We were gratified indeed that the Volcker Commission last year identified
federal judicial salaries as «the most egregious example of federal compensation policies.»
Not exact matches
«This trend is playing out around the country as our courts — both state and
federal — continue to suffer
judicial flight due to the inadequate
salaries given to even our most seasoned judges.»
«There isn't much evidence that higher
judicial salaries impact the performance of the
federal circuit judges,» said Scott Baker, a law professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law who recently tested the notion.
The
federal judicial pension is extremely generous — a judge can retire at age 65 with only 15 years of
judicial service (or at 70 with 10 years), and receive his full
salary for life; nor does he make any contribution to funding the pension.
Eric Turkewitz of New York Personal Injury Blog views the recent increases as a wake - up call for increasing
judicial pay, noting that at $ 160,000 a year plus bonus, first - year associate
salaries surpass those of
federal judges (who make $ 162,500 annually).
He is also a member of the Advocates» Society and the Canadian Bar Association; and has co-authored two comprehensive reports submitted by the CBA to the
federal government; one on Judicial Salaries and Benefits and one on the Salaries and Benefits of the Prothonotaries of the Federal Court of
federal government; one on
Judicial Salaries and Benefits and one on the
Salaries and Benefits of the Prothonotaries of the
Federal Court of
Federal Court of Canada.
Her
salary as chief justice is listed as $ 405,400 per year, according to an index of
judicial salaries set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
judicial salaries set out by the Office of the Commissioner for
Federal Judicial Affairs
Judicial Affairs Canada.
There would not even be a
federal appellate
judicial salary issue if Congress would only maintain parity with inflation.