Judicial calendar 2005

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• Lester Adler, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• David Arterburn joined Nebraska District 2 as a District Court judge.
• David J. Ayres was appointed an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Scott Bales was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court.
• Catherine M. Bartlett was appointed judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Johnny Lee Baynes was elected to the New York City Civil Court of Kings County.
• Meryl J. Berkowitz was appointed an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York
• Lucy Billings was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Arlene Bluth, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Michael Bolin began his service on the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Ann Walsh Bradley was re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Megan Brennan was appointed to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Mary Ann Brigantti-Hughes was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Susan Marie Cacace, of the Westchester County Court, New York, took office.
• Joseph C. Calabrese was appointed an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Peter P. Charnetsky, of the Broome County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Danny Chun was appointed an acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Ronald A. Cicoria retired from the Livingston County Court, New York.
• Virginia Cobb was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Five.
• Dennis Cohen, of the Livingston County Court, New York, took office.
• Larry Collins was appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• Angel Cortinas appointed to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
• Robert G. Crigler joined the Seventeenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Daniel Crothers was appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
• John M. Curran was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Julie DeVries was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Eight.
• Monica Drinane was appointed an Interim Judge of the Bronx County Family Court, New York.
• Karen D. Egerton was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• William M. Erlbaum was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Paula L. Feroleto was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• William Giacomo, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• David Gilbertson was re-elected Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• Joseph R. Glownia, of the Erie County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Cheryl Gonzales was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Lizbeth Gonzalez, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Bernard Graham, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• David E. Grinde was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Marty Hagge was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Barb Hanson was appointed to the Minnesota Seventh Judicial District.
• Shawn M. Harden was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
• Patricia E. Henry was appointed to the Family Court of New York City.
• Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Marcia P. Hirsch was appointed judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert Holdman was appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims and an acting justice of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York.
• Alan L. Honorof was appointed an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Richard V. Hunt was appointed an acting justice of the Jefferson County Supreme Court, New York.
• Steven M. Jaeger was appointed to the Nassau County Court, New York.
• Dennis D. Jasper was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Seven.
• Barbara Kahn, of the Suffolk County Court, New York, took office.
• John Kase, of the Nassau County Court, New York, took office.
• Douglas A. Krull was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Two.
• Mary C. Leahy was appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
• Judith Lieb was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court of Bronx County.
• Kellyann M. Lekar was appointed to Iowa District One.
• Gerald Loehr, of the Westchester County Court, New York, took office.
• Daniel McClean was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
• Marion T. McNulty was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Harold Melton was appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court.
• Paul D. Merritt, Jr. joined the Lancaster County Adult Drug Court.
• Richard Molea was appointed a Supervising Judge of the Criminal Courts for the New York Supreme Court 9th Judicial District and the Presiding Judge of the Westchester County Mental Health Court, New York.
• Nilda Morales-Horowitz was appointed an acting justice of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kathleen A. Mottl was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• Marina Cora Mundy was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• James P. Murphy joined the Onondaga County Supreme Court, New York.
• Valerie Brathwaite Nelson was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Ann E. O'Shea was appointed to the Kings County Family Court, New York.
• Kevin A. Parker was appointed to Iowa District Five.
• Joel Penoyar was appointed to the Washington Court of Appeals.
• Stan L. Pritzker was elected a multi-bench judge of the County, Family and Surrogate's Courts of Washington County, New York.
• Eric I. Prus was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Mike Randolph began his first elected term on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Jesse A. Render was appointed to Iowa District Four as a magistrate.
• Jerome J. Richards was appointed to the St. Lawrence County Court, New York.
• Terry Rickers was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Tammy S. Robbins, of the Nassau County Court, New York, took office.
• Kenneth Romines appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• Dandrea Lynn Ruhlmann was appointed to the Juvenile Delinquency Court in Monroe County, New York.
• Kevin K. Ryan was appointed acting justice of the Clinton County Supreme Court, New York.
• Wayne Saitta was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jerry Scarano, of the Saratoga County Court, New York, took office.
• Shari R. Schluchter was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.
• DeDra L. Schroeder was appointed to Iowa District Two as a magistrate.
• George J. Silver was elected to the New York City Civil Court, Kings County.
• Kathy Mace Skinner was appointed to Iowa District Two as a magistrate.
• Patricia Smith began her service on the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Edward Spain was re-elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• John Stanley (New York) was appointed to the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part.
• Robert Stolz was appointed to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Elizabeth A. Strance was appointed to the Hawai`i Third Circuit Court, Hawaii.
• Gary P. Strausser was appointed to Iowa District Seven.
• Margaret Szczur, of the Erie County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Megan Tallmer was appointed an acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Bradford Thomas appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal
• Michael Thompson was appointed to the Minnesota Eighth Judicial District.
• Bruce E. Tolbert, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Robert E. Torres was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Mitchell E. Turner was appointed to Iowa District Six.
• Margaret T. Walsh was elected to the Albany County Family Court, New York.
• Mark D. Warner was appointed to the Colorado 17th Judicial District.
• Alfred J. Weiner, of the Rockland County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Michelle Weston was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Todd Westphal was appointed to the Minnesota Fifth Judicial District.
• Robert Wiggins, of the Livingston County Court, New York, took office.
• Thomas Willhite appointed to the California Second District Court of Appeal
• John H. Wilson took office as a New York City Civil Court judge.
• Mary M. Work was elected to the Ulster County Surrogate's Court, New York.
• Renee Worke appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals
• Louis B. York was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Hope Schwartz Zimmerman, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York took office.

January

• James Burke was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
• James Haley was elected to the Virginia Court of Appeals.
• Leslie Rothenberg of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal took office.
• David Thorson was appointed to the Colorado 11th Judicial District.

• January 1:

• Debra Bernes of the Georgia Court of Appeals took office
• Anthony Cardona began his 2nd term as presiding justice of the Third Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Joyce Draganchuk, of the 30th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Mark Duthie, of the 21st Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Paul Green, of the Texas Supreme Court, took office.
• David Katz assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Mary Kilbane, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Judith Ann Lanzinger, of the Ohio Supreme Court, took office.
• Cheryl Matthews, of the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• David Newblatt, of the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• David Reader, of the 44th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Jon Van Allsburg, of the 20th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Michael Weipert, of the 38th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Tracey Yokich, of the 16th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.

• January 2:

• Patrick McGrath, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.

• January 3:

• Christopher Boyko received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• James Hardesty, of the Nevada Supreme Court, took office.
• Christine McMonagle, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.

• January 5:

• Tani Sakauye of the California Third District Court of Appeal took office.

• January 11:

• Brian Flynn was appointed to the Colorado 21st Judicial District.

• January 21:

• J. Weber McCraw was appointed to the Twenty Fifth circuit court, Tennessee.

• January 24:

• Keith Levy appointed to Alaska First District.

• January 25:

• William Bootle died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

• January 26:

• Lubbie Harper of the Connecticut Appellate Court took office.
• Herbert Gruendel appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court

• January 28:

• Michael Buser joined the Kansas Court of Appeals

February

• February 9:

• Harvey Bressler, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Carla Moore, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Colleen O'Toole, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• William Skow, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.

• February 10: Frances Rothschild appointed to the California Second District Court of Appeal.
• February 14: Robert Conrad was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
• February 15: Michael Chertoff resigned from his commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
• February 18: Arlene Johnson was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.

March

• Jeff Bivins was appointed circuit court judge of the Twenty First Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Jane Wiseman was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.
• March 1:

• Robert Renner died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

• March 5: James Kelly died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• March 6: William Bassler assumed senior status.
• March 7: Sean C. Gibbs was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• March 9: Franklin Burgess assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
• March 15: Phil Johnson was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.
• March 28: Charles Butler assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
• March 31:

• David Hagen retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
• Clyde Vinson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

April

• Richard T. Bissen, Jr., of the Maui Second Circuit Court, Hawaii, took office.
• Sandy Kriegler appointed to the California Second District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Five
• April 1:

• Howard McKibben assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

• April 2:

• Richard Moore III was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.

• April 4:

• Frances Rothschild and Thomas Willhite took their oaths of office for the California Second District Court of Appeal

• April 11:

• Leo Sorokin appointed as a federal magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

• April 15:

• Paul Crotty received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Lourdes Baird retired from service on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• April 18: Jerry Stokes was appointed to the Thirtieth circuit court, Tennessee.
• April 22: Terry Hatter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• 'April 23:

• James P. Doherty, Jr. was elected to the 27th Judicial District, Louisiana.
• Elizabeth Wolfe was elected to the 21st Judicial District, Louisiana.

• April 28:

• Scott P. Hill-Kennedy was appointed to the 49th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• John Seabright received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

May

• Brian Quinn became the Chief Justice of the Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals.
• Rebecca Simmons was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• May 2:

• James Dever received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
• Karl Forester assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

• May 3: Harry MacLaughlin died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
• May 8: Walter Skinner died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
• May 16: Wendy Duffy, of the California Sixth District Court of Appeal, took office.
• May 26:

• Patrick Woodward, of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, took office.
• George VanBebber died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

• May 31:

• Richard Kyle assumed senior status.
• Paul Matia retired from his commission on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

June

• Robert D. Bell was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.
• Ellen Rosenblum, of the Oregon Court of Appeals, took office.
• June 2: Robert Conrad received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
• June 3: Priscilla Richman received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
• June 5: Raymond Gruender received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• June 8: Janice Brown received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• June 10:

• Richard Griffin received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• David McKeague received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• William Pryor received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

• June 29: Thomas Griffith received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• June 30:

• Willis Hunt assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
• Fern Smith retired from her position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

July

• Francis C. Wasserman was appointed to the Colorado 17th Judicial District.
• July 1:

• Marcelo Kopcow was appointed to the Colorado 19th Judicial District.
• Gary Taylor retired from service on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• July 7: Paul Stutesman was appointed to the 45th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• July 8:

• Brian Burgess was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court.
• Mackey Hancock, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.

