Judicial calendar 2007

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• Rachel Adams was appointed acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, New York, Civil Term.
• Charles A. Apotheker, of the Rockland County Court, New York, took office.
• Joel Asarch was appointed to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kirke Bartley was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jack M. Battaglia was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jane Beckering was appointed to the Michigan Third District Court of Appeals.
• Gina Benavides was elected to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Stacy D. Bennett, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Marsha Bergan was appointed to Iowa District Six.
• M. William Boller was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
• Patricia Breckenridge was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court.
• Burnie Bridge was appointed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
• Timothy Cannon was appointed to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• George B. Ceresia, Jr. was appointed a supervising judge of the Justice Courts of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District.
• Margaret A. Pui Yee Chan, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Caesar D. Cirigliano became a certificated justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert Clifford was reappointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
• Sue Bell Cobb took office as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Tandra L. Dawson was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York (Integrated Domestic Violence Court).
• Eugene Devine was elected to the Albany County Supreme Court, New York.
• Leo Dobrovolny joined Nebraska District 12 as a District Court Judge.
• Kim Dollard, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Dena E. Douglas, of the New York City Civil Court, Kings County, took office.
• Timothy J. Drury was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Michael L. Dwyer was appointed supervising judge of the Justice Courts of the New York Supreme Court 5th Judicial District.
• Joseph Farneti was appointed an acting justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• John Fischer was sworn into the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.
• Molly R. Fitzgerald was elected to the Broome County Supreme Court, New York.
• Elizabeth A. Foley was appointed judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Monty W. Franklin was appointed to Iowa District Five.
• Robert H. Freehill, of the Orange County Court, New York, took office.
• John A. Fusco was appointed to the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
• Patricia E. Gallaher, of the Monroe County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Elizabeth Gleicher was appointed to the Michigan Second District Court of Appeals.
• Doris M. Gonzalez was elected to the New York City Civil Court.
• Bernard Goodwyn was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Ellen R. Greenberg, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Bradley J. Harris was appointed to Iowa District One.
• Sherry K. Heitler joined the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
• Richard Hoffmann, of the Suffolk County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Casey D. Jones was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Six.
• Deborah A. Kaplan was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Max Kelch joined Nebraska District 2 as a District Court judge.
• Kevin J. Kerrigan was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Barry Kron was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Frank Labuda was appointed an acting justice of the Sullivan County Supreme Court, New York.
• Howard Lane was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Thomas G. Leone, of the Cayuga County Court, New York, took office.
• Joan Lobis was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Charles S. Lopresto, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Sharon M. LoVallo was assigned to the Erie County Family Court, New York.
• John G. Marks was appointed an Acting Justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Andrea Masley, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Seamus McCaffrey was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
• Patricia A. McGivern was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
• Kelly S. McKeighan was elected a multi-bench judge of the County, Family, and Surrogate's Courts of Washington County, New York.
• Rita Mella was assigned to the New York City Criminal Court.
• Charles C. Merrell was appointed a supervising judge of the Justice Courts of the New York Supreme Court 5th Judicial District.
• Shari Ruth Michels, of the New York City Criminal Courts, took office.
• Martha E. Mulroy, of the Onondaga County Family Court, New York, took office.
• James P. Murphy was appointed Supervising Judge of the Justice Courts in the 5th Judicial District.
• Eleanora Ofshtein was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Ann T. Pfau was appointed Chief Administrative Judge of New York.
• Leslie J. Purificacion, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Christopher G. Quinn was appointed Supervising Judge of the Nassau County District Court in New York.
• James F. Reitz took office as a multi-bench judge of the Family, County and Surrogate's courts of Putnam County, New York and an acting justice of the Putnam County Supreme Court, New York.
• Karen B. Rothenberg was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Lori S. Sattler, of the New York City Civil Court, took office and was assigned to the New York County Family Court, New York.
• Thomas Saylor, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Alan D. Scheinkman, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• David I. Schmidt was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Norman W. Seiter, Jr. was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York Supreme Court 5th Judicial District Justice Courts.
• Timothy Sercombe was appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
• Howard H. Sherman was appointed to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Joan Teuchert Shkane, of the Oneida County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Conrad D. Singer, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Martin E. Smith was appointed the supervising judge for the Criminal Term of the New York Supreme Court 6th Judicial District and an acting justice of the Broome County Supreme Court, New York.
• Sara Sheldon Sperrazza was appointed Supervising Judge for the Town and Village Courts of the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
• Richard D. Stochl was appointed to the Iowa District One.
• Andrew G. Tarantino, Jr., of the Suffolk County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Delores J. Thomas was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Debra Todd was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
• R. Michael Wagner replaced Judge Joe Dandurand on the 17th Circuit Court in Missouri.
• Timothy J. Walker was appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims and an acting justice of the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Joshua J. Walsh was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.
• Kurt L. Wilke was appointed Chief Judge of Iowa District Two.
• Jacqueline Williams, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• James R. Winchester was elected to a term as Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
• Daniel Winfree was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
• William T. Wright joined Nebraska District 9 as a District Court Judge.
• Annette Ziegler was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

January

• Jerome Cavanagh, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Abraham Clott was appointed judge of the New York City Criminal Courts and acting justice of the New York Supreme Courts.
• Alma Cordova was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Conrad Freeberg was appointed to the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District.
• Theodore Jones was appointed to the State of New York Court of Appeals.
• Bailey Moseley, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• January 1:

• Scott Leehy, of the 4th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Pamela Lightvoet, of the 9th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Roy Mienk, of the 55th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Ronald C. Nichols, of the 49th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• John O'Meara assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Robert Spolzino was re-designated to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Mark Trusock, of the 17th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• David Viviano, of the 16th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.

• January 2:

• Steve Hilbig, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Vernon Preston, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Donna Stroud, of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.

• January 7: Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter, of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, took office.
• January 8: Lee Johnson was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court.
• January 12: Philip Reinhard assumed senior status.
• January 15:

• Frank Polozola received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

• January 17: Leo Bowman was appointed to the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• January 18: L. Clayton Roberts appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• January 23:

• Elsijane Roy died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

February

• Theodore Jones, of the State of New York Court of Appeals, took office.
• February 2: Gregory Frizzell received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
• February 7:

• Eric Hylden was appointed to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
• Sally Tarnowski was appointed to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
• Paula Thomas was elected to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.
• Robert D. Tiffany was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.

• February 8: Lisa Wood received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
• February 9:

• Mary Boyle, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Clair Dickinson, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office for the 2nd time.
• Mary Jane Trapp, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• John Willamowski, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.

• February 10: Gary Tyack, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office for the 3rd time.
• February 11: Patricia Delaney, of the Florida Supreme Court, took office.

• February 12: Thomas Fairchild, of the Seventh Circuit, passed away.

• February 16:

• Valerie Baker Fairbank received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Philip Gutierrez received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Hector Laffitte resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

• February 20: Marcia Howard received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
• February 21: Gary Giguere Jr. was appointed to the 9th Circuit Court, Michigan.

March

• John S. Lansden was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York City Housing Court.
• Jaya K. Madhavan was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York City Housing Court.
• John J. Molaison, Jr., of the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• March 1: Robert Echols assumed senior status.
• March 8: Fred Grunke took office on the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District court.
• March 9 Keith E. Tanaka, of the Maui Second Circuit Family Court, Hawaii, took office.
• March 14:

• John Jarvey received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
• Sara Lioi received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

• March 17:

Joseph DiClerico assumed senior status on the District of New Hampshire

• March 19:

• John Bailey received his commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
• Randy Smith received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

• March 22: Richard Casey died while serving as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

April

• Andrew Mead, of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, took office.
• April 1: T.S. Ellis assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• April 2:

• Vanessa Bryant received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
• Nora Fischer received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
• Thomas Hardiman received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

• April 8: Herbert Hutton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• April 16: Otis Wright received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• April 17:

• George Wu received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Glenn Mencer died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• April 19: Dickran Tevrizian resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• April 21:

• George Howard died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
• Michelle Rick was appointed to the 29th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Bruce Marion Van Sickle died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

• April 23:

• John Hannum died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Mark Slavens was appointed to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.

