Retired Judges Report, April 2013

May 6, 2013

33 state court judges retired in April 2013.

Spotlight
Judge Erleigh Norville Wiley made headlines last month when she stepped down from her position on the Kaufman County Court at Law to fill a murdered district attorney's post. On March 30th, D.A. Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were slain in their Kaufman County home. Just two months earlier the county's assistant district attorney Mark Hasse was shot and killed while crossing the parking lot to his work. With the killer still at large, Wiley commented on the possible danger of taking the job: “ There is danger. But, I mean, we're all in danger here in Kaufman County until we figure out who's done these horrible things to Mike and Cynthia and Mark," Wiley says. "We're all still in danger. So, I don't know if I'm stepping in any more danger than I already was. I don't know how to speak to that, except that we need to step up. - Erleigh Norville Wiley ” Judge Wiley leaves the court after ten years of service. Her legal career began after her graduation from the University of Texas School of Law when she began a fourteen year career in the Dallas County district attorney’s office. In 2003, she began working as a judge on the Kaufman County Court at Law, No. 1. She served there until Governor Rick Perry appointed her Kaufman County District Attorney on April 10, 2013.
Retired judges
The following judges retired from office in April 2013. Name Court Dates of service Afriena Stevenson Madison Parish Justice Court, Louisiana Bobbi M. Alpers Iowa District Seven 1992-4/4/2013 Craig Jay Matheson Benton/Franklin Superior Court, Washington 1993-4/30/2013 Daniel Schneider United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 03/12/2003 - 4/16/2013 David W. Peterson Minnesota Fifth Judicial District 1990-2013 Dennis Sweeney Washington Court of Appeals 1991-4/30/2013 Diana M. Wheatley Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 2000-4/16/2013 Erleigh Norville Wiley Kaufman County Court at Law, Texas 2003-4/10/2013 Frederic M. Oddone Utah Third Judicial District 1994-4/16/2013 George T. Ferguson Abbeville County, South Carolina Gerald F. Daltan Virginia 15th Judicial District J. Martin Bass Virginia 15th Judicial Circuit James H. Chamblin Virginia 20th Judicial Circuit 1988-2013 Joe R. Vespa Illinois Tenth Judicial Circuit Court 2012-2013 Jon Stafsholt Minnesota Eighth Judicial District 1983-2013 Jonathan M. Apgar Virginia 23rd Judicial Circuit 1997-2013 Junius P. Warren Virginia 21st Judicial District 1983-2013 Lawrence M. Baskir United States Court of Federal Claims 10/22/1998 - 4/1/2013 Linda K. Lefkowitz Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 1996-4/5/2013 Lorraine M. Weil United States bankruptcy court, District of Connecticut Louise G. Scrivener Maryland Sixth Circuit 1995-2013 Mark Polen Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal 1989-4/30/2013 Melvin Gelade New Jersey Vicinage 8 Michael Zurlo Stillwater Town Court, New York 2012-2013 Mimi DesJardins Maui Second Circuit District Court, Hawaii 1/2012-4/2013 Richard A. Adler Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 1984-April 1, 2013 Rita A. Arnold Chester County Magisterial District, Pennsylvania 1993-2013 Robert E. Baylor Brockton District Court, Massachusetts 1999-4/2013 Robert T. Resha Waterbury District Superior Court, Connecticut Ronald L. Schultz Larimer County Court, Colorado 1974-4/30/2013 Stephanie Sautner Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 2000-2013 Stephen M. Sims Allen County, Indiana 1997-2013 Suzanne Bailey Hamilton County Juvenile Court, Tennessee 1990-4/30/2013

See also

• Retired Judges Report
• Judicial selection in the states
• Mandatory Retirement
• Category:Retired judges

External links

• Judgepedia's retiring judges calculations - state courts