• July 9: Richard Nygaard assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
• July 14: Alton Davis was appointed to the Michigan Fourth District Court of Appeals.
• July 20: Falcon Hawkins died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
• July 29: Warren Silver joined the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

August

• Leslie M. Clemenson was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Joseph Covello joined the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Jann Patrice DuBois was appointed to the Colorado Fourth Judicial District.
• James C. Klein was appointed to the Colorado 20th Judicial District.
• Timothy B. Liechty was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Eight.
• Bernard Malone was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
• Carolyn McHugh was appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals.
• Joseph W. Seidlin was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Alan Waldrop was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• August 1:

• Heather Dickinson was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• William Gilroy joined the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
• Duane L. Golden was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Mary Pat Gunderson was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Dennis L. James was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Four.
• James H. Martinek was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• James Patrick Piazza was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• David J. Welu was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.

• August 3: William Rea died while serving on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• August 5:

• David B. Lewis was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.
• Dickran Tevrizian assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• August 17: Kathleen N.A. Watanabe, of the Kaua`i Fifth Circuit Court, Hawaii, took office.
• August 18:

• Diane R. Alshouse and Robert A. Awsumb were appointed to the Minnesota Second Judicial District.

• August 22: Clarence Newcomer died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• August 24: Don Willett was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.
• August 25: Mark Dillon was appointed to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
• August 29: James Michael died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

September

• Cornelia Clark was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
• Doug Gabbard was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.
• Jim Wright was appointed Chief Justice of the Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals.
• September 1:

• Frederic Block assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• John Bissell retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Donald R. Elledge was appointed to the Anderson County Circuit Court, Tennessee.
• Richard Enslen assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

• September 5: Donald R. Elledge, of the Anderson County Circuit Court, Tennessee, was sworn in to office.
• September 16: Howell Cobb died while serving as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
• September 20: Janet Allen was appointed to the 46th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• September 21: Thomas Evans was appointed to the 55th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• September 28:

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

• September 29: John Roberts received commission as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• September 30:

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

October

• Thomas M. Deister was appointed to the Colorado 21st Judicial District.
• Lawrence E. Jahn, of Iowa District Two, took office.
• Alexander Jeong was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Toko Serita was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Rick Strange was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• October 1:

• David A. Bottger was appointed Chief Judge of the Colorado 21st Judicial District.

• October 3:

• Milton Schwartz resigned from service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

• October 7:

• Allan Edgar assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
• Greg W. Steensland was appointed to Iowa District Four.

• October 15:

• Patricia Koch was elected to the 9th Judicial District, Louisiana.

• October 16:

• Stephanie Seymour assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

• October 20:

• Jonathan N. Jasper was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

• October 24: Consuelo Marshall assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• October 25: Jesse Eschbach died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
• October 26: Brian Sandoval received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
• October 28: Victoria Chavez was appointed to the California Second District Court of Appeal.

November

• Stephen Dwyer was elected to the Washington Court of Appeals.
• Eric Rosen, of the Kansas Supreme Court, took office.
• November 3:

• Harry Edwards assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• B. William Ekstrum was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• John Smoak received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

• November 8: Reinaldo Rivera was re-elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• November 9:

• Susan Neilson received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• Charles Weiner died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• November 13:

• William Bryant died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

• November 15: Hector Laffitte assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
• November 18:

• Harry Mattice received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
• Michael Theile was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan.

December

• Alma Cordova was appointed to the New York City Civil Court.
• Carol Corrigan was appointed to the California Supreme Court.
• Charlene Elder was appointed to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Karen Lupuloff was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court.
• Peter Siggins was appointed to the California Courts of Appeal.
• December 1: Graham Mullen assumed senior status.
• December 3:

• Eldon Mahon died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

• December 7: Victoria Chavez, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
• December 12: Garye Vasquez appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Janet Napolitano.
• December 15: Stephen Larson was nominated by President George W. Bush to the Central District of California.
• December 27:

• Kristi DuBose received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
• William Watkins received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
• Frank Bullock assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

• December 31:

• Claude Hilton assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Malcolm Howard assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive