Sentences with phrase «former appellate court judge»

Clark is a former appellate court judge and assistant prosecutor.

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Suozzi's voice cracked as he began talking about his father, Joseph Suozzi, a former Glen Cove mayor and city court, state Supreme Court and appellate court judge who died at age 95 on Oct. 16, less than a month before his son was elected to Congcourt, state Supreme Court and appellate court judge who died at age 95 on Oct. 16, less than a month before his son was elected to CongCourt and appellate court judge who died at age 95 on Oct. 16, less than a month before his son was elected to Congcourt judge who died at age 95 on Oct. 16, less than a month before his son was elected to Congress.

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).

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

Judge Judith Kaye, a former chief judge of the state appellate court, investigated whether Paterson interfered in the domestic violence case involving David Johnson, a former top Judge Judith Kaye, a former chief judge of the state appellate court, investigated whether Paterson interfered in the domestic violence case involving David Johnson, a former top judge of the state appellate court, investigated whether Paterson interfered in the domestic violence case involving David Johnson, a former top aide.

For example, when an appellate judge retires and joins a private firm, and the firm later employs the retired judge to brief an appeal to his former colleagues, the firm is partly trying to persuade the court that it should decide the case in the firm's favor because of the retired judge's established reputation, character, and credibility.

As a Principal of Newman ADR, retired Justice Sandra Schultz Newman uses her experience as a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice to help attorneys identify likely points of contention in their briefs, to anticipate questions that will be asked, to organize the appellate argument, and to be primed and ready to give clear, crisp and on - point answers to a judge or justice's queries.

• Other Suggestions - Some of the remaining suggestions include adding more justices to the court, diversifying lawyers who serve on the court (currently, all are former appellate judges) and of course, allowing cameras in the courtroom.

Many appellate court judges are known as «feeder judges» as they have a history of having their former clerks hired by the Supreme Ccourt judges are known as «feeder judges» as they have a history of having their former clerks hired by the Supreme CourtCourt.

Unfortunately for a marginally winning plaintiff below, the former — the zilch / nada — option was seized by the trial judge and affirmed by the appellate court on review in connection with an attorney's fees request.

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.

Former Department of Homeland Security secretary and federal appellate court judge Michael Chertoff is joining Covington & Burling's white - collar defense and investigations...

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

«This favorable decision is the result of excellent work by our appellate attorneys and reflects the overall strength and experience of our appellate practice group,» said Joseph Hatchett, Chair of Akerman's appellate practice group, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and former Florida Supreme Court Justice.

In response, a remarkable coalition of criminal defense attorneys, prosecutors, civil litigators, current and former judges and appellate justices and 30 former San Francisco Bar Association presidents united to denounce this attack on the court and to re-elect these independent and qualified jurists.

During more than 27 years on the bench, former Florida appellate court judge and Carlton Fields shareholder Chris Altenbernd saw attorneys make the same mistakes repeatedly.