Law Clerk Addict's Blog
Virginia Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have recommended that President Barack Obama nominate Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan to a vacant Virginia seat on the Fourth Circuit. Those who followed the judicial nomination battles during the George W. Bush presidency may remember that all three of President Bush's nominees to this particular seat on the Fourth Circuit--Defense Department General Counsel William Haynes II, McGuireWoods partner E. Duncan Getchell, and district judge Glen Conrad (W.D. Va.)--were filibustered or otherwise obstructed since the seat became open in 2001.
As usual, the final decision of who to nominate rests solely with President Obama, so those wishing to send clerkship applications to Justice Keenan this summer in hopes of her being on the Fourth Circuit by fall 2010 should do so at their own risk. This advice is particularly apt for this seat, given its long history of obstruction and that the primary reason Getchell's nomination failed was due to President Bush's refusal to select a nominee approved by both Senator Webb and former Senator John Warner (R-VA).
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
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