• April 24:

• Shawn M. Moynihan was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

• April 25: Chase Rogers became the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

• April 29:

• Donald Lay died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

• April 30:

• William Fagerman was appointed to the 28th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Michael A. Fahey was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
• Dean Whipple assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

May

• Donald Beatty was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• Kathryn Zenoff was appointed to the Illinois Second District Appellate Court.
• May 1:

• Glenn J. Kim, of the O`ahu First Circuit Court, Hawaii, was sworn in.
• Halil Ozerden received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

• May 5: Tiffany Gautier Chase was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• May 7: Robert Payne assumed senior status.
• May 10: Frederick Kapala received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• May 13: Mark Slavens, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• May 17: Debra Livingston received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
• May 21: Ann Lamar was appointed to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• May 23: Daniel Pieper was elected to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.
• May 30: Ivy Bernhardson, Peter A. Cahill and William H. Koch were appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• May 31:

• John Lifland retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Charles Brieant assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Clifford Green died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

June

• Stephen Groome was appointed to the Colorado Eleventh Judicial District.
• William Koch was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
• Steve Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals took office.
• Randal G.B. Valenciano, of the Kaua`i Fifth Circuit Court, Hawaii, took office.
• June 1:

• Glen Davidson assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
• Harry P. Freitas, of the Hawai`i Third Circuit District Court, Hawaii, took office.

• June 4:

• Christopher E. Cahill was appointed to the New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District.
• Richard C. Ilkka was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

• June 6: James Jarvis died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
• June 13: Joseph Laplante nominated by George W. Bush to the District of New Hampshire
• June 14: Valerie Jo Robison was appointed to the Colorado 21st Judicial District.
• June 16: Stephen L. Rosman was appointed to Iowa District Four as a magistrate.
• June 19:

• Christopher E. Cahill's appointment to the New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District was confirmed.
• James W. Hubert, Jr. was appointed to the Westchester County Court, New York.

• June 22: Vance Salter was appointed to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
• June 26: Warren E. Jones was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court.
• June 29:

• Stephen J. Schapanski appointed to the Colorado 8th Judicial District
• Stuart Rabner, of the New Jersey Supreme Court, took office.

• June 30: David Levi resigned from his position on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

July

• Mary C. Hoak was appointed to the Colorado 14th Judicial District.
• Julie Hoskins was appointed to the Colorado 19th Judicial District.
• Daniel A. Meloy was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.
• Douglas S. Walker was appointed to the Colorado 22nd Judicial District.
• Colleen D. Weiland was appointed to Iowa District Two.
• July 1:

• Harold DeMoss assumed senior status.
• David Gersten was elected to the position of Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
• Laura Denvir Stith became the Chief Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court.
• William Walter Wilkins assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

• July 2: Ben Settle received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• July 10: Rudy Lozano assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
• July 11: Liam O'Grady received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• July 13: Paul Maloney received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• July 16: Robert Jonker received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• July 17: Hiram Widener assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• July 18: Joseph Van Bokkelen received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
• July 19: Alexander Lipsey was appointed to the 9th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• July 26:

• Margot Botsford was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
• Alan McDonald died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

August

• Cynthia S. Finley was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Martin A. Gonzales was appointed to the Colorado 12th Judicial District.
• August 1:

• Cale Bradford of the Indiana Court of Appeals took office.
• Carmen Alvarez, Laura LeWinn and Amy Chambers joined the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
• Richard Sullivan received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• August 3: Susan Christensen was appointed an associate judge of Iowa District Four.
• August 6:

• Janet Neff received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• Valerie Jo Robison, of the Colorado 20th Judicial District, took office.
• Ralph Thompson resigned from his position on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

• August 9: Timothy DeGiusti received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
• August 15: Adrian Duplantier died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• August 20: Shalina Kumar was appointed to the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• August 24: John T. Fowlkes was appointed to the Thirtieth Judicial District, Tennessee.

September

• Andy Bennett was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
• John J. Haney and Ronald J. Wagenaar were appointed magistrates of Iowa District Two.
• Joel Horton was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court.
• September 3: John Rhoades died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• September 4: Margot Botsford, of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, took office.
• September 9: John Penn died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• September 10: Lisabeth Tabor Hughes, of the Kentucky Supreme Court, took office.
• September 12: Martin Reidinger received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
• September 14: William Osteen, Sr. retired from commission on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
• September 19:

• William Osteen received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
• Hiram Widener died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

• September 20:

• Thomas Flannery died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

• September 21:

• Janis Sammartino received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• Charles Muecke died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

• September 25: Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declines to hear a condemned man's plea for a 20-minute extension to submit an appeal beyond the court's usual 5 p.m. closing time. The man was executed later that night.

October

• Denise Clayton was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals.
• Charles Daniels was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
• James B. Malloy was appointed to Iowa District Two.
• Kurt Odenwald was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• October 1:

• Ellen Gorman was appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
• Stephen McNamee assumed senior status.

• October 3:

• Thomas M. Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• Kristin C. Larson was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

• October 4: Francis Connolly and Heidi Schellhas were appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
• October 5:

• Ann Carrott was appointed to the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District.
• Kristine R. DeMay and Earl E. Maus were appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.

• October 13:

• James Oakes died while serving on the Second Circuit.

• October 14: Joseph Hood assumed senior status.
• October 18: Roslynn Mauskopf received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• October 19: Jennifer Elrod received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
• October 20: Steve Gunnell was elected to the 31st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• October 22:

• Sharion Aycock received her commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
• John Reif was appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

• October 23:

• Michael Beale was appointed to the 42nd Circuit Court, Michigan.

• October 28:

• Arnold Cowen died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• October 29:

• Richard Jones received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
• Thomas Meskill died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
• Leslie Southwick received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

November

• Janet L. Cain was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
• Carrie E. Coyle was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Seven.
• Donna Dixon elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals
• Christine Donohue elected to Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Joan Orie Melvin retained for new 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
• John Musmanno retained for new 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Thomas Neuville was appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• Daniel Pieper, of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Christopher G. Quinn was elected to the Nassau County Court, New York.
• Correale Stevens retained for new 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Jacqueline Shogan elected to 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
• November 1:

• Allen Sharp assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

• November 5:

• Paul Cassell died while serving as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
• James Welsh was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.

• November 6:

• Michael Caperton elected to the Kansas Court of Appeals
• Douglas McDonald retired from Iowa District Seven and assumed senior status.

• November 12: Joe Fish assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• November 17:

• Donald A. Rowan, Jr. was elected to the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Laurie A. White was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.

• November 19: Joseph Evans was appointed to the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District.
• November 20: Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick was re-appointed to the State of New York Court of Appeals.
• November 21: Reed O'Connor received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• November 27:

• Linda Lau was appointed to the Washington Court of Appeals.
• Tim D. Wermager was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

December

• Alok Ahuja was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• Jeffrey Brown was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Christopher C. Foy was appointed to Iowa District Two.
• Debra Stephens was appointed to the Washington Supreme Court.
• Joel D. Yates was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
• December 3:

• Michael Beale, of the 42nd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• James B. Stephens was elected to the 5th Judicial District, Louisiana.

• December 4: Joseph Murphy was appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals.
• December 5: Robert Dow received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• December 7: Ethelyn N. Simpson was appointed to the Clarke County State Court, Georgia
• December 10:

• Robert Beach appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court.
• Richard A. Robinson assumed his position on the Connecticut Appellate Court.
• Daniel Manion assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

• December 12: Beverly J. Woodard became a judge in the Maryland Seventh Circuit.
• December 17: Peter Krauser became the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
• December 21:

• Don Burrell was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• John Tinder received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

• December 28

• Joseph Laplante received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
• William Boyce, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive