Sentences with phrase «judicial nominating commission»

From 1996 to 2004, he was a director of MassHousing (Massachusetts» low income housing finance agency); from 2005 until 2010 he served on the Governor's Judicial Nominating Commission; and he was recently appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court Business Litigation Session Advisory Committee.

Each of Colorado's 22 judicial districts has a judicial nominating commission, which reviews applicants for judicial vacancies and selects nominees for the governor's consideration.

Members of the firm have held notable positions serving on the boards of prominent institutions, such as the State University System of Florida and the Florida State Board of Education, and holding high - ranking offices, including President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

On Monday, July 21, 2014, the governor's office announced the appointment of Robert Campbell Duthie, III, to the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Sixth Judicial District, encompassing Archuleta, La Plata, and San Juan counties.

Rhode Island: bill requiring Judicial Nominating Commission name at least one person of color for every judicial vacancy stalls in committee

Should the bills pass, the governor would select judges from a recommended list of qualified candidates provided by a Judicial Nominating Commission instead of forcing judges to run for election.

Partners at the firm have had the distinction of holding the following offices: President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

In voting districts with populations greater than 35,000, no more than three judicial nominating commission members can be attorneys.

A judicial nominating commission selected four lawyers Monday as finalists to fill the vacancy on the Nebraska Supreme Court created by the sudden resignation of Judge Max Kelch.

If you have an interest in becoming one of Kentucky's seven Supreme Court Justices, you should submit your name to the Judicial Nominating Commission.

Chief Justice Lambert then meets with the Judicial Nominating Commission to choose three nominees.

FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 25, 2012 — The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., met today in Burkesville, Ky., to choose three nominees to fill the vacant Circuit Court judgeship in the 40th Judicial Circuit.

The Chief Justice then meets with the Judicial Nominating Commission in that area to choose three nominees to submit to the Governor.

Judicial nominating commission members must live in the judicial district for which they will serve.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the vacant Warren County Family Court judgeship.

The judicial nominating commission is the key to commission - based appointment, or «merit selection,» of state court judges.

Judicial Nominating Commission announces nominees for judgeship in Anderson, Shelby and Spencer counties

He has a history of professional and civic leadership, including as a member of Massachusetts» Judicial Nominating Commission.

HB 8006 / SB 3080 Extends until 2015 law allowing any individual whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the judicial nominating commission, eligible for subsequent nomination by the governor.

Several statutory efforts were undertaken to change the composition of the judicial nominating commission.

The existing judicial nominating commission would remain, but as an advisory body to review the appointee prior to Senate confirmation as either «qualified» or «not qualified».

In 1994 the state's constitution was amended to provide vacancies in the Supreme Court were to be filled from a list provided by a judicial nominating commission to be established by the legislature and confirmed by the House and Senate.

In a repeat of efforts first started in 2014, legislators pressed to give more control to the governor and legislature over the state's Judicial Council which serves as the judicial nominating commission for the state.

The state's constitution provides the judicial nominating commission must submit «a list of three nominees» to the governor for vacancies on the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals.

FRANKFORT, Ky., June 25, 2014 — The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the vacant District Court judgeship for Anderson, Shelby and Spencer counties.

Legislation introduced last month in the Rhode Island House that would require the state's Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) send at least one person of color for every judicial vacancy in the state has been held for further study possibly stalling out for the session.

The state's constitution as amended in 1972 provides for a judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, district courts and any other courts the legislature decides.

Legislation introduced last week in the Rhode Island House would require the state's Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) send at least one person of color for every judicial vacancy in the state.

Rhode Island: bill to mandate diversity in state courts re-introduced; requires at least 3 persons of color on Judicial Nominating Commission

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (July 14, 2017)-- Florida's two U.S. senators, Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, have reappointed Miami Law's Georgina A. Angones, assistant dean for law development and alumni relations, to the federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Southern District of Florida.

A third proposal (HB 2150 of 2007) would have replaced nonpartisan elections with gubernatorial appointment from a judicial nominating commission list and yes / no retention elections.

There has been no attempt to change this from nonpartisan to partisan, although several bills were introduced to change the nonpartisan races to gubernatorial appointment from a judicial nominating commission list and yes / no retention elections.

She also served as a commissioner of the Fourth District Court Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, is on the editorial advisory board of the American Academy of Medical Entrepreneurs, and previously chaired a Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee.

Rhode Island: bill requires Judicial Nominating Commission name at least one person of color for every judicial vacancy

HB 6242 / SB 686 Makes any individual whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the judicial nominating commission, eligible for subsequent nomination by the governor until June 30, 2012.

A senate panel approved a bill that would expand the state's seven - member judicial nominating commission, adding two commissioners who would be appointed by the leaders of each chamber.

Under R.I. Gen. Laws 8.16.1 - 6, any person whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the judicial nominating commission for a judicial vacancy was deemed eligible for a subsequent nomination by the governor for a period of five years.

This includes acting as the President of the American Association for Justice, the President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers as well as serving as Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.

When there is a vacancy on the Court today, this system means that the Governor chooses the next Justice from a list of between three and six qualified persons recommended by the Judicial Nominating Commission.

This person is chosen from a list of individuals whose applications have been reviewed and who have been found qualified by the Judicial Nominating Commission.

Until July of 2013, a statutorily - authorized judicial nominating commission advised the governor in appointing judges, and legislative approval was not required.

One such trend that was popular several years ago was an effort to expand gubernatorial authority over the process, by allowing the governor to choose more members of the judicial nominating commission and giving the governor more nominees from which to make appointments.

HB 7455 Requires governor and nominating authorities in making appointments to judicial nominating commission «ensure that the membership of the commission reflects the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the state's population.»

Another was formerly ethics counsel to Massachusetts governors William F. Weld and Paul Cellucci, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney's office and chair of the state Judicial Nominating Commission.

Allows but does not require Governor create judicial nominating commission; if such commission created must reflect diversity of state.

In a 5 - 0 ruling, the Arizona Supreme Court struck down a law that required the state's judicial nominating commission to send the names of five candidates to the governor for possible appointment.

The Tennessee legislature opted not to renew the state's judicial nominating commission, and it is set to expire on June 30.

THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGESHIP VACANCY AND ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR

Mr. Coffey currently serves as the Chair of the Southern District Conference, Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.