/31/2016
Brnovich,Susan	01/24/2018	10/11/2018	09 - AZ	Wake,Neil Vincent	Senior	07/05/2016
Lanza,Dominic W.	01/24/2018	09/06/2018	09 - AZ	Bolton,Susan R.	Senior	09/01/2016
Bennett,Mark Jeremy	02/15/2018	07/10/2018	09 - CCA	Clifton,Richard R.	Senior	12/31/2016
Nelson,Ryan Douglas	05/15/2018	10/11/2018	09 - CCA	Smith,N. Randy	Senior	08/11/2018
Otake,Jill Aiko	12/21/2017	08/01/2018	09 - HI	Mollway,Susan Oki	Senior	11/06/2015
Nye,David C.	05/08/2017	07/12/2017	09 - ID	Lodge,Edward J.	Senior	07/03/2015
Carson III,Joel M.	12/20/2017	05/15/2018	10 - CCA	Kelly Jr.,Paul J.	Senior	12/31/2017
Eid,Allison H.	06/07/2017	11/02/2017	10 - CCA	Gorsuch,Neil M.	Elevated	04/07/2017
Broomes,John Wesley	09/07/2017	04/12/2018	10 - KS	Marten,John Thomas	Senior	05/01/2017
Teeter,Holly Lou	01/08/2018	08/01/2018	10 - KS	Vratil,Kathryn H.	Senior	04/22/2014
Goodwin,Charles Barnes	01/08/2018	08/28/2018	10 - OKW	Cauthron,Robin J.	Senior	07/14/2015
Palk,Scott L.	05/08/2017	10/26/2017	10 - OKW	Friot,Stephen P.	Senior	12/01/2014
Marks,Emily Coody	01/08/2018	08/01/2018	11 - ALM	Thompson,Myron H.	Senior	08/22/2013
Axon,Annemarie Carney	01/08/2018	06/06/2018	11 - ALN	Blackburn,Sharon Lovelace	Senior	05/08/2015
Burke,Liles Clifton	01/08/2018	10/11/2018	11 - ALN	Smith Jr.,C. Lynwood	Senior	08/31/2013
Beaverstock,Jeffrey Uhlman	01/08/2018	08/01/2018	11 - ALS	Granade,Callie V.S.	Senior	03/07/2016
Moorer,Terry Fitzgerald	01/08/2018	08/28/2018	11 - ALS	Steele,William H.	Senior	06/08/2017
Branch,Elizabeth L.	01/08/2018	02/27/2018	11 - CCA	Hull,Frank Mays	Senior	12/31/2017
Grant,Britt Cagle	04/10/2018	07/31/2018	11 - CCA	Carnes,Julie E.	Senior	06/18/2018
Newsom,Kevin Christopher	05/08/2017	08/01/2017	11 - CCA	Dubina,Joel F.	Senior	10/26/2013
Jung,William F.	12/21/2017	09/06/2018	11 - FLM	Conway,Anne C.	Senior	08/01/2015
Self III,Tilman Eugene	07/13/2017	03/05/2018	11 - GAM	Royal,Charles Ashley	Senior	09/01/2016
Brown,Michael Lawrence	07/13/2017	01/11/2018	11 - GAN	Carnes,Julie E.	Elevated	07/21/2014
Ray II,William M.	01/08/2018	10/11/2018	11 - GAN	Murphy,Harold L.	Senior	03/31/2017
Baker,R. Stan	09/07/2017	08/28/2018	11 - GAS	Moore Jr.,William T.	Senior	02/28/2017
Katsas,Gregory G.	09/07/2017	11/28/2017	DC - CCA	Brown,Janice Rogers	Retired	08/31/2017
Friedrich,Dabney Langhorne	06/07/2017	11/27/2017	DC - DC	Walton,Reggie B.	Senior	12/31/2015
Kelly,Timothy J.	06/07/2017	09/05/2017	DC - DC	Collyer,Rosemary M.	Senior	05/18/2016
McFadden,Trevor N.	06/07/2017	10/30/2017	DC - DC	Leon,Richard J.	Senior	12/31/2016
Gorsuch,Neil M.	02/01/2017	04/07/2017	SC	Scalia,Antonin	Deceased	02/13/2016
Kavanaugh,Brett M.	07/10/2018	10/06/2018	SC	Kennedy,Anthony M.	Senior	07/31/2018

Total Confirmations:84

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