92 Y/O JUDGE ACTIVE???
At some point they go into senior status. This judge was appointed at age 64 in 1998 by Clinton. He went to senior status in 2011. When the judge goes senior status, they get reduced case loads and get pay raises and cost of living as mentioned by a poster above. If a judge fully retires their pension is frozen at 80% of their final salary. They would only take this option is they went back to practicing law or generating income some other way. A judge that has been on the bench for 20 years, probably isn't going back to practicing law.