Law Clerk Addict's Blog
As promised, the pages for appellate judges have been drastically redesigned. For an example, check out our page for Alex Kozinski.
Below is a summary of what changed:
Although the lack of any formal data from this time last cycle makes a comparison difficult, eyeballing the new 2011-12 early hiring list gives the impression that a higher-than-normal amount of hiring activity is currently going on for 2011-12 clerkships (and, in some cases, even 2012-13 clerkships, see, e.g., Chester Straub and Theodore McKee). Notably, virtually all of this early hiring is concentrated on the Second, Third, and D.C. Circuits. Furthermore, many circuit judges (such as Andrew Kleinfeld, Catharina Haynes, and Edith Clement) have recently begun to accept 2011-12 applications on OSCAR. 9/27/09 Update: A commenter notes that Haynes and Clement have both partially hired for 2011-12.
Given the record of number of applicants this year, I wonder if some judges who traditionally do not hire this early are hoping to take advantage of a higher quality, more risk-averse applicant pool that may not be around next cycle.
Appellate Judges
Kleinfeld, Andrew (9th Cir.)
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Term: 8/9/2011 to 8/8/2012 or 8/16/2011 to 8/17/2012 or 8/23/2011 to 8/24/2012
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Tatel,David (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Term: 8/4/2011 to 7/30/2012
District Judges
None.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
Drain, Robert (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/31/2011 and 8/30/2010 to 8/30/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Appellate Judges
Milan Smith (9th Cir.)
Location: El Segundo, CA
Term: 8/30/2011 to 8/30/2012 or 9/8/2011 to 9/8/2012 or 9/13/2011 to 9/13/2012 or 9/17/2011 to 9/17/2012
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.
District Judges
Africk, Lane (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 9/2/2011
Ellison, Keither (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magistrate Judges
Mann, Roanne (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 8/23/2010 to 9/2/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
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
Leval, Pierre (2d Cir.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 6/1/2010 to 6/1/2011
Suhrheinrich, Richard (6th Cir.)
Location: Lansing, MI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
McKeown, M. (9th Cir.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/15/2011 to 8/31/2012
Roth, Jane (3d Cir.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Moving chambers to Philadelphia, PA in late 2009.
Hardiman, Thomas (3d Cir.)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012
District Judges
Covello, Alfred (D. Conn.)
Location: Hartford, CT
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/13/2011
Wigenton, Susan (D.N.J.)
Location: Newark, NJ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Jackson, Raymond (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/17/2011
Lee, Gerald (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/20/2012
Faber, David (S.D. WVa.)
Location: Bluefield, WV
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Duggan, Patrick (E.D. Mich.)
Location: Detroit, MI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
O'Malley, Kathleen (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 9/13/2010 to 9/14/2012
Campbell, David (D. Ariz.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Wilson, Stephen (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/5/2011 and 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Alsup, William (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012 and 11/19/2011 to 11/13/2012
Huff, Marilyn (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/27/2011
Smith, C. (N.D. Ala.)
Location: Huntsville, AL
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
Hayes, Karen (W.D. La.)
Location: Monroe, LA
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011
Miller, Tommy (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/22/2010 to 8/14/2011
Gold, Steven (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Barbosa, Manuel (Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Location: Rockford, IL
Term: 8/17/2009 to 8/18/2010
According to Above the Law, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.) has been cleared of judicial misconduct charges stemming from an incident last year involving content on a personal website.
As expected, the close of the 2008-09 Supreme Court term has resulted in a flurry of news articles about the Court. Below are some recent articles about the United States Supreme Court that are worth noting but are too short to justify full posts of their own:
* The L.A. Times reports that the Ninth Circuit is no longer the most reversed geographic circuit, at least this term.
* As everyone knows by now, yesterday marked Justice David Souter's official last day as an active justice.
* Chief Justice John Roberts believes that appellate briefs have become far too long.
* The New Yorker pokes fun at Justice Clarence Thomas's history of being silent during oral arguments.
