Sentences with word «judgeship»

The Conservative Party «placeholder» candidate, an attorney, and Grisanti, also an attorney, will be nominated for judgeships in the Bronx or Manhattan.

Races for Supreme Court judgeships in New York are typically low - key, and this year's is no exception.

In a way, it's too bad the state legislature didn't create three new Family Court judgeships for Ulster County last June instead of one.

Davis, a Nassau County circuit judge, was first nominated for the federal judgeship in February 2012.

In fact, in the face of steadily increasing caseloads we have operated under strict hiring limitations for several years, and with virtually no new judgeships for much longer.»

Nominating each for a Supreme Court judgeship on the Independence line, yet another backroom deal, freed up their ballot lines for another candidate for sheriff.

State election law permits a candidate to be replaced in a race only if the candidate dies, moves out of state or opts to run for any type of judgeship in the state.

Legislators have also introduced bills to chip away at the governor's authority to fill vacant judgeships and to give political parties a role in choosing judges.

Senate Republicans would considering barring candidates from being transferred from one ballot line and being nominated for judgeships after Democrats sought to place former Senate hopeful Dave Denneberg in a Supreme Court justice race.

After 24 years as a magistrate, Azrack was recommended to President Barack Obama for a federal judgeship by Sen. Kirsten Gilliband (D - N.Y.), and was confirmed by the Senate in 2014.

Hopkinson went on to accept a U.S. district judgeship for eastern Pennsylvania, a position that he held until his death.

«Whatever Gilbert Taylor's qualifications may be, the appearance of using a Family Court judgeship as a soft landing for someone who botched the city's response to the homeless crisis is concerning,» said City Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Queens), chair of the Committee on Courts & Legal Services.

Johnson is leaving for a state judgeship appointment at the end of the year, under a deal that allowed party bosses to handpick his successor, Darcel Clark.

While Oddo has already raised $ 72,080 for his November re-election, the Advance reported last month that he's eyeing a run for surrogate judgeship next year.

He was found guilty in 2007 of selling judgeships to wealthy Democratic Party donors.

The departure continues a fall from power for Terry, who had consulted on candidates for town office and Nassau County judgeships.

Although he does not have a law degree, many judgeships do not require formal law training in order to qualify to run for the position.

To reiterate for the umpteenth time: The only way to get off the ballot line at this point is to die, move out of state or be nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship anywhere in New York.

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

Manhattan Democratic Party chairman Keith Wright, an assemblyman also running for Congress, is coming under fire for pushing fellow Dems to back Phaedra Perry, law clerk to his brother, state Supreme Court Judge Geoffrey Wright, for a civil clerk judgeship.

The answer is the undying gratitude of the Democratic Party and front - of - the - line consideration for the next open judgeship seat.

Buckley also is working with other residents to find a candidate for a write - in campaign to thwart Republican efforts to fill the vacated judgeship.

Running for the third judgeship created by the state legislature in June are family court support magistrate John Beisel of Kingston, court clerk Gilda Riccardi of Saugerties and Kingston attorney Kevin Bryant.

Assistant Public Defender Sherri Brooks is planning to primary Heath - Roland this fall for the part - time judgeship that Heath - Roland has held since 2005.

After a 17 - year judgeship with the Southern District of New York, she moved to private practice five years ago.

Meanwhile, President George W. Bush is reportedly renominating 20 attorneys to federal judgeships who couldn't achieve approval from Senate Democrats last time «round.

Beisel was mentioned before when one of the two present judgeships came on the ballot.

We are treated to an unopposed election of two State Supreme Court Justices in the Third Judicial District, where such judgeships are brokered like poker chips, and thus, like it or not (or even if you have no idea who they are) you will elect Andrew G. Ceresia and Michael Mackey to 14 year terms.

Over the summer, the Tennessee legislature declined to renew the state's judicial nominating commission, which was used to recommend well - qualified candidates for appellate judgeships to the governor.

Leahy voted against Sessions for a district judgeship when he last came before the Judiciary Committee in 1986.

Supreme court judge and lawyer who lost judgeship for anti-Soviet decisions.

Most of the charges in the Pigeon indictment involve the series of favors exchanged between him and the judge, including an attempt on at least one occasion by Pigeon to get Cuomo to appoint Michalek to an associate judgeship in the Appellate Division.

I'm curious if the ballot vacancy law applies to nominations for town or village judgeships.

Adler critics also note he lost his race for a civil court judgeship partially as a result of a reform ticket pushed by the Working Families Party.

QUEENSBURY — Brian Reichenbach was selected by the Warren County Board of Supervisors last week to fill a vacancy left by former County Attorney Martin Auffredou, who began his Supreme Court judgeship Jan. 1.

After months of speculation, Grisanti has been nominated by Cuomo for a Court of Claims judgeship.

But unlike judgeships confined to a single county — like family or surrogate's court --- there are no primaries for state Supreme Court.

Then, regardless of the strength of a Democratic majority in the Senate, use 51 votes to fill EVERY Federal judgeship qwith the most liberal judge immaginable.

Two of the coveted judgeships will be on November's ballot as Justices Thomas Breslin of Albany County and Raymond Elliott of Rensselaer County hit the mandatory retirement age of 70.

A single judgeship is being filled for Supreme Court in the 3rd Judicial District, which includes Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.

The general election for mayor of Buffalo shared the ballot with elections for two city judgeships, Erie County officials, local trial courts, and three statewide ballot measures.

Donnelly is «just courteous, which is sorely lacking in a lot of town judgeships,» said veteran Albany defense lawyer James Long.

At the close of this year's state legislative session, Cahill announced the creation of not one but two local judgeships.

All candidates for Manhattan judgeships — including places of the state Supreme Court and Civil Court — face no opposition.

They could include personal wish list items such as writing or presenting, creating an educational or charitable program to give back to the community or the practice of law, positing yourself for a Q.C. or eventual judgeship.

Week ahead: Arizona House votes to add 2 more seats to Supreme Court; automatically adding judgeships to Missouri's Circuit Courts

If Congress would get a judges bill through, adding the needed judgeships on the COAs (and / or if the president and Senate would at least fill the existing vacancies), that would help mitigate the need for over-reliance on district judges in the first place...