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Bar News - March 23, 2001 Court of Appeals Judge Norman Stahl to Take Senior Status AFTER EIGHT YEARS on the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Norman H. Stahl plans to become a senior judge this spring, the court’s Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella has announced. Judge Stahl’s decision to take senior status, effective April 16, will create a vacancy for a full-time active judge on the six-member bench, which serves as the appellate court for the 1st Circuit federal districts of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island. Federal appellate and district judges have life tenure, but can retire if they are at least age 65 and meet certain years of service requirements. However, many, like Stahl, choose to continue to hear cases as senior judges. "It has been a privilege to serve on the Court of Appeals for the past eight years," Stahl said. "I fully expect to continue to serve for the foreseeable future." Commenting on Stahl’s move to senior status, Chief Judge Torruella praised his colleague’s service. "Judge Stahl has served on the District Court of New Hampshire and the Court of Appeals with great distinction, and we will miss him in the role of full-time active judge," Torruella said. "However, we are pleased that we will continue to have the benefit of his service in his new status as a senior judge." Before he was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Stahl was a member of the US District Court for New Hampshire from 1990 to 1992. Prior to his judicial appointment, he was a longtime name partner at the Manchester, NH, firm of Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch. A native of Manchester, Stahl, 70, is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School. As a senior judge, Stahl plans to maintain an office in the Court of Appeals’ headquarters building in downtown Boston. Stahl said that under senior status, he will continue to be quite active in the court. He expects to sit in on 50 percent of the court’s cases and will serve on the Federal Court Budget Committee. He opted to go to senior status at the age of 70 to free up some time for travel, hobbies and other endeavors, he said. Under the procedures for filling a US Court of Appeals vacancy, US Senators Robert C. Smith and Judd A. Gregg of New Hampshire, both being of the same political party as Republican President Bush, will recommend a candidate to the new administration for its consideration. The name of the successful nominee will then be forwarded to the Senate. Upon Senate confirmation, the new judge would be sworn into office. |
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