Harper's Magazine reports that Chief Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.) has issued an order, apparently in response to recent attempts to investigate or discipline fellow Judge Jay Bybee (9th Cir.), holding that the Ninth Circuit's internal disciplinary mechanisms cannot be used to punish a judge for conduct that has occurred prior to the judge's ascension to the bench.
Appellate Judges
Briscoe, Mary (10th Cir.)
Location: Lawrence, KS
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Prost, Sharon (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011 or 1/15/2011 to 1/15/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Higginbotham, Patrick (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/9/2011
Pergerson, Harry (9th Cir.)
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
District Judges
Bennett, Richard (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/11/2012
Davis, Andre (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Moon, Norman (W.D. Va.)
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Collier, Curtis (E.D. Tenn.)
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/17/2010 to 8/19/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Fogel, Jeremy (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Magistrate Judges
Callahan, William (E.D. Wisc.)
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2012
Bankruptcy Judges
Carruthers, Catherine (Bankr. N.C.)
Location: Winston Salem, NC
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Carruthers, Catherine (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 9/5/2010 to 9/5/2012
Appellate Judges
Higginbotham, Patrick (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/9/2011
Pregerson, Harry (9th Cir.)
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
District Judges
Ellison, Keith (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Roberts, Victoria (E.D. Mich.)
Location: Detroit, MI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
Walrath, Mary (Bankr. D. Del.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/9/2011
Holman, Thomas (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 9/5/2010 to 9/5/2012
Appellate Judges
Ambro, Thomas (3d Cir.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Nelson, Dorothy (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/17/2010 to 8/14/2011
Linn, Richard (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 3/1/2011 to 8/1/2012
District Judges
James, Robert (E.D. La.)
Location: Monroe, LA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Cogan, Brian (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Lefkow, Joan (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Pohorelsky, Viktor (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Jones, Thomas (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
It seems that 2010-11 hiring on the Ninth Circuit is really starting to pick up, with rumors that Judges John Noonan and James Browning are done and that Judge Ronald Gould has made at least one hire. This is in addition to yesterday's news that Judge Arthur Alarcon is done and last week's news that Judge Consuelo Callahan is done, Judge Stephen Reinhardt has partially hired, and that Judges Dorothy Nelson and Milan Smith are interviewing (in Judge Smith's case, for the last 2010-11 position available).
In related prestigious clerkship news, we received a tip today that Judge Marjorie Rendell (3d Cir.), one of the most sought after clerkships in the Third Circuit, has recently hired a University of Chicago graduate. As usual, please feel free to publicly post your tips on the court comment pages or the notifications page, or to privately submit them by sending an email to lawfirmaddict@gmail.com.
The past couple of days have seen some additional movement on the circuit court clerk hiring front. Some highlights:
* Based on notifications, comments, and other tips, the early hiring list has been updated to indicate that Judges Roger Gregory (4th Cir.) and Arthur Alarcon (9th Cir.) are done, while Rosemary Barkett (11th Cir.), Amalya Kearse (2d Cir.) and Jane Roth (3d Cir.) have partially hired.
* An observant tipster on our Ninth Circuit comments page notes that Judge Marsha Berzon (9th Cir.) updated her OSCAR profile to narrow her class rank requirement from top 10% to top 5%. Perhaps this sudden change is another sign that Dan Filler's prediction about very bad days for 2010-11 clerkship applicants will indeed come to pass.
* Commenters on the Fourth Circuit and Seventh Circuit comment pages have indicated that Judge Paul Niemeyer (4th Cir.) will begin interviewing in July and that Judge Diane Sykes (7th Cir.) will begin reviewing applications later this month. However, given that these tips are anonymous, feel free to take them with a grain of salt.
Appellate Judges
Siler, Eugene (6th Cir.)
Location: London, KY
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Gruender, Raymond (8th Cir.)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2012
Goodwin, Alfred (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/2/2011
Thompson, David (9th Cir.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/25/2011
Ginsburg, Douglas (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
District Judges
Williams, Alexander (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/26/2011
Notes: Two positions available.
Vance, Sarah (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 6/5/2010 to 6/10/2011 or 6/21/2010 to 6/24/2011 or 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Martinez, Philip (W.D. Tex.)
Location: El Paso, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Breen, J. (W.D. Tenn.)
Location: Jackson, TN
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Sleet, Gregory (D. Del.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/8/2010 to 9/6/2011
Lake, Simeon (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Fairbank, Valerie (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 or 2/1/2011 to 2/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
This weekend has been rather active on the circuit court judge hiring front, with reports of hires by Judges Stephen Reinhardt (9th Cir.), Consuelo Callahan (9th Cir.), Eugene Davis (5th Cir.), and Roger Gregory (4th Cir.), and scheduled interviews by Dorothy Nelson (9th Cir.) and Harris Hartz (10th Cir.).
For more information on who is hiring early for the 2010-11 term, check out the early hiring list.
For those who still aren't aware, Law Clerk Addict is tracking pre-September hires through a moderated early hiring list. As you can see, there has been a non-trivial amount of 2010-11 hiring activity over the past week or so. Some selected highlights:
* Judge Jerry Smith (5th Cir.) is completely off-plan and currently extending interview invitations to rising 3Ls.
* Judges Maryanne Barry (3d Cir.) and Milan Smith (9th Cir.), both of whom hired some alumni applicants for 2010-11 in mid to late 2008, are extending interview invitations to alumni again.
* Judge Joel Dubina (11th Cir.) is reported to be interviewing and allegedly has made at least one hire.
* On the district court front, Judge Charles Breyer (N.D. Cal.), brother to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, is reportedly done for 2010-11.
Remember, early hiring updates are typically not announced on the front page, so be sure to visit the early hiring list directly to get the most up to date news on the 2010-11 hiring cycle.
Appellate Judges
Stahl, Norman (1st Cir.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Wallace, J. (9th Cir.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/18/2010 to 8/18/2011
Garjarca, Arthur (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/11/2010 to 8/11/2011
District Judges
Wood, Kimba (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/1/2011 to 7/31/2012
Goldberg, Mitchell (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Hood, Joseph (E.D. Ky.)
Location: Lexington, KY
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011
Cox, Sean (E.D. Mi.)
Location: Detroit, MI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Robinson, Sue (D. Del.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Stengel, Lawrence (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2012
Boyle, Terrence (E.D.N.C.)
Location: Elizabeth City, NC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
Dolinger, Michael (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/29/2011
Austin, Andrew (W.D. Tex.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/29/2011
Ericksen, Joan (D. Minn.)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Smith, N. (9th Cir.)
Location: Pocatello, ID
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Easterbrook, Frank (7th Cir.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Norris, Alan (6th Cir.)
Location: Columbus, OH
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Cabranes, Jose (2d Cir.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 7/11/2010 to 7/12/2011
Edmondson, J. (11th Cir.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Cook, Deborah (6th Cir.)
Location: Akron, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
District Judges
Carmon, Gregory (C.I.T.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Lamberth, Royce (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Fallon, Eldon (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Gibson, Kim (W.D. Pa.)
Location: Johnstown, PA
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/15/2011
Parker, James (D.N.M.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magistrate Judges
Barfield, W. Leon (E.D. Ga.)
Location: Augusta, GA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Davis, Ivan (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 9/27/2010 to 9/27/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Teel, S. (Bankr. D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/31/2009 to 8/31/2012
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
As those of you who currently work for the government know, today is Memorial Day, meaning that clerks and other federal employees do not have to go to work (well, with some exceptions). But some of you may not know that while all federal courts observe the standard federal holidays, employees of some federal courts have local holidays off as well. Here is a small sampling of this year's bonus holidays for some courts:
D. Alaska - Seward's Day [source].
S.D. Cal. - Cesar Chavez Day, Day After Thanksgiving [source].
