Judicial Calendar 2001

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Eric R. Adams was elected to the Genesee County Family Court, New York.
John A. Barone was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
Roger Benitez was appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California as a magistrate.
John C. Bivona was joined the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
James Q. Blomgren was appointed Chief Judge of Iowa District Eight.
Ralph A. Boniello III was elected to the Niagara County Supreme Court, New York.
J. Timothy Breen was appointed an acting justice of the Warren County Family Court, New York.
Michael J. Brennan was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
David M. Brockway, of the Chemung County Family Court, New York, took office.
Wanda Bryant was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
James M. Burke was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
Brian D. Burns, multi-bench judge of the County, Family and Surrogate's courts of Otsego County, New York, took office.
Judith S. Claire was appointed an acting justice of the New York Supreme Court.
Cathy Cochran was appointed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Peter Fox Cohalan was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
Robert J. Collini was appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims and an acting justice of the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
Keith Comeaux was elected to the 16th Judicial District, Louisiana.
Brian F. DeJoseph joined the Onondaga County Supreme Court, New York.
Aida Delgado-Colon was reappointed to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico as a magistrate.
Donna K. Dixon was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.
William Donnino was appointed Supervising Judge of the Nassau County Court, New York.
Craig J. Doran was appointed an Acting Justice of the Ontario County Supreme Court, New York.
James E. Doyle joined Nebraska District 11 as a District Court Judge.
Cathryn M. Doyle was elected to the Albany County Surrogate's Court, New York.
J. Michael Eakin was elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Larry Eisenhauer was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
Karen Flowers was appointed to the Lancaster County Adult Drug Court.
Peter M. Forman was appointed an Acting Justice of the Dutchess County Supreme Court, New York.
Allen Garbrecht was appointed Chief Judge of the 37th Circuit Court, Michigan.
Gustavo Gelpi was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico as a magistrate.
John Gemmill was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.
James D. Gibbons was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
David Gilbertson was elected Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
J.C. Van Ginkel was appointed to Iowa District Four as a magistrate.
Philip Hall was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Jim Hannah joined the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Michael L. Hanuszczak, of the Onondaga County Family Court, New York, took office.
William M. Harrington was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
Sherry K. Heitler was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
Ronald D. Hollie was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
James C. Hudson, of the Suffolk County Court, New York, took office.
Robert Hurlbutt was re-elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Louise Jacobs was appointed to Iowa District Five.
Barbara Kapnick was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
David Klein, of the Westchester County Family Court, New York, took office.
Richard C. Kloch, Sr. was appointed an acting justice of the Niagara County Supreme Court, New York and a judge of the New York Court of Claims.
Joseph Lewis was appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
Kevin A. Lund was appointed to the Minnesota Third Judicial District.
Guy J. Mangano, Jr. was appointed judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
Frederick J. Marshall was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
Kathleen McCarthy, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
Joseph D. McGuire was elected to the Lewis County Supreme Court, New York.
Joseph Kevin McKay was appointed an acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
John S. Moore was appointed an acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
Nilda Morales-Horowitz, of the Westchester County Family Court, New York, took office.
Robert C. Mulvey, of the Tompkins County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
John B. Nesbitt, multi-bench judge for the County, Family and Surrogate's courts of Wayne County, New York, took office.
E. Jeanette Ogden was appointed an acting judge of the Erie County Court, New York.
David Prosser was re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Gail Prudenti was appointed to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
Patricia Kelly was appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
Leslie King's term as Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals ends.
Sherry Radack was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
James Rice was appointed to the Montana Supreme Court.
Marybeth S. Richroath was appointed to the Queens County Family Court, New York.
James T. Rooney took office as a multi-bench judge of the Family, County and Surrogate's courts of Putnam County, New York.
Robert Rose was re-elected to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
John C. Rowley took office as a multi-bench judge of the Family, Surrogate's and County courts of Tompkins County, New York.
Leigh Ingalls Saufley became the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Anthony Scarpino, of the Westchester County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
Gregory M. Schatz joined Nebraska District 4.
David Schuman, of the Oregon Court of Appeals, took office.
Donna M. Siwek was elected to the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
Robert Spolzino was appointed to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Leslie Stein was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Betty Owen Stinson was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
Laura Denvir Stith was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court.
Michael Streit was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Craig Strong was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
James Sweeney was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
Milton Tingling was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
William D. Walsh, of the Onondaga County Court, New York, took office.
John Weimer, of the Louisiana Supreme Court, took office.
Thomas F. Whelan was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
Betty J. Williams took office as a New York City Civil Court judge.
Thomas Woodall began his service on the Alabama Supreme Court.
Ronald A. Zweibel was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.

January[edit]

Joseph T. Carter was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
James Duggan, of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, took office.
Robert Edmunds, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, took office.
Kevin W. Eide was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.
David Gorbaty, of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, took office.
Duane E. Hoffmeyer was appointed to Iowa District Three.
Edward Servitto, Jr., of the 16th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
Larry Vaught, of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, took office.

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January 2[edit]

Daniel Eismann, of the Idaho Supreme Court, took office.
Morris Silberman, of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, took office.

January 4[edit]

Gregory G. Galler, of the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District, took office.
Peter Zarella was nominated to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Second Tuesday: Term ends for Mary Mullarkey of the Colorado Supreme Court.

January 8:

Gary Rulon was appointed Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

January 10:

Howard D. Smyser, of Idaho Magistrate Division District Five, took office.

January 17:

Lucius Bunton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

January 20:

Santiago Campos died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

January 22:

Peter Zarella was sworn in to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

January 26:

Bobby Baldock assumed senior status.
Lynne Battaglia joined the Maryland Court of Appeals.

January 27:

Arthur Stanley died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

January 28:

James Giles died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

January 29:

Mark Simons was appointed to the California Courts of Appeal.

January 30:

Jack Shanstrom assumed senior status.

January 31:

Joseph Grasso, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.
James Fox assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Paul Gadola assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

February[edit]

Robert Cordy was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Douglas Staskal was appointed to Iowa District Five.
February 1:

Nancy Steffen Rahmeyer was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
Rita Garman was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Arlen Beam assumed senior status.
William Bertelsman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Duross Fitzpatrick assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Edward Korman assumed senior status to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Thomas Platt assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

February 2:

June Green died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

February 5: Marc Kantrowitz, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.
February 7: Joseph Flynn, of the Connecticut Appellate Court, took office.
February 28: Janis Berry, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.

March[edit]

Michael Hathaway was appointed to the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
Wallace Jefferson was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.

March 1:

Billy Burrage died while serving as a federal judge on the Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma.
Howell Cobb assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Edward Harrington went on senior status from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

March 5:

James McHugh, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.

March 7:

Scott Kafker, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.

March 12: Lawrence R. Johnson was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

March 14: Steven S. Alm, of the O`ahu First Circuit Court, Hawaii, was sworn into office.

March 17:

Abraham Marovitz died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

March 20:

William Thomas died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

March 22:

Edward Smith died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

March 29:

Barton Voigt was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

April[edit]

Dennis K. McDermott, of the Madison County Family, Surrogate's and County courts, took office.
April 1:

Paul Brown assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Richard Arnold assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

April 2:

Richard Goldberg assumed senior status.
Lawrence R. Johnson, of the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District, took office.

April 7:

Keith Comeaux was elected to the 16th Judicial District, Louisiana.
Piper Griffin was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
Todd Hernandez was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.
Madeleine M. Landrieu was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
James McClure assumed senior status.
D. Kent Savoie was elected to the 14th Judicial District, Louisiana.

April 16: Norman Stahl assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit.
April 18:

Sylvia Rambo received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

April 24:

Lansing Mitchell died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

May[edit]

Don E. Courtney was appointed to Iowa District Three.
Jeffrey M. Lipman was appointed to Iowa District Five.
May 1:

Daniel Sparr assumed senior status.

May 4:

Trudy K. Senda was appointed to the Kaua`i Fifth Circuit District Court, Hawaii.

May 5:

Manuel Fernandez was elected to the 34th Judicial District, Louisiana.
Kern A. Reese was elected to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.

May 11:

Leroy Contie died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

May 12:

Caleb Wright died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

May 15:

Edward Carni was nominated to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

May 25:

Wade Brorby assumed senior status while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

June[edit]

C. Scott Crabtree was appointed to the Colorado 17th Judicial District.
Anders J. Norgaard was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
William Ray Price's term as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court ended.
June 1:

Anne Thompson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

June 2: Stanley Harris retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
June 9: A.J. McNamara assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
June 15: John Lifland assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
June 18: Norma Johnson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
June 20: Edward Carni was confirmed to the Supreme Court of the State of New York by the New York Senate.
June 21: George Lindberg assumed senior status.
June 30: Charles Legge retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Louis Bechtle retired from serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

July[edit]

Carol L. Coppola was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Five.
David A. Gilbert was appointed to the Colorado 4th Judicial District.
Stephen Munsinger was appointed to the Colorado 1st Judicial District.
William A. Price was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Five.
July 1: Alan Norris assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
July 2: Madeleine M. Landrieu was sworn in to the 41st Judicial District, Louisiana.
July 17: Robert Kelly assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
July 25: Richard Cebull received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
July 25: Roger Gregory received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

Sam Haddon received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.

August[edit]

James Alexander was appointed to the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan.
Roger A. Huddle was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Eight.
Andrea M. Miller was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Two.
Lael Elisabeth Montgomery was appointed to the Colorado 20th Judicial District.
Mary Ellen Perkins was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.

August 1:

Judith McConnell took the oath of office for her position on the California Courts of Appeal
Anthony Parrillo, Lorraine Parker and Michael Winkelstein joined the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
William Blair Sylvester was appointed to the Colorado 18th Judicial District.

August 3: William Riley received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
August 14: Jerome Gorski was appointed to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.

September[edit]

Mary Ann Brown was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
Molly Francis was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
Thomas North was appointed presiding judge of New Jersey Vicinage 15.
September 1:

James Watson died while serving on the United States Court of International Trade.

September 6:

Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

September 10:

David Bury, Cindy Jorgensen, and Frederick Martone were nominated by President George W. Bush to the District of Arizona.
Robert Blackburn and Marcia Krieger were nominated by President George W. Bush to the District of Colorado.

September 11:

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as that day affected the Federal judiciary as most courts across the nation shut down early on security concerns.

September 18:

Russel Holland assumed senior status while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

September 19:

Nauman Scott died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

September 20:

Thomas Balmer was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court.

September 24:

Sharon Prost received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Reggie Walton received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

September 29:

Dorwin Suttle died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

October[edit]

Edward A. Jacobson was appointed to Iowa District Three.
Daniel J. Kaup was appointed to the Colorado 8th Judicial District.
Krista K. Martin was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

October 1:

Alfred Lechner resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Donald Ziegler assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

October 4:

Floyd Gibson died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

October 6:

Lenore Nesbitt died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

October 16:

Stanley Brinkley was appointed to the Colorado 15th Judicial District.
Barrington Parker received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
Charles Wolle assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

October 18:

David Mills, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.
Carlos Moreno, of the California Supreme Court, took office.

October 20:

Wilson Fields was elected to the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana.
F. Hugh Larose was elected to the 17th Judicial District, Louisiana.

October 22:

Richard Mosk, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
Dennis Perluss, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
Laurence Rubin, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.

October 24: Karen Caldwell received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Laurie Smith Camp received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Claire Eagan received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

October 31:

Earl Larson died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

November[edit]

John Bender elected to 10-year term on Pennsylvania Superior Court
Mary Jane Bowes elected to 10-year term on Pennsylvania Superior Court
Rochelle Friedman retained to second 10-year term on Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Mark Green was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Eva Guzman was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
Renee Cohn Jubelirer elected to 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.
George T. Stephenson was appointed to the Minnesota Second Judicial District.

November 1:

George Carlson took office on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
James Graves was appointed to the Mississippi Supreme Court.

November 5:

Robert Spolzino was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

November 7:

Larry Hicks received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

November 8:

Karon Bowdre received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

November 12:

Stephen Friot received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

November 15:

Lewis Morgan died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

November 21:

Christina Armijo received her commission to a new judgeship which was created by 114 Stat. 2762.
Richard Aronson, of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, took the oath of office.
David Belew died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

November 26:

Edith Clement received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Terry Wooten received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

November 30:

Robert Leon Jordan assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Ronald Lagueux assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Donald Walter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

December[edit]

Terrence Aronson was appointed to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
Judith Ashmann-Gerst, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
Richard M. Weinberg was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
Thomas Bishop, of the Connecticut Appellate Court, took office.
Ralph Fabrizio was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court.
Karen A. Romano was appointed to Iowa District Five.
December 6:

Leigh Ingalls Saufley became the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Joseph Trainor, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.

December 10:

Harris Hartz received commission as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Joe Heaton received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Danny Reeves received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

December 13:

Kurt Engelhardt received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Julie Robinson received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

December 14: John Bates received his commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
December 21:

William Johnson received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Clay Land received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Frederick Martone received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Ashley Royal received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
James Burns died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

December 28:

F. Hugh Larose, of the 17th Judicial District, Louisiana, was sworn in to office.

December 31:

Eugene Siler assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
Henry Mentz retired from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Rodney Webb assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

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