Sentences with phrase «court appointed the office»

In February 2014 the court appointed the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee.

Not exact matches

The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which has been mired in years of controversy, has been referred to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations after the Supreme Court found it did not have validly appointed directors.

In a letter filed in federal court in New York, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office said the deal included appointing a federal monitor to oversee the reforms at Rikers, one of the largest jail complexes in the country.

Cohen's disclosure comes on the eve of a Thursday court hearing in New York where a federal judge is poised to decide whether to appoint a special master to oversee the examination of documents seized from Cohen's office earlier this month to determine if they should be shielded from federal investigators by attorney - client privilege.

Nikolas» assets are important because he is a client of the Broward Public Defender's Office, which is court - appointed to serve only the indigent.

He sat impassively at a table with his court - appointed lawyers while a prosecutor from the district attorney's office questioned the panel of prospective jurors sitting in the spectators» section of the courtroom.

The Office of Court Administration appointed Adler on Jan. 12.

He says he appointed an attorney to a position that the attorney was not qualified for at Pigeon's request, and intentionally defrauded the Office of Court Administration.

He has been appointed a minister of state in the Cabinet Office and will attend the key morning and afternoon strategy meetings in Downing Street, giving Tory backbenchers reassurance that they have an ambassador at Cameron's court.

And it will be doubly important this year, given the likelihood that Republican President - elect Donald Trump will appoint a conservative tie - breaking ninth member to the U.S. Supreme Court soon after taking office, with the potential for a handful of similar picks in the years to come.

(4) The independent panel shall report as approved for each judicial position all highly qualified persons who make application to the panel, provided that if the number of highly qualified applicants exceeds three times the number of existing vacancies to be filled in such position (determined as of the time the panel renders its report), the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position, provided further that if the number of highly qualified applicants is less than three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to not less than two times the number of such vacancies, provided further that the following categories of applicants who are eligible for reelection or reappointment shall be reported as approved if their performance during their term of office merits continuation in office, and no other applicants shall be reported as approved for their vacancies: (a) a judge or justice completing a full term of office seeking re-election to that office, or (b) an interim Supreme Court justice who has been appointed by the Governor to fill an existing vacancy no later than the previous June 1 after approval of the Governor's screening panel, who has been confirmed by the State Senate and has assumed office no later than the date the panel renders its report, and who otherwise would not be required to make application to the independent screening panel pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3).

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

Fisch, a former state Supreme Court judge from the Bronx who was appointed inspector general in 2008 by Gov. David Paterson, is responsible for investigating corruption and mismanagement in state offices run by gubernatorial appointees.

Keeping a campaign promise to name a woman, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, soon after taking office in 1983, appointed Ms. Kaye, a fellow Democrat and then a commercial litigator, as an associate judge of the Court of Appeals.

Dr. Dominic Ayine who is also a former Deputy Attorney - General, filed the suit at the Supreme Court on February 12, 2018 arguing that Mr. Amidu's age bars him from being appointed to public office.

Cuomo has already appointed two Democrats to the court, Jenny Rivera and Sheila Abdul - Salaam, but they replaced Democratic judges Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who retired and Judge Theodore Jones, who died in office.

1734 — Thomas McKean was born in New London, Chester County, PA 1755 — McKean admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Del 1756 — appointed deputy general for Sussex Country and served until 1758 1762-1775 — member of the Delaware House of Assembly 1764 — appointed one of the three trustees of the loan office 1765 — member of the Stamp Act Congress; appointed sole notary for the lower counties of Delaware; received the commission of a justice of the peace and of orphans» court 1771 — appointed collector of the port of New Castle 1774 - 1776 — member of the Continental Congress 1776 — signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the state house of representatives 1776 — served as speaker 1777 — president of the state of Delaware 1777 - 1799 — chief justice of Pennsylvania 1781 - served as President of Congress 1787 — member of the convention of Pennsylvania which ratified the Constitution of the United States 1789 — delegate to the state constitutional convention 1799 - 1808 - Governor of Pennsylvania 1817 — died in Philadelphia, PA

One wonders if the newly appointed Minister of Justice, Simon Hughes, has currently much more than optimism to trade on when he declared on coming into office in December 2013 that: «mediation works and we are committed to making sure that more people make use of it, rather than go through the confrontational and stressful experience of going to court».

Recorders are fee - paid judicial office holders appointed pursuant to the Courts Act 1971, and accordingly, the statutory retirement age was 70.

The «Scalia rule» would have prohibited Florida governors from appointing members of the Florida Supreme Court in their last year in office.

However, if a justice of the supreme court dies within one year before the term of the governor expires, that justice may not be replaced until the governor whose term commences after expiration of the term of the governor in office when the justice died appoints a successor justice.

We are based in San Diego, with a branch office in El Centro, California, and are appointed to represent indigent persons accused of criminal offenses in federal court.

She spent more than eight years as a court - appointed public defender, first in the Mohave County Legal Defender's Office in Arizona and then at the Franklin County Public Defender's Office in Pennsylvania.

In Ontario, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson appointed Kenneth Campbell of the Ministry of the Attorney General's Crown law office to replace Justice Joan Lax on the Superior Court bench in Toronto.

Because of a conflict of interest, the public defenders» office is barred from representing Green, and court - appointed lawyers have resisted the case, which will require at least 500 hours of time, thus reducing the effective court - appointed rate to about five dollars an hour.

The new process — through which qualified lawyers and persons holding judicial office in Canada may apply to the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments through the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs — was launched last year as Justice Thomas Cromwell prepared to retire from the Supreme Court; Malcolm Rowe became the first SCC justice to be appointed by this proffice in Canada may apply to the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments through the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs — was launched last year as Justice Thomas Cromwell prepared to retire from the Supreme Court; Malcolm Rowe became the first SCC justice to be appointed by this prOffice of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs — was launched last year as Justice Thomas Cromwell prepared to retire from the Supreme Court; Malcolm Rowe became the first SCC justice to be appointed by this process.

The Office of the Children's Lawyer is often appointed by the court to help in determining the child's wishes.

The Canadian Judicial Council is investigating a complaint brought by the Attorney General of Alberta that calls for Justice Camp's removal from the office of Federal Court judge, a position to which he was later appointed.

And why do lawyers choose to work for public defenders» offices when there's more money to be had, in some instances, going the court - appointed route?

One can point to the Court of Appeal's own mediation scheme, where membership of its panel is controlled by the Civil Appeals Office under the oversight of the judges, and those appointed have proven experience and skills.

The Office does not appoint attorneys for left - behind parents and does not file return petitions with the courts.

She was an assistant district attorney in 2008 when Perdue appointed her to fill the office opened when Perdue named her boss, former DA Daniel J. Craig, to the Augusta Superior Court.

Since joining JAMS, Judge Roberts has been appointed as a discovery master by federal and state courts to supervise discovery and review privileged documents in complex commercial, patent, and product liability cases, as an election monitor for unions under court supervision, as a consultant to monitor a four - year consent decree in an EEOC pattern and practice case against a major restaurant chain, and as a trustee for a 36 - story commercial retail and office building on Fifth Avenue

In the event that removal is recommended, a seven - member Review Tribunal of appellate justices, also appointed by the Texas Supreme Court, will review the record of the public trial and the hearing before the Commission to determine if the judge should be removed from office.

The parties agreed and, without giving notice to the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee («OPGT»), they obtained a court order appointing the Public Guardian and Trustee as estate trustee during litigation on a temporary basis (namely, to complete the sale of the deceased's house, liquidate his other assets, and to resolve the pressing issue of whether the deceased was to be cremated or buried).

The European Parliament shall appoint an Ombudsman empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of the Union or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State concerning instances of maladministration in the activities of the Community institutions or bodies, with the exception of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance acting in their judicial role.

On January 1, 2009, he was appointed by Governor Crist to the Florida Supreme Court, where he presently sits as the 84th Justice to take office at the Florida Supreme Court since statehood was granted in 1845.

If your matter is in court, you can ask for the Office of the Children's Lawyer («OCL») to be appointed.

Each member of the Coalition, except the immediate past presidents of the Indiana State Bar Association and Bar Foundation, shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, except for the initial appointments, which shall be staggered as follows: three (3) members appointed by the Supreme Court shall serve one - year terms, two (2) members appointed by the Bar Foundation president shall serve one - year terms; four (4) members appointed by the Supreme Court shall serve two - year terms, and two (2) members appointed by the Bar Foundation president shall serve two - year terms; and four (4) members appointed by the Supreme Court shall serve three - year terms, and two (2) members appointed by the Bar Foundation president shall serve three - year terms.

10.1 An administrator appointed under section 174 of the Act must file in the land title office a certified copy of the court order making the appointment.

Thereafter, he clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Eugene H. Nickerson of the Eastern District of New York for one year and worked as a Special Assistant to FBI Director William H. Webster from 1981 to 1983, an Assistant U.S. Attorney (and Chief of the Public Corruption Division) at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston from 1983 to 1991, and a criminal defense attorney and partner at Palmer & Dodge LLP until 1997, when he was appointed Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

In 2001, Eric joined the Office of the court - appointed Monitor of the black farmers» class - action settlement regarding race discrimination in USDA farm loan programs.

When a vacancy occurs before the expiration of any term of office in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals or among the district judges, the Governor shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for such individual vacancy by the Commission on Judicial SelecCourt or the court of appeals or among the district judges, the Governor shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for such individual vacancy by the Commission on Judicial Seleccourt of appeals or among the district judges, the Governor shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for such individual vacancy by the Commission on Judicial Selection.

The justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the court of appeals and the district judges are ineligible to any office, other than a judicial office, during the term for which they have been elected or appoiCourt, the judges of the court of appeals and the district judges are ineligible to any office, other than a judicial office, during the term for which they have been elected or appoicourt of appeals and the district judges are ineligible to any office, other than a judicial office, during the term for which they have been elected or appointed.

Office of the Children's Lawyer: Government site explaining the role of appointed lawyers or social workers who represent the views of children during the Court process.

Other proposals include: appointing an independent layperson, instead of a judge, to head the selection panels for the lord chief justice and the president of the Supreme Court; transferring the lord chancellor's judicial appointment powers below either the High Court or the Court of Appeal to the lord chief justice; and restricting judicial appointment commission involvement in selecting judicial office holders who do not require a legal qualification.

A batch of 21 Deputy High Court Judges has been appointed to office by the Lord Chief Justice.

I think we're talking about In re Hennen, which dealt with the removal of the clerk of the district court in Louisiana: It all these departments power is given to the secretary, to appoint all necessary clerks; 1 Story, 48; and although no power to remove is expressly given, yet there can be no doubt, that these clerks hold their office at the will...

Hyphen Law, the specialist property and affairs deputyships services firm, has appointed Robert Hurling as a Court of Protection solicitor based at its offices in London.

More than half the judges appointed to the U.S. court since its creation have died in office.