Judicial calendar 2009

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• Sharon A. M. Aarons was elected to the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Shirley Abrahamson was re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Nora S. Anderson, of the New York County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
• Charles A. Apotheker was appointed an acting justice of the Rockland County Supreme Court.
• Gilbert Badillo was appointed supervising judge of the New York City Housing Court.
• Tracey A. Bannister was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Cheri Beasley, of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Edwin Browning retired from the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Andrew G. Ceresia was appointed to the Rensselaer County Court, New York.
• Michael V. Coccoma was appointed Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York courts outside of New York City.
• Devin P. Cohen, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Ellen M. Coin was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Donald Collester's term on the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division expires
• John P. Collins was appointed a justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• William J. Condon was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Richard H. Davidson was appointed to Iowa District Four.
• Robert Davis was appointed Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
• Randy DeGeest was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Eight.
• Ann M. Donnelly was appointed an acting justice of the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York and judge of the New York Court of Claims.
• Paula L. Feroleto was appointed Administrative Judge of the New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District.
• Elizabeth A. Foley was appointed an acting justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert H. Freehill was appointed acting justice of the Orange County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jerry Garguilo was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Louis P. Gigliotti was appointed to the Oneida County Surrogate's Court, New York.
• Judith J. Gische was elected justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Peter Goldsmith was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.
• Denise Gonyea was appointed to Iowa District Eight was a magistrate.
• Patrick R. Grady was appointed Chief Judge of Iowa District Six.
• David Gratton appointed to the Idaho Court of Appeals.
• Frank A. Gulotta, Jr. was appointed to the Nassau County Supreme Court, New York.
• Sherry K. Heitler was appointed Administrative Judge of Civil Matters for the New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District.
• Karla J. Henderson was appointed to Iowa District Three as a magistrate.
• Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix was appointed Administrative Judge for Civil Matters of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District.
• Douglas E. Hoffman was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York County Family Court, New York.
• Nathaniel R. Howse was assigned to the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
• Alexander W. Hunter, Jr. was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Angela G. Iannacci was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Anthony Kane of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division will retire.
• Robin M. Kent, of the Nassau County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Jill Konviser was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Shirley Kornreich was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• James Kube joined Nebraska District 7 as a District Court Judge.
• Judy Harris Kluger was appointed Chief of Policy and Planning for the New York State Courts.
• John R. La Cava was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• John F. Lambert became a multi-bench judge of the Otsego County Court, New York.
• Hector D. LaSalle was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jeffrey D. Lebowitz was appointed to the New York Court of Claims.
• Andrew E. Lehrer was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Charles S. Lopresto was appointed supervising judge of the New York City Civil Court, Queens County.
• Gerard Lynch, Andre Davis, and David Hamilton await confirmation votes in the US Senate
• Edward Mansfield appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
• Lawrence Marks was appointed judge of the New York Court of Claims and acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Beverly Martin and Joseph Greenaway await Senate confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee
• Denise O'Malley retired from the First District Illinois Appellate Court
• Judith McMahon was elected to the Richmond County Supreme Court, New York.
• Matt McQuillen was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Juan Merchan was appointed a New York Court of Claims judge and an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Rich Vander Mey was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Alan Meyer was appointed supervising judge of the New York City Criminal Court of Richmond County.
• Philip G. Minardo was appointed Administrative Judge of the New York Supreme Court 13th Judicial District.
• Salvatore J. Modica was appointed an acting justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert J. Muller was elected to the Essex County Supreme Court, New York.
• David A. Murad joined the Oneida County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert C. Mulvey was appointed Administrative Judge of the New York Supreme Court 6th Judicial District.
• Francis A. Nicolai was appointed a presiding justice of the Appellate Term for the New York Supreme Court 9th Judicial District and the New York Supreme Court 10th Judicial District.
• Terrence C. O'Connor became a judge of the New York City Civil Court and the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• Jeffrey Oing was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York and the supervising judge of the New York City Civil Court.
• Robert A. Onofry took office as a judge of the Orange County Surrogate's Court, New York and an acting justice of the Orange County Supreme Court, New York.
• Thomas Otepka joined the Douglas County Adult Drug Court in Nebraska District 4.
• Lisa S. Ottley, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Sebastian Patti was assigned to the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
• Jane Pearl was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Joan S. Posner, of the Dutchess County Family Court, New York, took office.
• James F. Quinn, judge of the Suffolk County Court, New York and acting justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Ava S. Raphael, of the Onondaga County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
• Mark Recktenwald was appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
• Paul Reiber's term on the Vermont Supreme Court ends.
• Thomas G. Reidel was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Seven.
• James T. Rooney was designated to the Putnam County Integrated Domestic Violence Court, New York.
• Saliann Scarpulla was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Alan D. Scheinkman was appointed Administrative Judge of the New York Supreme Court 9th Judicial District.
• Jean T. Schneider was appointed supervising judge of the New York City Housing Court.
• Melvin L. Schweitzer was appointed an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kimberly M. Seager, of the Oswego County Family Court, New York, took office.
• Teresa J. Seeberger was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Seven.
• Glen A. Severson was appointed to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• Joan Teuchert Shkane was appointed an acting justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Martin Shulman was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Debra Silber was reappointed to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Edward F. Skoda was appointed to the Fulton County Family Court, New York.
• Michael Sonberg was appointed acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Ellen Spodek was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Carol Stokinger was appointed the Supervising Judge of the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• Robert Spolzino retired from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Lewis Bart Stone was certified as a full-time justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Lucindo Suarez was re-elected and joined the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York.
• Elizabeth A. Taylor, of the New York City Civil Court, took office.
• Sharon S. Townsend was appointed Vice Dean of the New York State Judicial Institute.
• Carmen Velasquez, of the New York City Civil Court, takes office.
• Richard Velasquez was elected to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• John Waller retired from the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• Thomas E. Walsh II was appointed an acting justice of the Rockland County Supreme Court.
• Derek Weimer, of Nebraska District 12, took office.
• Stephen P. Wing was appointed a magistrate judge of Iowa District Seven.
• Warren Wolfson retired from the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
• Paul Wooten was elected to the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• Thomas J. Yeggy was appointed a magistrate judge of Iowa District Seven.
• Peter Zarella's term on the Connecticut Supreme Court ends.
• Hope Schwartz Zimmerman was appointed Supervising Judge of the Nassau County Family Court, New York.

January[edit]

• Christopher Cross was appointed to the Colorado 18th Judicial District.
• Terry A. Doughty, of the 5th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Daniel Ellender, of the 4th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Lee Faulkner, Jr., of the 24th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Sergio Gutierrez's term on the Idaho Court of Appeals ends.
• Robert C. Johnson, of the 4th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Ramon Lafitte, of the 1st Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Kevin McGrath was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Lynne A. Pierce, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Ronald Richter was appointed to the Queens County Family Court, New York.
• Jim Sharp, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Mary Jane Trapp became the Presiding/Administrative judge of the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals.
• Dinsmore Tuttle was appointed to the Colorado 19th Judicial District.
• Trudy White, of the 19th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• John W. Whitworth, of the Benton County General Sessions Court, Tennessee (and the Benton County Juvenile Court), took office.
• Michael Yavinsky was appointed to the New York City Civil Court and was assigned to the New York City Criminal Court.

January 1:

• Gordon C. Abel, of Iowa District Four, assumed senior status.
• Rosemarie Elizabeth Aquilina, of the 30th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Marialyn Barnard was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Sandra Beckwith, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, assumed senior status.
• Mary Ellen Brennan, of the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• William W. Carmody, of the 11th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Kevin W. Cronin, of the 48th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Martha Daughtrey, of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, assumed senior status.
• Jacque Derr, of the 8th Judicial District, Louisiana, was sworn in to office.
• Sara Doyle, of the Georgia Court of Appeals, took office.
• Sam Ervin, of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Bernard Friedman, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, assumed senior status.
• Charles R. Goodman, of the 12th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Robert N. Hunter, Jr., of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Michael Kinard appointed to the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
• Suzanne Kreeger, of the 8th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Robert Lunn retired from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Michael G. Mack, of the 26th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office and became the Chief Judge of the court.
• James McClelland, of the 16th Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Yvette Miller, of the Georgia Court of Appeals, became the Chief Judge.
• Mary Murphy, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Margaret Murray-Scholz Noe, of the 39th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Patrick W. O'Grady, chief judge of the 15th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Gordon Quist, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, assumed senior status.
• Robert Ringland, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Virgil Smith was appointed Chief Judge of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Richard Swartz Jr., of the 22nd Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.

January 2:

• Jennifer Mazzuchi, of the 25th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.

January 5:

• Gail Chang Bohr took office on the Minnesota Second Judicial District.
• Michael Craig, of the 26th Judicial District, Louisiana, was sworn in to office.
• Elena Kagan nominated to position of United States Solicitor General by Barack Obama.
• United States District Court for the Central District of California Alicemarie Stotler assumed senior status.

• January 6:

• John Elfvin died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
• Jorge Labarga, of the Florida Supreme Court, took office.
• Craig Marcotte, of the 1st Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.

• January 7: Daniel Biles was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court.
• January 9:

• Kathleen A. Kilnoski was appointed to Iowa District Four.
• Amos Mazzant was appointed magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

• January 13:

• Nikki Ann Clark appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Jonathan Lippman was appointed to the State of New York Court of Appeals.
• Colorado Court of Appeals Judges Sandra Rothenberg and JoAnn Vogt retired.

• January 15: Washington State Supreme Court rules in Yousoufian v. Office of the King County Executive
• January 20 John C. Shabaz of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin assumed senior status.
• January 21

• A new judgeship for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was approved by Congress by Law 110 Stat. 177.
• Karen A. Janisch was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.
• Christopher Kehoe, of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, took office.
• Thomas M. Sipkins was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.

• January 22: The Washington State Supreme Court issues its ruling in Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound v. City of Des Moines
• Janusry 29:

• Ralph Gants was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
• George Anderson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

• January 30

• Edward Carni was re-designated to the Fourth Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Charles D. Fagan was appointed an associate judge of Iowa District Four.
• James Munley of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania assumed senior status
• Garr King assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

• January 31:

• Alabama District 11 circuit judge Mike Suttle retires.
• Robert Lanier Anderson assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

February[edit]

• An announcement is expected in February as to who will replace retiring justice Steven Levinson on the Hawaii Supreme Court.
• Ian McLachlan began his service on the Connecticut Supreme Court.
• February 2:

• Jimmy Maxwell was appointed to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
• Alan Nevas at the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut announces his outright retirement.
• Douglas Shapiro was appointed to the Michigan Third District Court of Appeals.
• Alan Nevas retired from his position as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

• February 4: Jon Levy was re-appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
• February 6: Gudrun Rice, of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, retired.
• February 9:

• Eve Belfance, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office.
• John Connor, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office.
• Clarence Cooper at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia assumes senior status.
• Robert Hendrickson, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office

• February 11:

• Rossie Alston was elected to the Virginia Court of Appeals.
• Leroy Millette was confirmed for a term on the Supreme Court of Virginia.

• February 12: federal judge Rudolph Randa of the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Flying J v. Wisconsin Department of Consumer Protection rules Wisconsin's Minimum Mark-Up law unconstitutional.
• February 13: First Circuit issues Noonan v. Staples
• February 14 Tucker Melancon of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana assumed senior status
• February 16: Rodney Davis of the California Third District Court of Appeal retired
• February 18 federal judge Barbara Crabb in the case of Siefert v. Alexander, et.al ruled that Wisconsin's Code of Judicial Canons was ruled unconstitutional claiming the state's ban on judges joining political parties violated the First Amendment.
• February 19: John E. DeSanto was appointed to the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District.
• February 24: Daniel Hurley at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida assumed senior status.
• February 26: David Briones at the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas assumed senior status.

March[edit]

• Fern A. Fisher was appointed Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of the New York City Courts.
• James Perry was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
• Rosalyn Richter was designated to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Early March: a replacement for retired Alabama Circuit Court judge Mike Suttle is expected to be announced.
• March 2: Ronald Whyte at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California assumes senior status.
• March 3: David Larimer at the United States District Court for the Western District of New York assumes senior status.
• March 4: Morgan Christen appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
• March 6: Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill became a judge in the Maryland Eighth Circuit.
• March 11: James Perry is appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
• March 12:

• Daniel Patrick Dwyer was appointed to the Maryland Fourth Circuit.
• Reginald Lindsay of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dies.

• March 13: Richard E. Jordan joined the Maryland Sixth Circuit Court.
• March 15: Robert Shemwell of the Western District of Louisiana retired
• March 17: President Barack Obama nominates federal judge David Hamilton of the Southern District of Indiana to a appeals judgeship to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• March 18: Philip E. Smith was appointed a Circuit Court judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• March 19:

• Elena Kagan confirmed as United States Solicitor General
• Leonard Austin, Priscilla Hall and Plummer Lott joined the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.

• March 20:

• Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia justice Joseph Albright passed away.
• Philadelphia County Common Pleas judge Paul Panepinto announces his intentions to run as a Republican for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
• Application deadline for Judgepedia Wikiteer.
• Justice Sharon Lee is sworn in to the Tennessee Supreme Court.

• March 23:

• 'David Earl Durham joined the Criminal Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Deadline for the successor to Warren Matthews on the Alaska Supreme Court to be appointed.

• March 27: Rom A. Trader, of the O`ahu First Circuit Court, Hawaii, took office.
• March 31: Richard Caputo at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania assumes senior status.

April[edit]

• Sheila Abdus-Salaam joined the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• April 1:

• David Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana undergoes a full confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee as the first step in confirming President Obama's Nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Hearing is scheduled for 2:30 PM-ET/11:30 AM-PT with the hearing being presented on a live webcast through the Senate Judiciary Committee's Website
• David Ritter, of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, resigned.
• Washington State Supreme Court asked by King County to re-hear Yousoufian v. Office of the King County Executive (2004) on grounds of conflict-of-interest of Richard Sanders

• April 2:

• Andre Davis nominated by President Barack Obama to a judgeship on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Gerard Lynch nominated by President Barack Obama to a judgeship on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

• April 3: Iowa Supreme Court in the matter of Varnum v. Brien upheld a 2007 District Court decision in Iowa ruling that Iowa's ban on gay marriage is ruled unconstitutional
• April 4: Marc Johnson was elected to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
• April 5: Warren Matthews retires from Alaska Supreme Court and Morgan Christen joins the court in his former seat.^[1]
• April 7:

• Election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court contested between Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Jefferson County Circuit Court judge Randy Koschnick.
• Shirley Abrahamson wins re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Elections in Wisconsin for judgeships in the Wisconsin Circuit Courts and Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

• April 8: Missouri House of Representatives votes to approve Missouri House Joint Resolution 10 which would make substantial changes to the Missouri Plan on a 85-72 vote.
• April 9: Robert Klausner received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• April 14: Wendell Ellis Turner, justice of the peace of the Searchlight Township Justice Court in Nevada, died of a stroke.
• April 18: Judgepedia Wikiteer and other Sammy winners recognized at Sammies Award Show
• April 21:

• Vanessa Agee Jackson was appointed to the Fourteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• James Moran of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois passed away.
• Northern District of Illinois federal judge James Zagel will preside over the formal arraignment of impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in which the Governor is expected to enter a plea. The arriagnment is scheduled for 10:00 AM-CDT at the Everett Dirksen Courthouse in Downtown Chicago^[2].

• April 22: Bethany Alvord was appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court
• April 27: The State of Iowa recognizes same sex-marriage legally after the April 3, 2009 Iowa Supreme Court decision of Varnum v. Brien.
• April 28: The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs held a confirmation hearing for former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh.
• April 29:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee will have confirmation hearings for judicial nominees David Hamilton and Andre Davis. The hearing is scheduled at 2PM-EDT/11AM-PDT. A Webcast can viewed HERE
• Sydney Hanlon joined the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

May[edit]

• Mark Pfeiffer was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• May 1: Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States will announce his retirement effective at the end of June 2009.
• May 5: Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois assumed senior status.
• May 6:

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Debate held in Harrisburg, PA sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts. The Debate is at 6:30 PM-EDT/3:30 PM-PDT.

To watch live debate coverage CLICK HERE

• Robert Fillmore was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson was appointed administrative judge of the New York County Family Court, New York.

• May 12: The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs voted to allow former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh face a confirmation vote in the United States Senate as State Department Legal Adviser.
• May 13: Kaye Hearn was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• May 15: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine re-appoints Barry Albin to lifetime tenure on the New Jersey Supreme Court.
• May 19

• Primary Election for Republican candidates Joan Orie Melvin, Cheryl Lynn Allen, and Paul Panepinto of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Joan Orie Melvin won the Republican nomination on a wide margin over Panepinto and Allen.
• David Winder died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• May 26: President Barack Obama nominates Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• May 27:'

• The Wisconsin State Assembly's Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing on Wisconsin Senate Bill 40 which would authorize public financing for elections in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Michael P. Hatty was appointed to the 44th Circuit Court, Michigan.

• May 31: George Kazen of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas assumed senior status.

June[edit]

• Carol Conboy was appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
• David Gilbertson was re-elected Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• June 1: Henry Herlong of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina assumed senior status.
• June 2: Judge Charles Clevert in the Eastern District of Wisconsin federal court rules in the case of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State v. Elmbrook School District that the Elmbrook (Elm Grove-Brookfield) School District can hold its graduation ceremony in a church.
• June 4: Andre Davis and David Hamilton were reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee and advance to a full senate vote.
• June 5:

• Helen Ina Harrington became a judge in the Maryland Seventh Circuit.
• Arkansas Court of Appeals judge Courtney Henry announces her run for the Arkansas Supreme Court in the 2010 election.

• June 10:

• Andrew Bogue died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

• June 11: Gerard Lynch nominated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee and awaits a vote in the full senate for confirmation.
• June 19:

• Samuel Kent of the Southern District of Texas was impeached by the House of Representatives of the United States on unanimous vote making him the first federal judge impeached since 1989.
• Beverly Martin was nominated by Barack Obama to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Joseph Greenaway was nominated by Barack Obama to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

• June 25:

• Jeffrey Viken was nominated by Barack Obama to the District of South Dakota.
• Charlene Honeywell was nominated by Barack Obama to the Middle District of Florida.

• June 26: Barry Albin who was re-appointed by Jon Corzine to the New Jersey Supreme Court was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate giving him lifetime tenure with mandatory retirement at age 70.
• June 29:

• Supreme Court of the United States reverses the ruling Ricci v. DeStefano which was a case that Sonia Sotomayor heard.
• Cynthia Callahan joined the Maryland Sixth Circuit Court.
• Southern District of New York federal judge Denny Chin sentences disgraced investment executive Bernie Madoff to 150 years in Federal prison.

• June 30:

• David Gersten's term as Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal ends.
• Helen Gillmor of the District of Hawaii assumes senior status.
• Kaye Hearn's term on the South Carolina Court of Appeals ended.
• Samuel Kent of the Southern District of Texas officially resigns as no Senate impeachment trial will occur.
• Ruth McGregor retires from the Arizona Supreme Court
• Garvan Murtha of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont assumes senior status.
• William Palmer's term as Chief Judge of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal ends.
• Lawrence Piersol of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota assumes senior status.
• Leah Ward Sears will retire from the Georgia Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court justice David Souter retires.
• Laura Denvir Stith's term as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court ends.
• Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri assumes senior status.

July[edit]

• Mid to Late July: Possible confirmation votes on Andre Davis, David Hamilton, and Gerard Lynch in the US Senate before the August Congressional recess.
• Thomas Koehler retired from Iowa District Six and assumed senior status.
• William Ray Price became the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court.
• July 1:

• Darryl Casanueva begins his term as Chief Judge of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal.
• Victoria Gerrard Chaney, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
• Ruth McGregor's five-year term as Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court ends, and the term of Rebecca White Berch begins.
• Andrew Hurwitz assumes the role of Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
• Juan Ramirez begins his term as Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
• Elizabeth Strobel was appointed to the Colorado 19th Judicial District.
• Carol Hunstein replaces Leah Ward Sears as chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.

• July 2: Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California grants fast track status in parties involved in the case of Proposition 8 and orders parties to have case management plans to move the case forward.
• July 3: Peter Economus of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio assumes senior status.
• July 4: Larry McKinney of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana assumes senior status.
• July 7: Newly inaugurated US Senator Al Franken of Minnesota replaces Ron Wyden of Oregon on the Senate Judiciary Committee
• July 8:

• President Barack Obama nominates Irene Berger to the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
• President Barack Obama nominates Roberto Lange to the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• Karen J. Williams assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• The vacant judgeship created by the resignation and impeachment of Samuel Kent in the Southern District of Texas will be moved from the Galveston division to the McAllen division of the court.

• July 9:

• The White House issues a order that no federal judge nominee recommendations by Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson can be made without consensus approval from Democrats in the Texas Congressional delegation^[3].
• Gregory L. Heath is appointed by Sarah Palin to the Third Judicial District in Palmer, Alaska.

• July 10:

• Allen Sharp died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

• July 12: Robert Whaley assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
• July 13:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee began the first day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Southern District of New York federal judge Jed Rakoff will sentence former attorney Marc Drier in his role in a hedge fund fraud case.

• July 14:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee held the second day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. '
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania senior federal judge Ronald Buckwalter will sentence former Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Fuomo after being convicted on corruption in office.
• Joseph R. Klein was appointed to the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District.

• July 15:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee held the third day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Amy Hollars was appointed to the Thirteenth Judicial District, Tennessee.

• July 15-17 Federal Magistrate Judges Association (dead link) holds their 47th Annual Convention in Milwaukee.
• July 16:

• Paul Suttell took the oath of office to become the Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee held the final day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.

• July 20:

• Bruce Kauffman retired from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• July 21: Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit assumes senior status.
• July 22: Paul Denenfeld was appointed to the 17th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• July 23: John Miller of the Iowa Court of Appeals will retire.
• July 28: The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote whether to advance Sonia Sotomayor to a full senate vote.
• July 30:

• Kathleen M. Banke, Terence L. Bruiniers and Robert L. Dondero, of the California First District Court of Appeal, were sworn into office.

• July 30-August 1: The Annual Membership Meeting of the American Judicature Society in Chicago
• July 30-August 4: The Annual Membership Meeting of the American Bar Association in Chicago.
• July 31:

• Thomas Golden of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania passed away.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson's current term expires. Abramhamson won re-election against Judge Randy Koschnick on April 7, 2009.
• Robert Mahan of the Iowa Court of Appeals will retire.
• Devin R. Odell was appointed to the Colorado 8th Judicial District.
• Abdul Kallon was nominated by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• Jacqueline Nguyen was nominated by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

August[edit]

• Rolf Aronsen, Patrick B. Byrne, Nicolas G. Fontanini and Karen Thalacker were appointed magistrates of Iowa District Two.
• Monica Drinane was appointed Supervising Judge of the Bronx County Family Court, New York.

• August 1:

• Shirley Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court sworn in to her fourth ten year term on the court.
• Kitty Brennan of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals sworn into her first full term on the intermediate appeals court.
• Maxine Chesney of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California assumed senior status.
• David M. Erickson was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• Adam D. Hanson was appointed a magistrate of Iowa District Five.
• John P. Heithoff and Ronald L. Knight were appointed to Iowa District Four as magistrate judges.
• Robert J. Morris Jr. term on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal commenced.
• David Piester of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska retired.
• Kandyce J. Smolik was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• L. Jay Stein was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Six.
• Nick Strittmatter was appointed magistrate of Iowa District Six.

• August 3: Jeffrey W. Johnson, of the California Second District Court of Appeal, took office.
• August 5:

• Michael R. Pearson became a judge in the Maryland Seventh Circuit.

• August 6:

• Robert Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit assumes senior status.
• Robert Takasugi of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dies at age 78 after battling a long illness.

• August 7:

• Dolly Gee was appointed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Jane Stranch was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• August 8: Rhesa Barksdale of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals assumed senior status.
• August 10:

• Paul Denenfeld, of the 17th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Rodney Webb of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota dies after battling cancer.

• August 12: David Coar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois assumed senior status.
• August 13: David Nahmias appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court
• August 14: Robert Dawson of the Western District of Arkansas assumes senior status.
• August 15: Former District of Columbia federal judge Malcom Wilkey dies at age 90 from a battle with cancer.
• August 18: Anne Ellington of the Washington Court of Appeals is up for re-election.
• August 19: Judge Vaughn Walker will hold a final preliminary hearing in a lawsuit involving California Proposition 8. This hearing will determine if the case will move to a full trial.
• August 26: Ancer Haggerty of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon assumed senior status.
• August 28: J. C. Irvin, of Iowa District Four, assumed senior status.
• August 31:

• Lacy Thornburg of the Western District of North Carolina will fully retire from the Federal bench.
• Michael McConnell of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals will resign from the court.
• Glenn Adams of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals will retire.
• Michael Allen retired from the Florida First District Court of Appeal.

September[edit]

• David Remley retired from Iowa District Six and assumed senior status.
• September 1:

• Devin R. Odell was appointed to the Colorado 8th Judicial District.
• John Parrish retired from the Missouri Court of Appeals.

• September 2: David Nahmias sworn in to the Georgia Supreme Court.
• September 7: Scott Brister resigns from the Texas Supreme Court.
• September 15: Brian Sandoval of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada will resign from his judgeship for a run in the 2010 elections as Nevada Governor taking on incumbent Jim Gibbons.
• September 17: Gerard Lynch confirmed by Senate to the Second Circuit.
• September 21: Jerry Buchmeyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa dies at age 76.
• September 24: Chuck Poochigian, of the California Fifth District Court of Appeal, took the oath of office.
• September 25: Ian K. Thornhill was appointed to Iowa District Six.
• September 29: Jeffery Viken was confirmed by the US Senate to the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• September 30: Darrel Perry retires from the Idaho Court of Appeals.

October[edit]

• Charles Borth was appointed to Iowa District Three.
• Thomas Mulvahill was appointed to the Colorado 20th Judicial District.
• Carolyn R. Ricks retired from Oklahoma District 7.
• October 1:

• Judith L. Duckett was appointed to the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
• Michael Mihm assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

• October 5: Alvin Schall assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• October 6:

• Bethany A. Fountain Lindberg was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• Daniel A. O’Fallon was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
• Dyanna L. Street was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

• October 8: Eva Guzman appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.
• October 10: Barrington Parker of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals assumes senior status.
• October 14: William Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas passed away.
• October 17: 2009 Louisiana Supreme Court elections
• October 19: Erik Askegaard was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.
• October 21: Sara Watson of the Utah Sixth Judicial District retires.
• October 23: Ian K. Thornhill, of Iowa District Six, took office.
• October 25: James Lorenz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California assumes senior status.
• October 26: James Rosenbaum assumed senior status on the District of Minnesota.
• October 28: The California Administrative Office of the Courts will be reviewed by an oversight committee.
• October 30:

• Marilyn Patel of the Northern District of California assumes senior status.
• Melvin Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit passed away.

