Sentences with phrase «chief judge»

"Chief judge" refers to the top-ranking or most senior judge within a particular court or judicial system. They typically have administrative responsibilities and lead the court's operations, including assigning cases, managing resources, and making important decisions. Full definition
As chief judge, she will determine venues for arguments, designate cases to be heard by three - judge panels, and assign judges to panels.
Each of the 20 circuit chief judges now must adopt their own orders based on the model.
Many judges, including chief judges, were concerned about taking on responsibilities that had never been theirs and were, for many, beyond their experience.
Supporters include the state's 68 year old chief judge, while opponents say the measure is too flawed to be approved.
But as the political candidacy of former Chief Judge of the B.C. Provincial Court Carol Baird Ellan is showing, there is a serious danger of political blowback against the bench as an institution when one exchanges her black judicial robes for the Blue, Red or Orange colours of a political party.
The four who are New York City attorneys in private practice — Caitlin J. Halligan, Michael J. Garcia, Rowan D. Wilson and Stephen P. Younger — were all on the list of nominees handed up by the commission in October for the replacement of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who will be forced to retire at the end of the month after turning 70.
Here's the footage of the private swearing - in ceremony held at the executive mansion last night where LG Bob Duffy and Gov. Andrew Cuomo were administered the oath of office by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman as friends and family members looked on.
Here's the resident legal expert for «Capital Tonight», former Albany County ADA Paul DerOhannesian, who joined me last Thursday to review the fine print of former Chief Judge Judith Kaye's report on Gov. David Paterson's Yankees tickets scandal.
Appointed by Chief Judge for Southern District of Florida to serve on Federal Magistrate Retention Panel (2011)
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Gov. Cuomo — who he recently investigated — both attended the swearing in of new Chief Judge Janet DiFiore on Monday.
Abdullahi wrote: «Two days after the election, Adoke had gone to see the president in respect of the appointment of a new chief judge for the FCT.
Zimpher enlisted former state Chief Judge Judith Kaye to study claims of NCAA violations in recruiting and other activities.
A panel that Mark - Viverito commissioned and former Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman spearheaded is due to release a report on Rikers that most expect will call for abolishing the facility.
She would be the second woman to lead the Court of Appeals; the late Mario Cuomo, the current governor's father, who himself served as governor from 1983 to 1994, named Judith Kaye as chief judge in 1993.
To the Members of the Court of Appeals who are led by Acting Chief Judge Eugene Pigott.
New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore signed a decision ordering District Court Judge Robert Cicale suspended without pay, effective immediately.
The agenda for the 2017 event included an opening welcome from Cavanaugh and B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson and Provincial Court Chief Judge Thomas Crabtree.
She made the correct redactions when she re-filed her Complaint and Amended Complaint,» U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in his order.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is due to announce his choice for the state's next chief judge on December 1.
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.
Judith Kaye served as Chief Judge from 1993 through 2008.
The only elected official of the group, Westchester DA Janet DiFiore, was recently said to be the odds - on pick to be the next chief judge in a New York Post column.
The Court of Appeals has had a number of members who have stepped straight from private law practice to the bench, including the late Chief Judge Judith Kaye.
Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.
The book features a forward by 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.
The governor has just over a week to select a successor from the list of seven names provided to him for retiring Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
In his pro bono practice, Mr. Moskowitz served as Chief Counsel to The Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts, a blue - ribbon panel appointed by then Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye to study the courts and propose reforms.
The Bloomberg article I just referred to mentions former Chief Judge Rader's derogatory remark: he called PTAB panels «death squads» for patents.
At his swearing - in ceremony, Clark raised his hand and asked Chief Judge Hayes if he could «shadow» a sitting justice of the peace.
Current Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman is forced to retire at the end of 2015.
BC Provincial Court Chief Judge Thomas Crabtree announced on February 20 that Steven Point and Shannon Keyes have been appointed as judges of the Provincial Court of BC.
While attending law school, he clerked for Chief Judge Manuel Menendez Jr. of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Circuit Civil Division.
Just the day before yesterday, Samsung filed a petition for writ of certiorari in connection with design patents (on a couple of closely related issues on which Chief Judge Prost agrees with Apple, while she still believes Apple simply has no case for an injunction).
As recently noted by our colleague Andrew Goldberg, an East Texas hot spot for IP cases could cool with the upcoming retirement of U.S. district judge T. John Ward, as well as chief judge David Folsom.
He became Chief Judge when that position was created following the amalgamation of the Civil Division and Small Claims Courts in 1985.
New York Chief Judge John Lippman echoed this connection between access to civil justice and public safety when he stated: «If what happens inside this courthouse or any courthouse... is anything short, even by the smallest amount, of promoting equal justice... [t] he most vulnerable in our society, they're the ones who have suffered the most.»
As Chief Judge Crabtree stated, the Court will get by with a little help from its friends.
«I expect we'll call in the lawyers from both sides to see what suggestions they have for how we can approach our task most effectively and efficiently,» said Chief Judge Royce Lamberth.
Leslie was one of the first chief judges for the RSJ Aspiring Authors Contest, and she'll be forever missed.
Stegemann is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Dec. 2 in federal court in Albany before Chief Judge Gary L. Sharpe.
The former chief judge did not rule in the Yankees World Series tickets case, which arguably is the more serious of the two probes turned over to her back in March by AG Andrew Cuomo.
For this reason, I ask Chief Judge DiFiore to keep ICE agents out of our courts.
Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook quotes Yoda: At page 3 of this interesting decision that a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.
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