Sentences with phrase «appellate division judge»

Being a chief judge, appellate division judge, or chancery judge is generally considered more prestigious roles.

EDWIN STERN, a former New Jersey appellate division judge who earlier this year completed a temporary assignment on the New Jersey Supreme Court, is now counsel at Gibbons in the firm's business and commercial litigation department.

Skelos also appointed former state appellate division judge Joseph Covello.

Not exact matches

The NYCLU — along with Public Advocate Letitia James, the Legal Aid Society, the NAACP and the New York Post — filed the appeal in the appellate division of New York Supreme Court to overturn a judge's decision not to release testimony from the grand jury.

He has already made two appointments: Jenny Rivera, a Latina and law professor, (replacing Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, his father's appointee and the first Hispanic judge on the court); and Sheila Abdus - Salaam, an associate justice in the appellate division, who is the first black woman to serve on the court, (she replaced the late Theodore Jones, an African - American appointee of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer).

But Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment, delivered on July 1, 2015, held that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit while the June 8, 2015 judgment of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, nullifying the extradition application and affirmed by another judge of the same Lagos division on June 23, 2015, had not been set aside by any appellatDivision of the Federal High Court, nullifying the extradition application and affirmed by another judge of the same Lagos division on June 23, 2015, had not been set aside by any appellatdivision on June 23, 2015, had not been set aside by any appellate court.

He's the former president of the New York State Bar Association, has served on numerous legal councils and committees, including the state First Department appellate screening committee, and is the current chief judge's Commercial Division Advisory Council.

Judge Leslie Stein, who previously served in the appellate division in Albany, did not participate in the ruling, but all six remaining judges agreed.

[M] aybe divisions of appellate courts think that if they ignore their own precedents they won't get called on this by their colleagues, especially if a judge on the appellate panel was part of the panel deciding the precedents; or there's nobody outside the court (who might matter) to to complain because it's an appellate court of final resort; or it's an inferior appellate court but the panel has good reason to believe the final appellate court won't grant leave to appeal.Whatever the reason, such judicial conduct unacceptable.

If you're going to become a judge advocate, I'd recommend you make it known early and often that you want to practice in your service's appellate division — but so you're worth the billet, I'd cut your trial teeth first, read widely in criminal law, and hone your writing skills.

This point is vital because judges are free to disagree with their colleagues in the same court without fear of sanction, and the appropriate recourse in case of error is its appellate division.

Provides for intermediate appellate courts (i.e. Appellate Division and Appellate Terms of Supreme Court), the relocation power would fall to the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division after consulting with the Chief Judge or his or her designee.

His judicial experience included serving as a Supervising Judge of the family law panel for 3 years, Presiding Judge of the court's appellate division, and a special master for the Commission on Judicial Performance.

The former judge served nearly 23 years at the trial court level and in the appellate division.

However, that patent is also likely invalid (not only in the preliminary opinion the Federal Circuit judges indicated at this month's appellate hearing but also in the opinion of the USPTO's Central Reexamination Division).

As part of her overall initiatives to modernize the court system, Chief Justice Lee described the top - to - bottom review of the judiciary with particular emphasis on a review of the technology division that serves judges in 31 judicial districts and the appellate courts across the state.

That motion judge's ruling was reversed by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey (our intermediate appellate court), ruling that giving such a presumption in favor of the custodial parent is improper in cases where the children's surname was chosen by the parties at the birth of each child and especially in cases where the parents share joint legal custody.