• October 31: Linda Thomas will step down from the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals.

November[edit]

• Nanci Grant was appointed chief judge of the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• Elizabeth Marie Walsh was elected to the Rensselaer County Family Court, New York.

• November 1:

• Mildred Methvin retired from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

• November 2:

• Robert Eastaugh retired from the Alaska Supreme Court.
• Stephen Larson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California resigned.

• November 3:

• Toledo Municipal Court election
• Supreme Court of the State of New York General Election.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in McConkey v. JB Van Hollen, et.al over the legality of Wisconsin Question 1 approved by Wisconsin voters in 2006.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court General Election.
• General Elections in the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.
• Daniel G. Barrett was elected to the Wayne County Court, New York.
• Francesca Connolly was elected to the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York.
• Kate Ford Elliott, Maureen Lally-Green and Dan Pellegrini stand for retention in Pennsylvania.
• Elizabeth H. Emerson was re-elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• James Gilpatric was elected to the New York Supreme Court 3rd Judicial District.
• Randall Hinrichs was elected to the Suffolk County Supreme Court, New York.
• Barry D. Kramer was elected to the Schenectady County Supreme Court, New York.
• Daniel Lewis, of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York, was re-elected.
• James McCarthy was elected to the Oswego County Supreme Court, New York.
• Thomas Mercure, of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, was re-elected.
• Shirley Troutman was elected to the Erie County Supreme Court, New York.
• Donald A. Williams (New York) was elected to the Ulster County Court.
• Charles Wood was elected to the Dutchess County Supreme Court, New York.

• November 9:

• Charles Sifton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

• November 10:

• The Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission is interviewing candidates for the open seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
• William B. Murphy was appointed Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals.

• November 12:

• Hayden Head of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas assumed senior status.
• Charlene Honeywell received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• November 12-14:

• The Federalist Society's Annual lawyer's conference in Washington, DC.

• November 16: Keila Cosme takes her seat on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals.

• November 17:

• The Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission will hold public hearings on the candidates for the open seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

• November 18: David Hamilton confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

• November 19: Marcus Clark was sworn in as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

• November 24: Erica H. MacDonald was elected to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

• November 30:

• Dale Kimball of the District of Utah assumes senior status.

December[edit]

• December 1:

• Jane Greenspan's term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court expires.
• Senate conformation vote scheduled for Jacqueline Nguyen.

• December 22: John Godbold, of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, died.

• December 28: Norman Davis was appointed presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona.

• December 31:

• Russell Bench retires from the Utah Court of Appeals.
• Barbara Crabb assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
• Walt Edmonds will retire from the Oregon Court of Appeals.
• Timothy M. Flanagan retires from the Cuyahoga County juvenile court.
• Paul Friedman assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Pamela Greenwood retires from the Utah Court of Appeals.
• Robert Hurlbutt retires from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Charles Shaw assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
• John Tully retires from the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
• John Warner will retire from the Montana Supreme Court.
• Corinne Watanabe will retire from the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.

• December 25: Morris Lasker formerly of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts died at age 92.
• December 31:

• Edward Barfield retired from the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Michael J. Brillhart retired from the York County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania.
• Sandra A. Grisham retired from the New Mexico Twelfth Judicial District Court.

See also[edit]

• 2008 State Supreme Court Elections
• Judgepedia:Calendar archive

Footnotes[edit]

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