Retired Judges Report, January 2015

February 4, 2015

221 judges retired in January 2015.*

Spotlight
For thirty-seven years, Judge Aubrey Ford presided on the Macon County District Court, making him the longest-serving district judge in Macon County. He officially retired from the bench on January 15, 2015. Ford practiced law with the firm of Gray, Seay and Langford in Tuskegee, Alabama, and served as an assistant attorney general before his appointment to the court by Governor George C. Wallace on September 2, 1977. During his time on the court, Ford started the first Drug and Veteran's Court program in Macon County to find alternatives to incarceration and treatment for veterans who had committed non-violent crimes. He also founded a Juvenile Delinquency Outreach program to help kids become engaged in other programs and keep them out of the juvenile justice system. "My passion has been and will always be the well-being of families and children," stated Ford, who, while retired plans to: "travel, dedicate more time to church and community activities, teach and continue being [an advocate] for children and families."
Retired judges
The following judges retired from office in January 2015. *Based on Judgepedia's records and recent news reports; municipal court judges not included Name Court Dates of service A. Thomas Mihok Florida 9th Circuit Court 10/1/1995-1/5/2015 Alan B. Sadler Montgomery County Court, Texas 1990-1/1/2015 Allan Earl Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court 2001-2015 Anders B. Tingstad, Jr. 32nd Circuit Court, Michigan Anthony Scarpino Westchester County Surrogate's Court, New York 2001-1/31/2015 Anthony W. Frohlich Kentucky Circuit Court 54 2004-1/2015 Arnold B. Lynch Kentucky District Court 3 Arthur Lombard 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan 1994-1/1/2015 Aubrey Ford Macon County District Court, Alabama 1977-1/15/2015 Barbara L. Paul Kentucky Circuit Court 18 Betsy Gossens Vermont Superior Court 2007-1/31/2015 Bill McCoy Texas District 358 1985-1/2015 Brad Stetson Florida 4th Circuit Court 1991-1/1/2015 Bradley Ferencz New Jersey Vicinage 8 1997-1/16/2015 Brian MacKenzie Michigan Fifty-second Judicial District Court 1988-1/1/2015 C. Jeffery Arnold Florida 9th Circuit Court 2007-1/5/2015 C. Michael Dixon Kentucky Circuit Court 13 2006-1/2015 Carroll J. Tichenor Oregon 25th Judicial District Caryl P. Privett Alabama 10th Judicial Circuit 2003-1/16/2015 Charles D. Steele Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 1999-1/1/2015 Charles Filice Michigan 54A Judicial District Court 1971-1/1/2015 Charles Price Alabama 15th Judicial Circuit 1983-1/16/2015 Charles R. Greenacre Colorado 7th Judicial District 2000-1/13/2015 Charles T. Blocker Martin County Court, Texas 1998-1/1/2015 Chris Melonakis Colorado 17th Judicial District 1998-1/2015 Cynthia K. Lindemuth Warren County Magisterial District, Pennsylvania 1992-2015 Cynthia S. Munkittrick Dixie County Court, Florida 3/2013-1/5/2015 Daniel L. Love David A. Williams (Vermont) Vermont Superior Court 2007-1/31/2015 David Griffiths Plainfield-Killingly Regional Probate District, Connecticut David L. DeVore Superior Court of Alpine County, California 2001-1/5/2015 David R. Gloss Gilpin County Court, Colorado 1/11/2011-1/13/2015 David R. Platt Kansas Eighth Judicial District David Singer (Vermont) Vermont Superior Court 2/2007-1/31/2015 David Stewart (Arkansas) Washington County District Court, Arkansas 05/09/2013-12/31/2014 Debbie O'Dell-Seneca Washington County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania 1991-1/5/2015 Denise Lindberg Utah Third Judicial District 11/1998-1/1/2015 Diana Lewis Florida 15th Circuit Court 2003-1/5/2015 Diane Kottmyer Massachusetts Superior Courts 1995-2015 Diane Ritchie Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California 2009-2015 Donald E. Armstrong Jr. Kentucky District Court 30 