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July 20, 2009 Notices
Category: OSCAR Notices (2010 Cycle)

Appellate Judges


Kearse, Amalya (2d Cir.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011

District Judges


Burns, Ellen (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011

Crane, Randy (S.D. Tex.)
Location: McAllen, TX
Term: 8/15/2009 to 8/15/2010
NOTE: This is a 2009-10 clerkship.

Bucklo, Elaine (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011

Lawrence, William (S.D. Ind.)
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Term: 8/3/2010 to 8/3/2012

Magistrate Judges


Pollak, Cheryl (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2011

Buchanan, Theresa (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011


Bankruptcy Judges


None.

Posted by rezclerk at July 21, 2009, 12:09 AM 0 Comments.
July 16, 2009 Notices (partial)
Category: OSCAR Notices (2010 Cycle)

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

Posted by rezclerk at July 16, 2009, 11:06 PM 0 Comments.
Senior Status Updates (June 2009)
Category: United States District Courts (2010 Cycle)

As usual, the end of the month brings about a flurry of retirements and elections to senior status. Today represents the last day of active service for the following federal district judges:


* Maxine Chesney (N.D. Cal.) (senior)

* Helen Gillmor (D. Haw.) (senior)

* Richard Webber (E.D. Mo.) (senior)

* Garvan Murtha (D. Vt.) (senior)

* Lawrence Piersol (D.S.D.) (senior)

* Samuel Kent (S.D. Tex.) (resignation)


In addition, Judges Peter Economus (N.D. Ohio) and Larry McKinney (S.D. Ind.) will take senior status on July 3 and July 4, respectively.


Posted by clurker at June 30, 2009, 1:21 PM 0 Comments.
Andre Davis (D. Md.) and David Hamilton (S.D. Ind.) Advance
Category: United States Appellate Courts (2010 Cycle)

In belated judicial nomination news, Judges Andre Davis (D. Md.) and David Hamilton (S.D. Ind.), President Obama's respective nominees to the Fourth Circuit and Seventh Circuit, have been voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and referred to the full Senate.


Posted by clurker at June 9, 2009, 7:49 PM 0 Comments.