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Magistrate Goodstein to retire in June

By: dmc-admin//April 19, 2010//

Magistrate Goodstein to retire in June

By: dmc-admin//April 19, 2010//

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ImageAfter 31 years on the bench, federal magistrate judge Aaron E. Goodstein will be retiring in June.

His office confirmed that the Eastern District Court Judge will retire on June 30, assume recall status – essentially the equivalent of senior status – and take occasional cases.

Chief Judge Charles N. Clevert has appointed a panel to review applicants. Members of the Merit Selection Committee are attorneys Daniel T. Flaherty of Godfrey & Kahn; Thomas E. Brown of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown; Peter W. Bruce of Davis & Kuelthau; Cristina D. Hernandez of Quarles & Brady; Thomas E. Phillip of the Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin; and Nathan A. Fishbach of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.

Applications for Goodstein’s position are being accepted until April 29.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1967, Goodstein began his legal career clerking for U.S. District Court Judge Myron L. Gordon. In 1968, he joined Chernov, Croen & Goodstein SC, where he practiced until his appointment to the court in 1979.

In addition to Goodstein, there are currently two other magistrate judges in the Milwaukee office – Patricia J. Gorence and William E. Callahan, Jr. – and one, James R. Sickel, in the Green Bay office.

Magistrate judges typically conduct preliminary proceedings in felony criminal cases, trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases and conduct various civil pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings as delegated from the judges of the district court.

Jack Zemlicka can be reached at [email protected].

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