Judicial calendar 1991

Calendar
January • February March • April • May June • July • August September • October November • December

• Peter Abele, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• Susan Agid, of the Washington Court of Appeals, took office.
• Robert M. Bell was appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals.
• Jeffrey C. Berry, of the Orange County Court, New York, took office.
• Joel L. Blumenfeld was appointed an acting justice of the Queens County Supreme Court, New York.
• Robert Ensz joined Nebraska District 7 as a District Court Judge.
• Gary Farmer appointed to the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal.
• Lawrence H. Fautsch was appointed to Iowa District One.
• William E. Garnett was appointed to the New York City Criminal Courts.
• Richard R. Gleason was appointed to Iowa District One.
• Emily Jane Goodman became a justice of the New York County Supreme Court, New York.
• John D. Hartigan joined the District Court of Nebraska District 4.
• Steven A. Heckenbach was appointed to Iowa District Four.
• Charles Jones, of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, took office.
• Barbara Keenan was appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Herbert Kramer was appointed to the Kings County Supreme Court, New York.
• Joan B. Lefkowitz, of the Westchester County Supreme Court, New York, took office.
• Margaret L. Lingreen was appointed to Iowa District One.
• Gerard E. Maney took office as judge of the Albany County Family Court, New York and acting justice of the Albany County Supreme Court, New York.
• Howard Miller began service on the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• M. Michael Monahan was appointed to the Minnesota Second Judicial District.
• Karla Moskowitz was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Rudy Nichols, of the 6th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Ruth Pickholz was appointed to the New York City Criminal Court.
• James P. Punch was appointed an acting justice of the Orleans County Supreme Court, New York.
• Jose Rodriguez was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• Wil Schroder joined the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
• Peter A. Schwerzmann, of the Jefferson County Surrogate's Court, New York, took office.
• Conrad Sindt, of the 37th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• John P. Smith was appointed to the Minnesota Ninth Judicial District.
• Edward Spain was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
• Joseph Troia became a District Court Judge of Nebraska District 4.
• Peter Webster appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.

January

• Marvin Baxter, of the California Supreme Court, took office.
• Michael Callahan, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• William E. Collette, of the 30th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Randall Eng, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, took office.
• Guy Holdridge, of the 23rd Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Charles W. Johnson was elected to the Washington Supreme Court.
• Philip Rodgers, of the 13th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.

• January 1:

• Gary Andrews, of the Georgia Court of Appeals, took office
• Anthony Cardona, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, took office.
• Scott Crichton, of the 1st Judicial District, Louisiana, took office.
• Peter Maceroni, of the 16th Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
• Louis Pollak assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• January 4:

• Richard G. Spicer was appointed to the Minnesota First Judicial District.

• January 7:

• Mitchell Cohen died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Vance Raye, of the California Third District Court of Appeal, took office.

• January 9:

• Stanley Roszkowski assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• January 15:

• Harry Wellford assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• January 15:

• Richard Robinson died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

• January 31:

• Wilfred Feinberg assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
• Aloysius Higginbotham assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
• William Hoeveler assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• Alfred Goodwin assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

February

• Clifford Ahrens was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• February 1:

• William Hoffman, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.
• John McNaught retired from service on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
• Howell Melton assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
• Robert Ward assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Thomas Gee retired from his position on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

• February 11: Truman Hobbs assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
• February 15: Douglas Hillman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• February 28:

• Charles Schwartz assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• James Watson assumed senior status on the United States Court of International Trade.

March

• March 8:

• Alex Harvey assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

• March 25:

• Robin Cauthron received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
• Richard Goldberg received commission to serve on the United States Court of International Trade.
• Oliver Wanger received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

April

• April 1:

• Ronni D. Birnbaum was appointed to the New York City Housing Court.
• George M. Heymann was appointed to the New York City Civil Court.
• John Manos assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

• April 8:

• Phillip Baldwin retired from service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• April 20:

• Robert McNichols assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• April 23:

• Joseph Simon Lord died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• April 30:

• Howard Markey retired, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• William Schwarzer assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Edward Re retired from his position on the United States Court of International Trade.

May

• May 1:

• Horace Gilmore assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

• May 4:

• Eugene Spellman died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

• May 10:

• Samuel Johnson, Jr. assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

• May 14:

• William Albritton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
• Henry Herlong received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
• Marilyn Huff received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
• William Nielsen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
• Frederick Van Sickle received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• May 30:

• Sharon Blackburn received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• Louis Freeh received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Emilio Garza received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
• Richard Haik received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

• May 31:

• Robert Chapman assumed senior status while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• Sherrill Halbert died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

June

• Charles Kahn appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• June 11:

• Alvin Rubin died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

• June 18:

• Saundra Armstrong received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Timothy Lewis received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
• William Osteen, Sr. received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

• June 22: Layn Phillips assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

July

• Duncan M. Beagle was appointed to the 7th Circuit Court, Michigan.
• July 1:

• Robert Krupansky assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• Anthony Alaimo assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

• July 2:

• Sterling Johnson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Ralph Nimmons received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
• Jane Roth received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
• Harvey Schlesinger received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• July 22: Clyde Hamilton received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• July 25:

• Morton Brody received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
• Alfredo Marquez assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

• July 27: Mary Lowe assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• July 29: Ronald George was appointed to the California Supreme Court.
• July 30:

• Vincent Biunno died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

• July 31:

• Joseph Clarke assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

August

• August 1:

• Russell Clark assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
• Robert Warren assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
• Garnett Eisele assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

• August 2:

• Fernando Gaitan received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

• August 22:

• Francis Whelan died while serving on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• August 23:

• Harlan Grooms died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

September

• September 3:

• Ronald George, of the California Supreme Court, was confirmed and took the oath of office.

• September 16:

• Harvey Bartle received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• William Bassler received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
• Dee Benson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
• Stewart Dalzell received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Donald Graham received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• Shelby Highsmith received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• Michael Hogan received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• Andrew Kleinfeld received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
• Benson Legg received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
• Eugene Siler received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• James Trimble received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
• William Yohn received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• September 27:

• David Sutherland Nelson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

• September 28:

• Olin Chilson of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado passed away.

• September 30:

• Marvin Shoob assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

October

• October 1:

• Patrick Carr assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• William Hungate assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

• October 5:

• Scott Wright assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

• October 30: Frank Johnson, Jr. assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

November

• Dennis Sweeney was elected to the Washington Court of Appeals.

• November 1:

• Norman Ramsey assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

• November 5:

• Barbara Caulfield received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
• Rebecca Doherty received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
• Rochelle Friedman elected to first 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
• Denis Hurley received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Ronald Longstaff received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
• John Lungstrum received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
• Terry Means received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• Reinaldo Rivera was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

• November 6:

• Robert Porter died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

• November 15:

• Timothy R. Bloomquist was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.

• November 18:

• Wayne Andersen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Lacey Collier received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
• David Hansen received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Paul Matia received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Sue Robinson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

• November 25:

• Monti Belot received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
• David Bramlette received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
• Edith Clement received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Anne Conway received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
• David Faber received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
• Joe McDade received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
• John Roll received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

• November 26:

• Thomas Ballantine assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

• November 27:

• Sonia Sotomayor nominated by George H.W. Bush to United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• November 30:

• Clarence Allgood died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

December

• James Smart was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• December 1:

• Albert Bryan Jr. assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

• December 2:

• Alice Batchelder received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
• Harold DeMoss received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

• December 31:

• Elbert Haltom assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• Richard Freeman assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

See also

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