Retired Judges Report, November 2013

December 2, 2013

28 state court judges retired in November 2013.

Spotlight
On November 29, 2013, Judge William C. Stewart, Jr. retired from the Dunn County Circuit Court, after serving on the bench for fifteen years. Stewart was first elected to the court in 1998 after having served as an assistant district attorney for Dunn County and working previously as both a deputy corporation counsel and as an attorney in private practice. During his time on the court, Stewart initiated both a diversion court for Dunn County, which works to reduce recidivism, and the Criminal Justice Collaborative Council, which serves to evaluate individuals based on their background, mental health, and addiction issues, and determines whether or not it would be more beneficial to have them released on bond rather than serving jail time. Reflecting back on his career as a judge, Stewart said he had the hardest time with cases involving child abuse and sexual assault and seeing "the effect on victims being pulled through the criminal justice system. Very few come through unscathed.” But he had also looked forward to the chance to become a judge, stating that "[a]s a judge you have the ability to make a difference across the board.”
Retired judges
The following judges retired from office in November 2013. Name Court Dates of service Andrew A. Valdez Utah Third Judicial District 1993-2013 Barbara A. Lane Superior Court of Ventura County, California Bennie J. Harrison Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Broughton M. Earnest Maryland Second Circuit 2007-2013 Charles F. Kahn Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin 1992-2013 Danny H. Hawkes New Mexico Magistrate Court David Gaultney Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals 2000-2013 Deborah Fleck King County Superior Court, Washington H. G. Franklin Lynn County Court, Texas 2002-2013 Hugh A. Walker Superior Court of Alameda County, California 1998-11/2013 Irene Alarcon Rios Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals 2017 - Present John A. Hohman, Jr. Monroe County Probate Court, Michigan 1997-2013 John Hoffmann (Wisconsin) Waupaca County Circuit Court, Wisconsin 1985-2013 Kimbrell Kelly Tucker North Carolina 12th Judicial District 1997-2013 Larry W. Allen Superior Court of San Bernardino County, California Marcella A. Holland Maryland Eighth Circuit 1997-2013 Michael D. Brown (Texas) Tom Green County Court, Texas Myron Steele Delaware Supreme Court 2000-2013 R. Thomas Moorhead Colorado 5th Judicial District 2002-2013 Richard D. Greenlief Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Shahla S. Sabet Superior Court of San Bernardino County, California Stephen G. Sawyer Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court 2002-2013 Susan D. Siefkin Superior Court of Stanislaus County, California Wilford D. Carter 14th Judicial District, Louisiana 1993-2013 William C. Stewart, Jr. Dunn County Circuit Court, Wisconsin 1998-2013 William M. Kolin Superior Court of Contra Costa County, California 1997-2013 William M. Watkins Twenty-Sixth Family Circuit, West Virginia 2002-2013 William R. Howard Minnesota Fourth Judicial District 1990-2013

See also

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

External links

• Judgepedia's retiring judges calculations - state courts