Judicial calendar 1996

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• Gordon C. Abel was appointed a district judge of Iowa District Four.
• Stephen C. Aldrich was elected to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• George R. Bartlett, III was elected to the County, Family and Surrogate's Courts of Schoharie County, New York.
• Robert M. Bell became the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.
• Orazio R. Bellantoni, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Peter J. Benitez was appointed an acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert R. Benson was elected to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• Patricia Blackmon was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• David Bridges, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Stephen A. Bucaria was elected to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Peter C. Buckley was appointed to the Chemung County Court, New York.
• Christopher J. Burns was elected to the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
• Scott Campbell was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Eight.
• Jay Caraway was elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal.
• Paul H. Chamberlain became the Chief Judge of the 21st Circuit Court, Michigan.
• N. Patrick Crooks was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Robin Jean Davis was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
• Matthew J. D'Emic was appointed to the New York Court of Claims.
• Mary S. DuFresne was elected to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• Michael L. Dwyer was appointed to the Oneida County Court, New York.
• Elizabeth H. Emerson was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Gary R. Englin was appointed to Iowa District Four as a magistrate.
• Sue McKnight Evans was elected to the Davidson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
• Dana Fabe was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
• Eugene Fahey was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Karen Flowers was appointed District Judge of Nebraska District 3.
• Thomas R. Frierson was elected Chancellor of the Third Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Todd A. Geer was appointed District Court judge of Iowa District One.
• Louis Guirola transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi as a magistrate.
• Archie Hayman, of the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• James S. Heckerman was appointed district judge of Iowa District Four.
• Sherry K. Heitler was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York
• Gregory Hobbs was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court.
• Alan L. Honorof was appointed to the New York Court of Claims.
• Charles W. Johnson was re-elected to the Washington Supreme Court.
• Dennis Kehoe, multi-bench judge for the County, Family and Surrogate's courts of Wayne County, New York, took office.
• Timothy Kenny, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Debra J. Kiedaisch took office as a judge of the Orange County Family Court, New York and an acting justice of the Orange County Supreme Court, New York.
• Gary Kimes was appointed to Iowa District Five.
• Judy Harris Kluger was appointed an acting justice of the New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District and assigned to the New York City Criminal Court.
• Jeannette Theriot Knoll was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
• Ute Wolff Lally was elected to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Dan Lamont took office as a judge of the Albany Court of Claims, New York and an acting justice of the Albany County Supreme Court, New York.
• John Latella was appointed an acting justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kindall T. Lawson joined the Second Judicial District, Tennessee.
• H. Patrick Leis III was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Daniel Lewis was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Joseph J. Maltese was elected to the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
• Mary Muehlen Maring was appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
• Margaret Marshall was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
• Jon A. Maturi was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.
• John R. McCarroll joined the Thirtieth circuit court, Tennessee.
• Patrick C. McCormick was appointed to Iowa District Three.
• Linda McGee was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
• Philip G. Minardo was elected to the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
• James Moseley was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Sherry J. Nichols was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
• John F. O'Donnell was appointed to the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
• Michael Owens joined the District Court bench of Nebraska District 5.
• Philip Padovano was appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Charles Peatross was elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
• Janet N. Poston was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• George J. Pulver, Jr. was elected to the County, Family and Surrogate Courts of Greene County, New York.
• Stephanie C. Rattenborg was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
• Sally Robertson was appointed to the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District.
• Kenneth Rocco was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• Stephen J. Rooney was elected judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
• Dale Sandstrom was re-elected to the North Dakota Court of Appeals.
• Annette J. Scieszinski was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
• Henry Scudder was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Jerry L. Smith was elected to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Lucindo Suarez was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr. was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Guy P. Tomlinson, of the Montgomery County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
• Gayle Vogel was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
• Joseph Vukovich was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• Cheryl Waite was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• Joseph Watt, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Cynthia T. Woodard was elected to the 3rd Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Fredrick Year was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.

