Sentences with phrase «judgeship as»

«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.

He once ran for a judgeship as a suburban Democrat.

However with budget cuts, limited court time and the failure to increase the number of family court judgeships as the number of docketed cases increases [there are studies showing that South Carolina family court judges have more docketed cases per judge than family court judges from any other state], the family court dockets have become increasingly unpredictable.

Not exact matches

The conservative lawyers who screen the candidates for judgeships seek to be prudent by nimbly avoiding anything so plain and direct as asking the candidates exactly how they would vote on these matters.

The Othniel «judgeship» (3:7 - 11) has often been regarded as spurious.

(As you'll recall, there are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: A candidate must either run for a judgeship, move out of state or die).

Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.

As with all their placeholder candidates — contenders tapped to keep Row D warm while the Democrats settled their differences for Row A — the WFP was sure to pick an attorney who would be eligible for a judgeship should the need to remove him arise.

If she does, and there's a GOP primary, we could end up with a situation similiar to 2010 when Lazio lost to Carl Paladino in the GOP primary and then «ran» for a judgeship in the Bronx so he could get off the Conservative line and make way for the mad - as - hell businessman from Buffalo.

He didn't endorse either of his former opponents and won't be doing so, thanks to his newfound position as a candidate for a Bronx state Supreme Court judgeship.

Cuomo actually does come up in the allegations, very tangentially: At one point in the U.S. attorney's complaint, Smith is quoted as having said to an undercover F.B.I. agent, as part of an explanation for why the Republican county chairmen were unlikely to go back on a bribe - based bargain with him, «I got them already asking me about judgeships, because judgeships now come through here, it comes through the governor.»

They've got to let as many voters as possible know Padernacht is no longer actively campaigning, despite the fact that his name will still appear on the primary ballot (unless, of course, someone manages to get him nominated for a judgeship or lands him a great job outside the state).

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.

A variety of ways can remove Nixon as the WFP's nominee, including a nomination for a judgeship, moving out of the state or, in a more complicated way, a double - switch with another candidate for office.

Assemblyman Matthew Titone, a North Shore Democrat, told the Advance that he's seriously considering running for the judgeship this year as well and will make a decision in the next few weeks.

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.

Lopez succeeded former Assemblyman Clarence Norman as the boss of Brooklyn in 2005, after Mr. Norman was arrested for selling judgeships and receiving illegal campaign contributions.

Doheny remains on the ballot as the Independence Party's candidate, but as an attorney he could be removed from the ballot if he is nominated for a judgeship.

Denenberg's name will remain on the November ballot, as Democrats abandoned their plan to nominate him for a judgeship and run a replacement candidate in his place.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

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.

QUEENSBURY — This year's election results in Warren County offered plenty of intrigue as several political novices prevailed, the county attorney was elevated to a judgeship, several town officials spurned earlier this year in the primary scored rebounds, and races in Thurman and Chester were far too close to call.

She made history as the first woman to ever be elected to a judgeship in Warren County.

Warren County Attorney Martin Auffredou is cheered by fellow Republicans Nov. 3 as the votes rolled in, indicating he'd won one of two judgeships in the state's expansive Fourth Judicial District.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

Gary Tilzer, a rep for five of the 11 candidates vying for six Brooklyn civil court judgeships, sent a letter to the state and city boards of elections, as well as to the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center with the Office of Court Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - raiser.

The Conservative Party, which endorsed Stefanik before the primary (incurring Doheny's wrath in the process), did the Independence Party a favor and nominated Doheny for a state Supreme Court judgeship in Kings County (otherwise known as Brooklyn).

Dohney could either die, move out of state or be nominated for a judgeship (as an attorney with at least 10 years of membership to the bar, he is eligible to run for a seat on the bench).

Allegations that Sessions spoke positively about the Ku Klux Klan, referred to a black prosecutor as «boy» and called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as «un-American» derailed his nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 under then - President Ronald Reagan.

It represented the culmination of years of frustration over what Democrats denounced as a Republican campaign to stall the machinery of Congress, stymie President Obama's agenda and block his choices for cabinet posts and federal judgeships by insisting that virtually everything the Senate approves be done by a supermajority.

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.

There are two First Nation Members (formerly known as Native Americans), 149 African - Americans, 96 Hispanic / Latinos, 29 Asian - Americans and Pacific Islander serving in Article III judgeships.

Meanwhile, Daily Kos uses Luttig's resignation as further rationale for requiring judgeships to be for life, since the expectation that a judge may leave the bench for private practice may lead the public to wonder whether a decision in favor of a potential employer was meant to curry favor in order to secure employment.

What started as a passing interest in her plus - sized, er, personality, grew into a fascination with her battle to keep her judgeship and finally into an appreciation for her advocacy and a genuine concern for her well - being after the vicious attack by her husband.

[1] Regarding the term «judicial candidate,» in Arkansas, there are no retention elections, and selection by appointment arises in limited situations, such as to fill a newly created judgeship or a vacancy.

From there, you can click a specific court to see a map of that court's jurisdiction and detailed information about overall caseloads and judgeships, as well as annual filings for a variety of civil and criminal case types.

The 17 judicial advisory committees — which screen applicants for federally - appointed judgeships — had been left vacant for months, as the Liberals looked to revamp them to make the committees more diverse and transparent.