Law Clerk Addict

President Obama has officially nominated District Judge Thomas Greenaway, Jr., (D.N.J.) to the Third Circuit seat held by Justice Samuel Alito prior to his elevation, and has also nominated District Judge Beverly Martin (N.D. Ga.) to the Eleventh Circuit. The official White House press release, which contains additional information about the nominees, is available here. Those following judicial nominations will recognize that these two nominations are consistent with President Obama's previous appellate nominations, which have all entailed elevating sitting judges to higher courts.

Clerkship applicants should note that both Judge Greenaway and Judge Martin are (or soon will be) taking applications for 2010-11 clerkships, so those interested in a federal appellate clerkship might benefit from submitting applications to them now since, given the Democratic tilt of the Senate, both nominees will almost certainly be elevated to their respective circuit courts prior to 2010.

Appellate Judges

Hall, Peter (2d Cir.)
Location: Rutland, VT
Term: 8/15/2011 to 8/12/2012

Seymour, Stephanie (10th Cir.)
Location: Tulsa, OK
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Wardlaw, Kim (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011

Williams, Stephen (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/16/2011 to 8/12/2012

District Judges

Bianco, Joseph (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Central Islip, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 and 10/1/2010 to 10/1/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Goldberg, Richard (C.I.T.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/20/2010 to 8/20/2012

Gonzalez, Irma (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011

McKinley, Joseph (W.D. Ky.)
Location: Owensboro, KY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2012

Thompson, Alvin (D. Conn.)
Location: Hartford, CT
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Magistrate Judges

Hagy, C. (N.D. Ga.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012

Pham, Tu (W.D. Tenn.)
Location: Memphis, TN
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/26/2011

Vescovo, Diane (W.D. Tenn.)
Location: Memphis, TN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011

Bankruptcy Judges

Isgur, Marvin (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012

Lyons, Raymond (Bankr. D.N.J.)
Location: Trenton, NJ
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011

Appellate Judges

Southwick, Leslie (5th Cir.)
Location: Jackson, MS
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Thomas, Sidney (9th Cir.)
Location: Billings, MT
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011 or 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011 or 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2010 or 9/13/2010 to 9/9/2011
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.

Tymkovich, Timothy (10th Cir.)
Location: Denver, CO
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011 or 1/2/2011 12/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

District Judges

Schiller, Berle (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 8/24/2010 to 8/25/2011 or 8/25/2010 to 8/26/2010
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Schroeder, Thomas (M.D.N.C.)
Location: Winston Salem, NC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/2/2010 to 8/2/2010
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Scullin, Frederick (N.D.N.Y.)
Location: Syracure, NY
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011

Shubb, William (E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011

Simandle, Jerome (D.N.J.)
Location: Camden, NJ
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/31/2012

Smith, William (D.R.I.)
Location: Providence, RI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011

Smith, G. Murray (D. Ariz.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Stamp, Federick (N.D. W. Va.)
Location: Wheeling, WV
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/27/2012

Stein, Sidney (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Tauro, Joseph (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/26/2011

Trenga, Anthony (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

Vitaliano, Eric (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/15/2010 to 9/15/2011

Ward, T. (E.D. Tex.)
Location: Marshall, TX
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Weinstein, Jack (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/7/2011

Welein, Ewing (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/6/2010 to 8/31/2014

Zobel, Rya (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011

Magistrate Judges

Schulze, Jillyn (N.D. Ga.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012

Segal, Suzanne (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: Beginning 9/1/2010
Notes: Career clerk position.

Bankruptcy Judges

St. John, Stephen (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011

Appellate Judges

Graber, Susan (9th Cir.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011

Hartz, Harris (10th Cir.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011

Hawkins, Michael (9th Cir.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/5/2011

Iukta, Sandra (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011

Jones, Edith (5th Cir.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011

District Judges

Gilmore, Vanessa (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/20/2012

Goodwin, Joseph (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011

Griesa, Thomas (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/9/2011

Gutierrez, Philip (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011

Hinkle, Robert (N.D. Fla.)
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011

Hughes, Lynn (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012

Huvelle, Ellen (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/11/2011

Johnston, Thomas (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Beckley, WV
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011 or 8/23/2010 to 8/20/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Kay, Allen (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Kay, Allen (D. Haw.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Kiser, Jackson (W.D. Va.)
Location: Danville, VA
Term: 7/1/2010 to 7/1/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Kravitz, Mark (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/14/2011 or 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Lemelle, Ivan (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/16/2011 or 9/16/2010 to 9/16/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.

Martin, Beverly (N.D. Ga.>)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011

McBryde, John (N.D.T.X.>)
Location: Ft. Worth, TX
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011

Magistrate Judges

Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011

Goldman, Marc (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011

Joel, David (N.D. W.Va.>)
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011

Katz, Theodore (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/17/2011

Lloyd, Howard (N.D. Cal.>)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 5/13/2010 to 5/15/2011

Lynch, William (D.N.M.>)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012

Maas, Frank (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/7/2011

Bankruptcy Judges

Kressel, Robert (Bankr. D. Minn.)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/12/2012

Appellate Judges

Clement, Edith (5th Cir.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 6/1/2010 to 6/1/2011 and 8/27/2010 to 8/26/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates. Two-year clerkship option available.

Kethledge, Raymond (6th Cir.)
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011

District Judges

Alvarez, Micaela (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Laredo, TX
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/24/2011
Notes: Clerks must arrive for a two-day training prior to commencing clerkship.

Briones, David (W.D. Tex.)
Location: El Paso, TX
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/1/2012
Notes: Two-year commitment required. Must be able to work as a member of a well-functioning team. (Check your ego at the door.) El Paso (West Texas/Southern New Mexico) interest/connection considered.

Evans, Orinda (N.D. Ga.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011

Martini, William (D.N.J.)
Location: Newark, NJ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Notes: Graduates with professional legal experience, such as a judicial clerkship or practice at a law firm, are encouraged to apply. Start/end dates approximate. Writing sample not to exceed 10 pages.

Magistrate Judges

None.

Bankruptcy Judges

None.