Sentences with phrase «became chief judge»

Carolyn, as a teen back in the very early 1960's, I had the pleasure of meeting Bora Laskin who later became the Chief Judge of The Supreme Court of Canada.

In 1936, George Albery formed a partnership in law with Colin Bennett, who later became Chief Judge of Grey County and District Courts for Ontario.

She was the first woman appointed to lead the provincial court when she became chief judge in May 2006.

He became chief judge in 2008.

In 1972, Arthur Klein returned to the Ministry of the Attorney General and Fred Hayes became Chief Judge, a position he held for 18 years.

He became Chief Judge when that position was created following the amalgamation of the Civil Division and Small Claims Courts in 1985.

When you first became chief judge, some people pointed to your connections to former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as the reason why.

Thus presbyters were becoming priests at the very same time they were relinquishing their corporate judicial and disciplinary authority in the bishop's church, while the bishop had become the chief judge; and the law itself was being codified in canons at councils at which bishops alone decreed.

Cuomo, who lives in Westchester, picked the county's district attorney and his former JCOPE executive chairwoman, Janet DiFiore to become chief judge of the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.

And you say to yourself, «Jesus, I started from an entry - level position in the Unified Court System at the lowest level, and it took me 40 - some - odd years to go from there to become the chief judge.

Not exact matches

In 1812 Joseph Story became the youngest judge ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court, and over the course of his lengthy tenure (1812 - 1845) he was Chief Justice John Marshall's right - hand man in defining the role of the court itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national laws..

Woodward Avenue is named after Augustus B. Woodward, the man who devised the original plan of Detroit after the fire of 1805, then became the first chief judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan.

Paul Sabatino, former counsel to the Suffolk County Legislature and chief deputy county executive, said the entire incident reflected how «perverted» the system of selecting judges has become on Long Island.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will become the state's next chief judge if she's confirmed by the state Senate next year.

Cuomo didn't officially become governor until 12:01 a.m., but Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman swore him in at 10:09 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Janet DiFiore, nominated to become New York's next chief judge, was the original chairwoman of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's much - maligned ethics commission.

She served as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City from 1967 to 1969 when she became an Assistant Counsel for the Judicial Conference of the State of New York; in 1972, Chief Law Assistant of the Criminal Court of the City of New York; and in 1974, Counsel in the Office of the New York City Administrative Judge.

The Chief Judge disclosed that the interim order became necessary as the prosecution could not provide a federal prison in Abuja that has the required health facilities that will take care of the health condition of Senator Melaye.

ALBANY — Court of Appeals chief judge Jonathan Lippman has become the leading advocate for a proposal to increase the mandatory retirement age for many judges to 80, an extraordinary level of involvement for someone in his position.

Two of the Council members joining de Blasio on the dais today, Levine and Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, have both sponsored legislation to establish a «right to counsel» for those face life - altering decisions in civil courts — something that has become an increasing concern of many legal professionals, including former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.

Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Akuffo is likely to become the new Chief Justice of Ghana.

And here, Weinman gives us a bit more insight into the thinking of Judge Cote — who in 1991 became the first woman Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office (Southern District of New York).

Charlotte Higgins, 2013 Judge and Chief Arts Writer at The Guardian, said: «When Elizabeth Price presented her project for Oxford it immediately became clear that she was on her way to producing a thrilling artwork that will dig deep into the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers's archives and ask some characteristically penetrating questions of the way we think about and record the past.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Martel Popescul takes the role once current Chief Justice R.D. Laing becomes a supernumerary judge on Jan. 1.

In her own remarks, McLachlin called Canada «a country that respects the rule of law, and of openness, in which a young woman of no particular note could become a lawyer and a judge and a chief justice.»

After starting out at a law firm that has produced what seems like an unusually high number of prominent judges, it's perhaps not a surprise to see Justice George Strathy become Ontario's new chief justice, a position that has been open since last December when Warren Winkler retired.

[6] After serving as Chief Magistrate, he became the first judge of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division), following the creation the Provincial Courts in 1968 and the repeal of The Magistrates Act.

Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba Janice leMaistre has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of Manitoba to replace Justice Freda M. Steel, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of May 1, Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba Janice leMaistre has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of Manitoba to replace Justice Freda M. Steel, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of May 1, judge as of May 1, 2014.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

The Court ruled, in a 5 - 3 opinion written by Justice Kennedy, that due process was violated when Chief Justice Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to recuse himself from Terrence Williams» post-conviction appeal of a death sentence that Castill had approved as district attorney before he became a judge.

[12] Chief Judge Linden became Chief Justice Linden — until Chief Justice Lennox was appointed on May 3, 1999.

Amie Bonkalo went on to become a Local Administrative Judge in 2000, a Regional Senior Judge in 2004, an Associate Chief Justice in 2005, and achieved the Chief Justice position in 2007.

The Criminal and Family Divisions of the Provincial Courts were joined to become the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) with only one Chief Judge — the newly appointed Sidney B. Linden.

Three months before retirement, judges who seek to become senior judges must submit a letter notifying the chief justice of their retirement and of their interest in serving as a senior judge.

Three of my favorite clips available via the site are Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner («Judges are impatient, except for new judges, who may actually care what you have to say»); Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski («I won't read blockquotes, but thanks for letting my mind drift to thoughts of snowboarding in Aspen»); and Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook («To become a better writer, read the work of good writers, not the work of lawyers&raJudges are impatient, except for new judges, who may actually care what you have to say»); Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski («I won't read blockquotes, but thanks for letting my mind drift to thoughts of snowboarding in Aspen»); and Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook («To become a better writer, read the work of good writers, not the work of lawyers&rajudges, who may actually care what you have to say»); Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski («I won't read blockquotes, but thanks for letting my mind drift to thoughts of snowboarding in Aspen»); and Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook («To become a better writer, read the work of good writers, not the work of lawyers»).

In 2005 Chief Justice Joseph Lambert became the first official in State Government to do something to prohibit retired judges being able to double - dip by receiving their judicial retirement benefits, and then being eligible to earn a full salary by getting elected to another judicial position.

Prior to becoming a judge, Chief Justice Bauman was a lawyer practicing in the areas of local government and administrative law.

The dissenting ruling, written by Newfoundland & Labrador's Chief Justice Derek Green with Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick David Smith and Federal Court Justice Richard Bell concurring, concludes that the Marshall test had been satisfied and that «a conclusion that Justice Déziel has become incapacitated or disabled from the due execution of the office of judge within the meaning of s. 65 (2) of the Judges Act should be reached, and a recommendation for removal from the Bench should be allowed.»

Beginning in July 1, 2017, the Honorable Edwina G. Mendelson became Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York State Unified Court System's Office for Justice Initiatives.

After a rocky start, with resignations of original Commissioners, Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins work under Justice Murray Sinclair, an Aboriginal Manitoba judge who became the province's Associate Chief Justice in 1988.

Rather than seeing the recommendations of the Committee adopted and then perhaps eroded or forgotten with the passage of time, Chief Judge Pascoe and Judge Myers held discussions with Reconciliation Australia about the possibility of the Federal Circuit Court developing a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)-- thereby becoming the first Australian court, State or Federal, to do so.