Law Clerk Addict's Blog



Appellate Judges


O'Scannlain, Diarmuid (9th Cir.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 8/18/2011 to 8/18/2012

District Judges


Bunning, David (E.D. Ky.)
Location: Covington, KY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011

Mihm, Michael (C.D. Ill.)
Location: Peoria, IL
Term: 8/30/2010 to 9/2/2011

Pallmeyer, Rebecca (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 10/11/2011

Magistrate Judges


Pollak, Cheryl (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2009 to 8/31/2010
NOTE: This is an unpaid position!

Dohnal, Dennis (E.D. Va.)
Location: Richmond, VA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011

Kurren, Barry (D. Haw.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011


Bankruptcy Judges


Opel, Robert (Bankr. M.D. Pa.)
Location: Willkes Barre, PA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/31/2012

Whitley, J. (Bankr. W.D.N.C.)
Location: Charlotte, NC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Magner, Elizabeth (Bankr. E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/1/2009 to 8/1/2010



Appellate Judges


VanAntwerpen, Franklin (3d Cir.)
Location: Easton, PA
Term: 9/13/2010 to 9/9/2011

District Judges


Ditter, J. (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/20/2012

McDade, Joe (C.D. Ill.)
Location: Peoria, IL
Term: 8/23/2010 to 9/2/2011

Hamilton, David (S.D. Ind.)
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Note: Judge Hamiltion has been nominated to the Seventh Circuit and will likely be confirmed by the time this clerkship starts.

Armijo, M. (D.N.M.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 8/17/2009 to 8/18/2010
Note: This is a 2009-10 clerkship.

Marra, Kenneth (S.D. Fla.)
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011

Caldwell, Karen (E.D. Ky.)
Location: Lexington, KY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Pfaelzer, Mariana (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 10/1/2009 to 10/1/2010
Notes: The Judge handles almost exclusively securities, antitrust, and medical patent (biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device) cases. She also has some general business litigation and some engineering- and computer-related patent cases. The Judge takes a small number of cases, but those cases are large and complex. The Judge does not generally take criminal cases.

Gardephe, Paul (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011 and 10/1/2010 to 9/30/2011

Gertner, Nancy (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/3/2010 to 8/8/2011

Magistrate Judges


Pitman, Henry (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011

Levy, Robert (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/10/2012

Love, John (E.D. Tex.)
Location: Tyler, TX
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/5/2011


Bankruptcy Judges


Stone, William (Bankr. W.D. Va.)
Location: Roanoke, VA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011

Agresti, Thomas (Bankr. E.D. Pa.)
Location: Erie, PA
Term: 9/1/2009 to 8/31/2010