D. Del. - Good Friday [source].
D. Guam - Liberation Day [source].
D. Haw. - Prince Kuhio Day, King Kamehameha Day, Admissions Day [source].
D. Md. - Day After New Year, Day After Thanksgiving [source].
S.D.N.Y. - Lincoln's Birthday [source].
D.V.I. - Good Friday, Carnival [source].
May 22 marks the first day that third year law students may register for an OSCAR account and begin building their applications. Of course, none of these applications will be released to judges before September 8. Nevertheless, once you have access to OSCAR it becomes a lot easier to find judges who do not follow the plan (well, besides the obvious ones everyone knows about).
Appellate Judges
Bye, Kermit (8th Cir.)
Location: Fargo, ND
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Clifton, Richard (9th Cir.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Greenberg, Morton (3rd Cir.)
Location: Trenton, NJ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Kelly, Paul (10th Cir.)
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Murphy, Diana (8th Cir.)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Prado, Edward (5th Cir.)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/16/2011
Pryor, William (11th Cir.)
Location: Birmingham, AL
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Sutton, Jeffrey (6th Cir.)
Location: Columbus, OH
Term: 6/1/2010 to 5/31/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/2/2010 to 8/2/2011 or 8/3/2010 to 8/3/2011
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.
Tjoflat, Gerlad (11th Cir.)
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Term: 7/31/2011 to 7/31/2012 or 8/7/2011 to 8/7/2012 or 8/14/2011 to 8/14/2012 or 8/21/2011 to 8/21/2012
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.
District Judges
Cummings, Samuel (N.D. Tex.)
Location: Lubbock, TX
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2012
Feldman, Martin (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Fullam, John (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/5/2011
Kazen, George (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Loredo, TX
Term: 8/12/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 8/26/2010 to 8/26/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Tagle, Hilda (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Brownsville, TX
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
The 2010-11 early hiring list has been updated to reflect tips we have received that Judge Guido Calabresi (2d Cir.) has partially hired and that Judge Richard Tallman (9th Cir.) is currently conducting interviews. Judge Calabresi is rumored to have hired from Duke and Yale.
On the district court front, rumor has it that Judge Renee Bumb (D.N.J.) is done for 2010-11.
8:05PM UPDATE: According to our notifications section, it appears that libertarian Judge Andrew Kleinfeld (9th Cir.), who has the distinction of being the northern-most federal judge in the nation, may have also began the interviewing process.
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
I have added new law clerk information for Judge David Smith (3d Cir.), Judge Fortunato Benavides (5th Cir.) and Judge Kim Wardlaw (9th Cir.). Provided that this information is accurate, it would appear that Judge Smith is full for 2010-11, and the early hiring list has accordingly been updated.
Appellate Judges
Michael, M. Blane (4th Cir.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2011
Paez, Richard (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Randolph, A. (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Rawlinson, Johnnie (9th Cir.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Ripple, Kenneth (7th Cir.)
Location: South Bend, IN
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011
Rymer, Pamela (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
District Judges
Messitte, Peter (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Messitte, Peter (D. Mont.)
Location: Missoula, MT
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/24/2012
Morrow, Margaret (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/5/2011
Mosman, Michael (D. Or.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Nickerson, William (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Oliver, Solomon (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2012
Pratt, Robert (S.D. Iowa)
Location: Des Moines, IA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Pro, Philip (D. Nev.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Quarles, Williams (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/29/2011
Robart, James (W.D. Wash.)
Location: Seattle, WA
Term: 9/10/2010 to 9/10/2012
Sammartino, Janis (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Saris, Patti (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011
Robinson, Deborah (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
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
Morris, Arnold (8th Cir.)
Location: Little Rock, AK
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Beezer, Robert (9th Cir.)
Location: Seattle, WA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Benton, Duane (8th Cir.)
Location: Kansas City, MO
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Berzon, Marsha (9th Cir.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Term: 6/14/2010 to 6/10/2011 and 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Brown, Janis Rogers (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
Carnes, Ed (11th Cir.)
Location: Montgomery, AL
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Colloton, Steven (8th Cir.)
Location: Des Moines, IA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Cudahy, Richard (7th Cir.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Dennis, James (5th Cir.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Dyk, Timothy (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Fisher, D. Michael (3rd Cir.)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011 or 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Garwood, William (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/3/2010 to 7/31/2011
District Judges
Allegra, Francis (U.S. Court of Federal Claims)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/30/2010 to 9/1/2011
Anderson, S. Thomas (W.D. Tenn.)
Location: Memphis, TN
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Arterton, Janet (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/7/2012
Barbier, Carl (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/15/2011 and 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Baylson, Michael (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Brack, Robert (D.N.M.)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/8/2011
Cardone, Kathleen (N.D. Tex.)
Location: El Paso, TX
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011 or 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Carney, Cormac (S.D. Cal.)
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/27/2011
Cauthron, Robin (W.D. Okla.)
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Chatigny, Robert (D. Conn.)
Location: Hartford, CT
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Chesney, Maxine (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Cohn, James (S.D. Fla.)
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/31/2012
Copenhaver, John (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/26/2011
Currie, Cameron (D.S.C.)
Location: Columbia, SC
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Dalzell, Stewart (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/23/2012
Dimitrouleas, William (S.D. Fla.)
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Downes, William (D. Wyo.)
Location: Casper, WY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Flanagan, Louise (E.D.N.C.)
Location: New Bern, NC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Frizzell, Gregory (N.D. Okla.)
Location: Tulsa, OK
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Magistrate Judges
Ashman, Martin (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 9/1/2011
Barfield, W. Leon (S.D. Ga.)
Location: Augusta, GA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Bankruptcy Judges
Barfield, W. Leon (Bankr. D. Ariz.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/12/2012
Davlis, John (Bankr. S.D. Ga.)
Location: Brunswick, GA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Appellate Judges
Cox, Emmett (11th Cir.)
Location: Mobile, AL
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Preference is given to applicants who plan to locate permanently within one of the states comprising the Eleventh Circuit.
Fisher, Raymond (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Exceptional writing or work experience (e.g., district court clerkship, post-graduate legal experience or fellowships) a plus. Below top 10% considered only on individual basis.
Gorsuch, Neil (10th Cir.)
Location: Denver, CO
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/13/2011
Owen, Priscilla (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Starting date is flexible depending on the Court's needs but must be in August 2010. End date will depend on start date. Class ranking in top 5% is preferred. Law review or other journal is preferred.
District Judges
Bates, John (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/6/2010 to 9/5/2011
Notes: Law journal and top 25 percent preferred.
Campbell, Tena (D. Utah)
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Term: 1/1/2011 to 12/31/2011
Notes: Only one clerkship available.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Not surprisingly, speculation already abounds as to who President Barack Obama will select to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Here are some highlights from around the blogosphere:
* Orin Kerr guesses it will be Solicitor General and former Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan, but he would prefer sitting judges Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.) or Diane Wood (7th Cir.).
* Marc Randazza would like to see Alex Kozinski (9th Cir.), law professor (and former Kozinski clerk) Eugene Volokh, or former Jenner & Block partner Donald B. Verrilli.
* Scott Greenfield is hoping for Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.).
* Last but not least, several forum contributors (see, e.g., here and here) are fans of Kim McLane Wardlow (9th Cir.).
As I noted last night, this should make for a very interesting summer!
Appellate Judges
Hug, Procter (9th Cir.)
Location: Reno, NV
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/20/2011
Notes: Two positions available.
District Judges
Burrell, Garland (E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 5/18/2009 to 9/4/2009
Notes: Term Law Clerk position with three spots available. Completion of at least one year of post graduate legal work experience is highly preferred.
Mattice, Harry (E.D. Tenn.)
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/30/2012
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Tashima, A. Wallace (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/1/2011
District Judges
Cote, Denise (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 and 1/1/2011 to 1/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.