1999-1/4/2015 Donald E. Grincewicz Florida 9th Circuit Court 10/1/1995-1/5/2015 Donald Eyre, Jr. Utah Fourth Judicial District 1994-1/1/2015 Donald L. Sanderson Michigan 2B Judicial District Court 2/21/1978-1/1/2015 Donald Moran Florida 4th Circuit Court 1983-1/2015 Donna L. Delahanty Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Donna S. Klaeger Burnet County Court, Texas 2007-1/1/2015 Douglas W. Herman Franklin-Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania 1993-1/2/2015 Drue Bynum Grayson County Court, Texas 2007-1/1/2015 Durenda Lawson Kentucky Circuit Court 27 2007-1/4/2015 Dwight L. Geiger Florida 19th Circuit Court 1976-2005; 1/2009-1/5/2015 E. Thomas Fitzgerald (Michigan) Michigan Second District Court of Appeals 1990-2015 Edward J. Volz, Jr. Florida 20th Circuit Court 1991-1/5/2015 Eleanore M. Garber Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Elizabeth Williams (Arizona) La Paz County Justice Courts, Arizona Ernest J. DiSantis, Jr. Erie County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania 1995-1/31/2015 F. Paul Kurmay Stratford Probate District, Connecticut Fleur J. Lobree Florida 11th Circuit Court 2013-1/5/2015 Frances E. McGee Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 2007-1/2/2015 Frances McIntyre Massachusetts Superior Courts 2004-2015 Frank Broughton Vermont Superior Court 2003-1/31/2015 Frank D. Willis Van Buren County Probate Court, Michigan Frank J. Ochoa Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, California 1996-1/5/2015 Frederic J. Cowan Kentucky Circuit Court 30 1/2007-1/4/2015 Frederick W. Robinson South Carolina Probate Courts 1982-2015 Gayle Nathan Henderson Township Justice of the Peace George A. King Elk County Magisterial District, Pennsylvania George Cason Colorado County, Texas 2005-1/2015 Gerald Fox, Jr. Stamford Probate District, Connecticut Gilbert T. Brown Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California 1990-1/4/2015 Gloria O'Malley Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court 1993-2015 Greg Dixon Oklahoma District 21 January 2011 - January 18, 2015 Gregory L. Waller Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District 1993-1/11/2015 Henry Ridgely Delaware Supreme Court 2004-1/31/2015 Henry S. Johnson Kentucky Circuit Court 26 7/2013-1/2015 Herman Clause 15th Judicial District, Louisiana 1/1997-1/1/2015 Hugh K. Swift Superior Court of Calaveras County, California 2013-2015 Ian Richards Broward County Court, Florida 2008-2014 J. Michael McCarthy Florida 10th Circuit Court 2000-1/5/2015 Jack Griesbaum Florida 18th Circuit Court 12/2000-1/5/2015 James B. Pierce Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California James Batzer 19th Circuit Court, Michigan 1985-1/2015 James Bixler Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court 2007-2015 James D. Arnold Florida 13th Circuit Court 1991-1/5/2015 James Denvir Archuleta County Court, Colorado 1995-2015 James Franklin Davis Kansas Tenth Judicial District 1991-1/2015 James G. Bodiford Cobb Judicial Circuit, Georgia 1994-1/1/2015 James Kingsley 37th Circuit Court, Michigan 1982 - January 1, 2015 James M. Barton, II Florida 13th Circuit Court 1999-1/5/2015 James M. Riehl Kitsap County District Court, Washington 1983-1/2015 James Richard Downey Kentucky Circuit Court 8 3/2014-1/2015 James Robert Redford 17th Circuit Court, Michigan 2003-1/2015 James W. Schum Colorado 7th Judicial District 7/2005-1/13/2015 Jane Ranum Minnesota Fourth Judicial District 2009-2015 Janet N. Poston Minnesota Fourth Judicial District 1996-2015 Jean Marie Martwick Columbia County Circuit Court, Oregon 2013-1/2015 Jeffrey M. Fleming Florida 9th Circuit Court 1/1/2006-1/5/2015 Jerome P. Hellmer Kansas Twenty-Eighth Judicial District 1996-1/12/2015 Jerry J. Bowles Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Joan Klein California Second District Court of Appeal 1978-1/5/2015 Joan L. Byer Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Joe H. Enos Oklahoma District 5 2005-2015 Joel Helander Madison-Guilford Probate District, Connecticut 2011-2015 John A. Noble Vermont Superior Court 2011-1/2015 John Dean Moxley, Jr. Florida 18th Circuit Court 1985-1/5/2015 John Dewane 2nd Circuit Court, Michigan 1/2008-1/2015 John F. Nichols Clark Superior Court, Washington 1997-1/15/2015 John H. Bailey, Jr. Northern Judicial Circuit, Georgia 1996-1/1/2015 John M. True III Superior Court of Alameda County, California 2003-2015 John P. Schrader Kentucky Circuit Court 22 2007-1/4/2015 Jon Shindurling Idaho 7th Judicial District Joseph Gibson Lake County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 1/2009-1/4/2015 Joseph Grasso Massachusetts Appeals Court 2001-2015 Joseph W. O'Reilly Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Karen Humphreys United States District Court for the District of Kansas Kenneth E. Pollock Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court 2009-2015 Kenneth W. Seamans Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania Lamont Barnett Vermont Superior Court 8/2012-1/31/2015 Larry L. Bohning Denver County Court, Colorado Larry Schack Florida 19th Circuit Court 1/1991-1/5/2015 Lauren C. Laughlin Florida 6th Circuit Court 1/1997-1/5/2015 Leon M. Firtel Florida 11th Circuit Court 1996-1/5/2015 Linda Gardner Nevada Second Judicial District Court 2005-2015 Lucy Chernow Brown Florida 15th Circuit Court 1/1991-1/5/2015 M. Richard Knoblock 52nd Circuit Court, Michigan 1979-1/1/2015 Manuel Menendez, Jr. Florida 13th Circuit Court 1984-1/5/2015 Marc B. Gilner Florida 12th Circuit Court 9/1999-1/5/2015 Marc Schumacher Florida 11th Circuit Court Margaret Dee McGarity United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Wisconsin 1987-1/31/2015 Mark Barcus Oklahoma District 14 2012-1/11/2015 Martin J. Sheehan Kentucky Circuit Court 16 2007-1/2015 Marvin Baxter California Supreme Court 1/1991-1/2015 Mary A. Celeste Denver County Court, Colorado Megan Simpson Oklahoma District 1 2012-1/11/2015 Mel Grossman Florida 17th Circuit Court 1979-1/5/2015 Michael Callahan 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan 1991-1/1/2015 Michael Cavanagh Michigan Supreme Court 1982-1/1/2015 Michael Haley Michigan Eighty-sixth Judicial District Court 2003-1/31/2015 Michael J. Griffin Idaho 2nd Judicial District 2011-1/6/2015 Michael Nash Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California Michael P. Murray Darien-New Canaan Probate District, Connecticut 1/2011-1/4/2015 Nancy F. Alley Florida 18th Circuit Court 1/1997-1/5/2015 Norbert A. Nadel Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 12/1982-1/2015 Patricia Walker FitzGerald Kentucky Circuit Court 30 Patrick F. Brady Massachusetts Superior Courts 1989-2015 Paul Lovier Franklin County Court, Texas 2010-2014 Peter H. Lieberman South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit 10/26/1995-1/5/2015 Peter Maceroni 16th Circuit Court, Michigan 1991-2015 Phyllis M. Rosier Florida 8th Circuit Court 2006-1/1/2015 R. David Cruise Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal 2008-2015 R. Michael Hutcheson Florida 7th Circuit Court 1978-1/5/2015 R. Timothy Peters Florida 6th Circuit Court 1995-2015 Ray Dean Linder Oklahoma District 4 1982-1/2015 Renee H. Muncy Kentucky District Court 41 Richard D. Wells Michigan 65A Judicial District Court 1993-1/1/2015 Richard Giardino Fulton County Court, New York 1997-1/2/2015 Richard I. Cooper 51st Circuit Court, Michigan Richard J. McMonagle Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 1979-1/9/2015 Richard M. Smith Kansas Sixth Judicial District Richard Pajtas 33rd Circuit Court, Michigan Richard T. Ballinger Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District 1992-1/2015 Rita McNeil Danish Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio 2014-1/1/2015 Robert A. Hawley (Florida) Florida 19th Circuit Court 1995-1/8/2015 Robert A. Wohn, Jr. Florida 18th Circuit Court 2007-1/5/2015 Robert Goodby Vermont Superior Court Robert H. Oliver Superior Court of Fresno County, California 1998-2015 Robert K. Rouse, Jr. Florida 7th Circuit Court 1995-1/5/2015 Robert L. Brown (Arkansas) Arkansas Supreme Court 1991-2013 Robert M. Small Minnesota Fourth Judicial District February 2006 - January 2015 Robert R. Makemson Florida 19th Circuit Court 1989-1/5/2015 Robert Scott (New Mexico) United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 04/01/2003-1/31/2015 Robert W. McDonald, Jr. Florida 12th Circuit Court 1995-1/5/2015 Robert Ziolkowski 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan 1998-1/1/2015 Rodney W. Equi Illinois Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court 1998-1/1/2015 Roger A. Alcott Florida 10th Circuit Court 2/2000-1/5/2015 Roger Gossard Kansas Fourteenth Judicial District 2003-1/12/2015 Roger J. McDonald Florida 9th Circuit Court 1/1997-1/5/2015 Romelle L. Green, Jr. Ben Hill County Magistrate Court Ronald Dresnick Florida 11th Circuit Court 3/1996-1/5/2015 Ronald H. Rose Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California 2008-1/30/2015 Sam Griffith Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals 2001-2015 Sandra K. McSorley Florida 15th Circuit Court 2000-1/5/2015 Sandy K. Kautz Florida 5th Circuit Court 2009-1/5/2015 Sandy Karlan Florida 11th Circuit Court 1995-1/5/2015 Sean P. Dowling Superior Court of Nevada County, California 2005-1/2015 Shawn L. Briese Florida 7th Circuit Court 1/1991-1/5/2015 Sheri Carver Cherokee County District Court, Alabama Sheri Raphaelson New Mexico First Judicial District Court 2009-1/1/2015 Stephen B. Rubin New Jersey Vicinage 13 2002-2015 Stephen L. Bates Kentucky Circuit Court 15 Stephen L. Mock Superior Court of Yolo County, California 1/1991-1/2015 Steven B. Feren Florida 17th Circuit Court 2009-1/5/2015 Stuart L. Tiede South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit 2001-1/5/2015 Sue Carol Browning Kentucky District Court 7 Susan Borman 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan 1979-1/2015 Susan C. Harlan Superior Court of Amador County, California 1991-2015 Susan M. Johnson Kentucky District Court 24 1991-1/4/2015 Tamra Gormley Kentucky Circuit Court 14 5/2/2007-1/2015 Tegan Slaton Florida 16th Circuit Court 2009 - January 5, 2015 Terrence Thomas 27th Circuit Court, Michigan Terry LaRue Florida 7th Circuit Court 1/2003-1/5/2015 Theodore O. Johnson Michigan Eighty-eighth Judicial District Court Thomas C. Grady Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court 1994-1/1/2015 Thomas P. Nugent Superior Court of San Diego County, California 1/1998-1/14/2015 Thomas Portuallo Florida 7th Circuit Court 2012-1/5/2015 Tom King, Jr. Alabama 10th Judicial Circuit 2001-2015 Valorie Vega Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court 2/21/1999-1/2015 Vera Jones 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan 1980-2015 W. Howard LaPorte Florida 1st Circuit Court 2005-1/5/2015 W. Logan Calvert Kentucky District Court 4 Walt Logan Florida 6th Circuit Court 1/1991-1/5/2015 Warren G. Sarrell, Jr. Cleburne County District Court, Alabama William C. Kellough Oklahoma District 14 1/2007-1/11/2015 William E. Mitchell Kentucky Circuit Court 5 William Engle III Kentucky Circuit Court 33 William G. Rogers Nevada Third Judicial District Court 1/2/2001-1/5/2015 William Gonzalez Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court March 2009 - January 2015 William K. Bell Alabama 23rd Judicial Circuit 2002-1/16/2015 William P. Kennedy Vermont Superior Court William Sutherland Michigan Twenty-third Judicial District Court 1980-1/1/2015 William Van Nortwick Florida First District Court of Appeal 1994-1/2015

See also

• Retired Judges Report
• Judicial selection in the states
• Mandatory Retirement