January

• David Armstrong, of the Washington Court of Appeals, took office.
• Mark J. Eveloff was appointed a district associate judge of Iowa District Four.

• January 1:

• Harold Sanders assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

• January 4:

• John Marten received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
• Jed Rakoff received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Atsushi Tashima received his commission to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

• January 6:

• Edward Rafeedie assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• January 7:

• Roger Foley died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

• January 8:

• Okla Jones died while serving as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

• January 9:

• James Eyler, of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, took office.

• January 15:

• Cecil Poole assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

• January 24:

• Richard Gadbois assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• January 25:

• Ming Chin was appointed to the California Supreme Court.

February

• C. Vincent Phelps was appointed to the Colorado 17th Judicial District.
• Jean Hoefer Toal was re-elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• February 1: Stanley Harris assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• February 2: Heather L. Sweetland was appointed to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
• February 9: Paul Hatfield assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
• February 26: Kenneth Buettner joined the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

March

• Jeffrey Burbank was appointed to the Utah First Judicial District.
• John M. Hunt was appointed to the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• Kathy Johnson, of the 7th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.

• March 1:

• Ming Chin, of the California Supreme Court, took office.

• March 5:

• Kenneth W. Schmidt was appointed to the 18th Circuit Court, Michigan.

• March 7:

• Evelyn Stratton was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court.

• March 15:

• Patrick Kelly retired from service on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

• March 24:

• Aldon Anderson died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• March 27:

• Oliver Seth died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

• March 28:

• Ronald George became the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.
• Karen R. Williams was appointed to the Thirtieth circuit court, Tennessee.

• March 29:

• Charles Merton Merrill died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• Thomas Huff joined the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

• March 31:

• James Kelly assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Robert Vining assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

April

• April 11:

• James Lambden, of the California Courts of Appeal, took the oath of office.

• April 15:

• Robert Aguilar assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Prentice Marshall retired from his position on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• April 18:

• Ronald Norwood Davies died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

May

• Rex Davis, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Marian C. Doherty was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Brenda S. Spears, of the New York City Housing Court, took office.

• May 1:

• Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
• James Hancock assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

• May 3:

• Michael Telesca assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

• May 10:

• Don Young died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• May 13:

• Robert Coyle assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

• May 15:

• Charles Fulton died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

• May 23:

• William Canby assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

• May 29:

• Richard Bilby assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

• May 31:

• William Acker assumed senior status.
• William Stafford assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

June

• Richard Andrias was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.

• June 1:
• Gregory G. Lyman was appointed to the Colorado 6th Judicial District.

• June 6:

• James McIntyre, of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, took office.

• June 8:

• Richard Kellam died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• June 10:

• Robert Boochever assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

• June 19:

• John Ruck was appointed to the 14th Circuit Court, Michigan.

• June 23:

• Elbert Tuttle died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

• June 24:

• Robert Aguilar retired from service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Martha M. Simonett was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

• June 30:

• Constantine Cholakis assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
• David Dowd assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

July

• Clint S. Judkins joined the Utah First Judicial District.
• July 1: Herbert Milburn assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• July 6: Thomas O'Neill assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• July 11: Gilroy Daly died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
• July 13: Benjamin Gibson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• July 15:

• Edwin Kosik assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• Robert Propst assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

• July 25:

• Gary Fenner received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
• Mary Ann Lemmon received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Walker Miller received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

• July 26: W. Craig Broadwater received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
• July 26: Joseph Greenaway received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• July 29: Charles Clevert received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
• July 31: Lee Sarokin retired from service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

August

• Cheryl A. Blackburn was appointed to the Criminal Court of the Twentieth Judicial District, Tennessee.

• August 1:

• Nina Gershon received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Joan Gottschall received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Robert Hinkle received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
• James Jones received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
• Lawrence Kahn received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
• Nanette Laughrey received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
• Donald Molloy received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
• Dean Pregerson received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Edmund Sargus received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

• August 3:

• Frank Zapata received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
• George La Plata retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

• August 6:

• Ann Montgomery received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

• August 7:

• Theodore Boehm, of the Indiana Supreme Court, took office.
• Helen Nies died, ending her service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• August 13:

• Albert Christensen died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• August 26:

• Thomas B. Poch was appointed to the Minnnesota First Judicial District

• August 31:

• James Buckley assumed senior status while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

September

• John D. Trahan was elected to the 15th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Ralph Tureau was elected to the 23rd Judicial District, Louisiana.
• September 3:

• Rex D. Stacey was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

• September 17:

• Irving Cooper died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• September 21:

• Terry Q. Alarcon was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Kay Bates was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• William J. Burris was elected to the 22nd Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Vernon B. Clark was elected to the 30th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Louis Daniel was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Joel G. Davis was elected to the 33rd Judicial District, Louisiana.
• John Ford was elected to the 30th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Robin Free was elected to the 18th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Robert Murphy was elected to the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Julian Parker was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Robert A. Pitre, Jr. was elected to the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Henry G. Sullivan, Jr. was elected to the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• George Hal Ware, Jr. was elected to the 20th Judicial District, Louisiana.

• September 27:

• James Battin died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.

• September 30:

• Victor Howard was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• Robert Takasugi assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

October

• October 1:

• Louis Stanton received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• William O'Kelley assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

• October 2:

• Richard Gadbois died while serving on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• October 3:

• Thomas Brett assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

• October 12:

• John Holschuh assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

• October 21:

• Alex Howard assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

• October 30:

• Sam Bell assumed senior status.
• Brian Duff assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• John Cannella died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• October 31:

• Dominick DiCarlo assumed senior status while serving on the United States Court of International Trade.

November

• Stephen Brown was elected to the Washington Court of Appeals.
• Robin Hunt was elected to the Washington Court of Appeals.
• Susan R. Miles was elected to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• James Nelson (Montana), of the Montana Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Sarah Parker was re-elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
• William Thompson first elected to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
• William Waller was elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court.

• November 5:

• William J. Bennett was elected to the 12th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Ronald Bergeron was elected to the 23rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Robert A. Chaisson was elected to the 29th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Herman Clause was elected to the 15th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Joseph Costello, Jr. was elected to the 38th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Vonda Evans was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Peter J. Garcia was elected to the 22nd Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Nanci Grant was elected to the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Paul Hamre was elected to the 36th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Michael Higgins was elected to the 40th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Arthur L. Hunter, Jr. was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Tim Kelley was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Marilyn Kelly was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.
• Lloyd J. Medley, Jr. was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Calvin Osterhaven was elected to the 56th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Sarah Parker was re-elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
• Tom Price was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Brenda Ricks was elected to the 21st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• J. Sterling Snowdy was elected to the 40th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Ford E. Stinson, Jr. was elected to the 26th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Paul Womack was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

• November 6:

• Patricio Serna was elected to the New Mexico Supreme Court.

• November 15:

• Sam Crow assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
• John Shaw assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

• November 18:

• James Holden died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.

• November 21:

• Walter Hoffman died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• November 24:

• Edward Garcia assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

• November 30:

• Jose Gonzalez assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• William Stiehl assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

December

• Janice Holder, of the Tennessee Supreme Court, took office.
• Barbara Salinitro was appointed to the Bronx County Family Court, New York.
• Thomas T. Woodall was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
• December 1:

• Constantine Cholakis died while serving as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
• George Gunn received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
• Elizabeth Hallanan received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

• December 6:

• Norman Black assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Patricio Serna, of the New Mexico Supreme Court, took office.

• December 13:

• Alan McDonald assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• December 27: John Noonan assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• December 29:

• Harold Vietor assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

• December 31:

• Gene Brooks retired from service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
• John Keenan assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Phyllis Kravitch assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
• Marcel Livaudais assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Fred Nichol died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• Charles Edward Wiggins assumed senior status on the Ninth Circuit.

See also

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