Judicial calendar 1998

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• Lance Africk reappointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana as a magistrate.
• Marlin Appelwick, of the Washington Court of Appeals, took office.
• J. C. Argetsinger became judge of the Family, Surrogate's and County courts of Schuyler County, New York.
• Leonard Austin was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Roxanne Bailin was appointed to the Colorado 20th Judicial District.
• Paul J. Baisley, Jr. was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Betsy Barros was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• James D. Birkenholz was appointed to Iowa District Five.
• Timothy L. Blakely was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
• James Q. Blomgren was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
• Theodore Boehm, of the Indiana Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Jacqueline E. Bolton joined the Eleventh Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Jane Boyle reappointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas as a magistrate.
• Martha B. Brasfield became the Chancellor of the Twenty Fifth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• W. Frank Brown joined the Hamilton County Chancery Court, Tennessee.
• Edwin Browning was appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Jerri S. Bryant became the Chancellor of the Tenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Clara Byrd joined the Fifteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Mark Cady was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
• Walter Carpeneti was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
• Jerald S. Carter was elected to the Nassau County Court, New York.
• Richard Cebull was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Montana as a magistrate.
• Susan Chehardy was elected to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
• Mark D. Cleve was appointed to Iowa District Seven.
• Michael Coffey joined Nebraska District 4.
• Nicholas Colabella, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• William Connolly, of the Nebraska Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• R. Bruce Cozzens, Jr. was elected to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert E. Cupp was elected to the First Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Kirk A. Daily was appointed an associate judge of Iowa District Eight.
• Nicholas De Rosa, of the Orange County Court, New York, took office.
• Brent Dickson, of the Indiana Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Biagio J. DiStefano, multi-bench judge of the County, Surrogate's and Family courts of Madison County, New York, took office.
• Karen Drago, of the Schenectady County Court, New York, took office.
• Harmon Drew, of the Louisiana Court of Appeal Second Circuit was elected.
• Gloria A. Dumas was elected to the Davidson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
• Timothy L. Easter, of the Twenty First circuit court, Tennessee, took office.
• Julianne S. Eisman, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Walter L. Evans became Chancellor of the Thirtieth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• W. Patrick Falvey was appointed an Acting Justice of the Yates County Supreme Court, New York.
• Daryl R. Fansler joined the Knox County Chancery Court, Tennessee.
• Daniel P. Fitzgerald was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Marianne Furfure, of the Steuben County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
• John Michael Galasso was elected to the Nassau County Court, New York.
• John Gerrard, of the Nebraska Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Mary Gilbride joined Nebraska District 5.
• David Gilbertson, of the South Dakota Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Michael Gillette, of the Oregon Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Michael Golden, of the Wyoming Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• James P. Griffin was appointed an acting justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Rudolph Hargrave, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Stella L. Hargrove joined the Twenty Second circuit court, Tennessee.
• W. Otis Higgs was elected to the Shelby County Criminal Court, Tennessee (Division II).
• Janice Holder, of the Tennessee Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• John Aaron Holt was elected to the Davidson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
• L. Craig Johnson joined the Fourteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Carol Ronning Kapsner was appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
• Michael Kavanagh was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Lawrence S. Knipel was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• John Konenkamp, of the South Dakota Supreme Court, was retained.
• Paul Korslund joined Nebraska District 1 as a District Judge.
• Patricia Lamberty joined Nebraska District 4 as a District Judge.
• David C. Larson was appointed to Iowa District Three.
• Jere Ledsinger was elected to the Coffee County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
• Joseph Lee was appointed to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
• Donald Lemons was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Fran Lubow was appointed to the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• Champ Lyons was appointed to the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Joan Madden was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Barbara Madsen was re-elected to the Washington Supreme Court.
• Roy S. Mahon was elected to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Daniel Martin was appointed to the New York Court of Claims.
• Mark Martin was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
• Ruth McGregor was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court.
• John Q. McShane was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• E. Richard Meadows, Jr. was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
• Chris Melonakis was appointed to the Colorado 17th Judicial District.
• William I. Mogulescu was appointed acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Mary Mullarkey was named Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
• Mark Munger was elected to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
• Patrick H. NeMoyer was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Roger A. Page joined the Twenty Sixth circuit court, Tennessee.
• James Payne appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma as a magistrate.
• Paul Pfeifer, of the Ohio Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Ruth Pickholz was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court.
• David Prosser was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Gary Randall joined Nebraska District 4.
• Harry Randow was elected to the 9th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• William W. Ranniger was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.
• Phillip Rapoza was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
• Artis Reis was appointed to Iowa District Five.
• James F. Russell joined the Thirtieth circuit court, Tennessee.
• Richard Sanders was re-elected to the Washington Supreme Court.
• Randall Shepard, of the Indiana Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Debra Silber was elected to the New York City Civil Court.
• Michael Talbot was appointed to the Michigan First District Court of Appeals.
• Carole Taylor was appointed to the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal.
• Cynthia Zamora Taylor was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Seven.
• Janice A. Taylor was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Royce Taylor joined the Sixteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Judith M. Tilsen and Teresa R. Warner were elected to the Minnesota Second Judicial District
• Thomas M. VanStrydonck was appointed to the New York Supreme Court 7th Judicial District.
• Laura Visitacion-Lewis was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Allan B. Weiss was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Bonnie G. Wittner was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert Wollheim, of the Oregon Court of Appeals, took office.
• John D. Wootten, of the Fifteenth Judicial District, Tennessee, took office.
• John Wright, of the Nebraska Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• James A. Yates joined the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Barbara Gunther Zambelli, of the Westchester County Court, New York, took office.
• Robert Ziolkowski was appointed to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.

January

• Mark Bailey of the Indiana Court of Appeals took office.
• Nancy Smith was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• January 6:

• Joseph McCloskey joined the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court as a senior judge.
• Gordon Shumaker was appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals

• January 10:

• Kevin Duffy assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• January 17:

• Frank Theis died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

• January 27:

• John D. Kelly nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by Bill Clinton.
• David Saxe was designated to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.

• January 30:

• Mark Bailey of the Indiana Court of Appeals took office.
• Robert Birnbaum was appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• John MacKenzie retired from service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• January 31:

• Stanley Roszkowski retired from service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

February

• Shelley I. Gilman was appointed to the Colorado 2nd Judicial District.
• February 1: assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• February 4:

• Ann Aiken received her commission to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• Barry Silverman received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• Richard Story received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

• February 9: Harry Hull took oath of office for his position on the California Third District Court of Appeal.
• February 14: Darryl Casanueva took oath of office for his position on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal.
• February 24:

• Kenneth Hall assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• Margaret Morrow received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• February 28:

• William Byrne, Jr. assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

March

• March 2:

• Robert Grant died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

• March 6:

• Richard Young received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

• March 11:

• Judith Barzilay received her commission to serve on the United States Court of International Trade.

• March 17:

• Jeremy Fogel received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Sam Lindsay received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• Delissa Ridgway received her commission to serve on the United States Court of International Trade.
• Hilda Tagle received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

• March 18:

• Irving Hill died while serving on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Joseph Farah was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan.

• March 19:

• Susan Graber received her commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

• March 20:

• Joseph McLaughlin assumed senior status.

• March 23:

• Champ Lyons took the oath of office for his position on the Alabama Supreme Court.

• March 29:

• Isaac Krentzman died while serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• March 31:

• Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• John Penn assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• William Rea asumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

April

• Melissa May of the Indiana Court of Appeals took office.
• April 2: James Ideman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• April 3:

• Michael McCuskey received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
• Patrick Murphy received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
• Zita Weinshienk assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

• April 7:

• Robert Dawson received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
• Ivan Lemelle received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Kermit Lipez received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit.
• Johnnie Rawlinson received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

• April 8:

• Margaret McKeown received her commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco.
• Edward Shea received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• April 11:

• Leland Clure Morton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

• April 16: Malcolm Marsh assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• April 20: Emilio Garza received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
• April 30:

• Garr King received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• Greg Sleet received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

May

• Robert M. Raciti was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court of Queens County.
• Larry Stephen, of the New York City Criminal Courts, took office.
• May 1:

• Daniel Huyett died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• May 5: William E. Macklin was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
• May 7: James McKay was elected to the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
• May 14: William Browning assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
• May 20: George Gunn died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
• May 22:

• William Dimitrouleas received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• Stephan Mickle received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
• George Steeh received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Arthur Tarnow received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Joseph Rodriguez assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

June

• Oymin Chin was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Maria Milin was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Marcia J. Sikowitz was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• June 1: Patrick Carr died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• June 3:

• Susan Oki Mollway received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
• Rosemary Pooler received her commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
• Chester Straub received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

• June 7:

• David Dyer died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

• June 8:

• Robert Merhige retired from service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• June 18: Hugh Gibson died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• June 23: Richard Roberts received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• June 29:

• Howard Matz received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Victoria Roberts received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

• June 30:

• David Doty assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
• William Justice assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

July

• Donna Carr was appointed to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• Robert C. Hunter was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
• Barbara Salinitro joined the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• July 1: Rudi Brewster assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• July 6: Margret Robb of the Indiana Court of Appeals took office.
• July 8: Philip Wilkins resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
• July 10: Paul Plunkett assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• July 15: James Logan retired from service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
• July 18: John Davies retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• July 19: Lenore Nesbitt assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• July 30:

• Lyonel Senter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

August

• Don Layton was elected to the Anderson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
• Lawrence Mooney was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• Victor Reyes was appointed to the Colorado 10th Judicial District.
• Nancy Rice was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court.
• Robert H. Russell, II was appointed to the Colorado 18th Judicial District.
• James Witt and Thomas T. Woodall were elected to full terms on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Michael Wolff was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court.

• August 3:

• Raner Collins received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
• Robert James received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
• John D. Kelly received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Dan Polster received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Ralph Tyson received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
• Kim McLane Wardlaw received her commission to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Joseph Willson died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• August 11:

• Richard Bilby died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

• August 15:

• John Nixon assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

• August 20:

• Robert Warren died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

• August 25:

• Lewis Powell died while serving on the Supreme Court of the United States.

• August 28:

• Terrence E. Conkel was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

September

• Lindsey Miller-Lerman was appointed to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
• David A. Lester was appointed to Iowa District Three.
• Carol Soloman was elected a circuit court judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• September 1:

• Don Layton, of the Anderson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee, took office.
• Roy B. Morgan, of the Twenty Sixth circuit court, Tennessee, took office.

• September 2:

• Donald Alexander, of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, took office.
• James Marchiano and Barbara J.R. Jones were appointed to the California Courts of Appeal.

• September 4: Robert Cowen assumed senior status while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
• September 11: James Ideman died while serving on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

October

• Raymond S. Childress, of the 22nd Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Dale B. Lindman, of the Minnesota Second Judicial District, took office.
• October 1:

• Carl Barbier received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Gerald Lee received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Patricia Seitz received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• William Traxler received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

• October 3: Camille Buras was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• October 7: Sonia Sotomayor received her commission to the Second Circuit.
• October 8: Dean Buttram received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• October 9:

• William Fletcher received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• Inge Johnson received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• Robert King received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

• October 11:

• Spottswood Robinson died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

• October 13: Sonia Sotomayor leaves United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• October 16:

• Collins Seitz died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

• October 21:

• John D. Kelly's service on the Eighth Circuit ends due to his death.
• David Sutherland Nelson died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

• October 22:

• Richard Berman received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• David Carter received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Donovan Frank received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
• Alvin Hellerstein received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• David Herndon received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
• Yvette Kane received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• Robert Lasnik received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
• Nora Manella received her commission to serve on the Second District, Division Four of the California Courts of Appeal
• Colleen McMahon received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Norman Mordue received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
• James Munley received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
• Rebecca Pallmeyer received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• William Pauley received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Jeanne Scott received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
• Margaret Seymour received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
• Aleta Trauger received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
• Thomas Whelan received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

• October 29:

• Anthony Celebrezze died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• October 30:

• Lee Gagliardi died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• October 31: John Parker assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

November

• Donna Carr was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• Ming Chin, of the California Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Patricia Cottrell was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
• Sheila Ann Gibson Manning was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks, of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, took office.
• Robert C. Hunter was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
• Norma McGee Ogle was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Beth Whitmore was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
• John Everett Williams was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
• November 3:

• Thomas Gray, Terry McCall, Michael O'Neill, Jan Patterson and James Worthen were elected to the Texas Court of Appeals.

• Mary Brouillette Barglind was elected to the 41st Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Michael Baumgartner was elected to the 34th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Marilyn Castle was elected to the 15th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Charles Chapel, of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, was retained by voters.
• Maura Corrigan was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.
• Ernest Drake was elected to the 21st Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Patricia Fresard was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Ronald George, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
• Stephen Gorsalitz was elected to the 9th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Cynthia Hathaway was re-elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• William Hill was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
• David Hoort was elected to the 8th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Cheryl Johnson was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Michael Keasler was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
• John E. LeBlanc was elected to the 17th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Petra Jimenez Maes was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
• Lawrence Meyers was re-elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Thomas Moyer was re-elected to the Ohio Supreme Court.
• Harriet O'Neill was elected to the Texas Supreme Court.
• Thomas Solka was elected to the 25th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Brian Sullivan was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Zorraine Waguespack was elected to the 21st Judicial District, Louisiana.

• November 10: Fred Borchard was appointed to the 10th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• November 18: Colleen O'Brien, of the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• November 28: Thelton Henderson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• November 29: Earl O'Connor died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

December

• David L. Dickinson was appointed to the Colorado 6th Judicial District.
• Daniel Ryan, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Kurtis Wilder and Brian Zahra were appointed to the Michigan First District Court of Appeals.
• December 1:

• Theodore Carlson, of the Nebraska Court of Appeals, took office.
• William Dwyer assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

• December 7:

• Terry O'Rourke took the oath of office for the California Courts of Appeal.
• Fred Lewis was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.

• December 8: Peggy Quince was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
• December 13: Robert Keeton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• December 18: Joseph Stevens died while serving on the Eastern District of Missouri.
• December 20: William Kidd died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
• December 21:

• William McGuiness, of the California First District Court of Appeal, took office.
• Patricia Sepulveda was appointed to the California Courts of Appeal.
• Arthur Scotland took oath of office for his position as Presiding Justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal.

• December 25:

• Dennis Knapp died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

• December 31:

• Edward Cahn died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Tanja K. Manrique was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• Robert Patterson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Norma Shapiro assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Anna Taylor assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Jeffrey D. Thompson appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• David Thompson, of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, assumed senior status.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive