Sentences with phrase «nominating commission members»

In voting districts with populations greater than 35,000, no more than three judicial nominating commission members can be attorneys.

For more information on the vacancy, and for contact information for the nominating commission members, click here.

Judicial nominating commission members must live in the judicial district for which they will serve.

In districts with populations of less than 35,000, at least four of the nominating commission members must be non-attorneys.

Following the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment that would have given the governor greater authority in appointing nominating commission members and more discretion in selecting judges, supporters of the measure vowed to «regroup and move forward with something more aggressive» for 2014.

This month, IAALS released a set of recommendations for the conduct of judicial nominating commission members.

If the goal of having a more diverse bench is a greater number of judicial professionals with varied perspectives informed by their personal experiences and those of their particular community, what does it take to get judicial nominating commission members to employ broader perspectives themselves?

The percentage of diverse judicial nominating commission members should approximate the percentage of diverse people interacting with a state's civil and criminal courts.

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-LSB-...] For a nominated ambassador to the EU to receive accreditation as head of a mission in Brussels, that person requires the approval of the commission and the European council along with the member states and the European External Action Service, which is akin to a foreign office.

Senate redistricting commission: The state committee of each major political party nominates 10 members to the commission, for a total of 20 nominees.

House redistricting commission: The congressional district committee of each major political party nominates two members per congressional district, for a total of 32 nominees.

New York City Councilwoman Helen Foster, nominated by Cuomo to head the state's Human Rights Commission, had the worst attendance record of any council member and flunked the bar exam several times, the Post's Fred Dicker reports: http://bit.ly/19b7g2L Continue reading →

He will be required to choose from among candidates screened by a new 25 - member School Board Nominating Commission.

Such a survey and compilation shall, to the extent recommended by the Commission on Civil Rights, only include a count of persons of voting age by race, color, and national origin, and determination of the extent to which such persons are registered to vote, and have voted in any statewide primary or general election in which the Members of the United States House of Representatives are nominated or elected, since January 1, 1960.

The East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (ECVAN) has launched New Geographies, a three - year Arts Council England - funded project that invites members of the public to nominate locations for 10 major site - specific visual arts commissions across the East of England.

Florida has a commission - based judicial appointment process wherein the governor appoints all members of the nominating commissions, with some of the governor's appointees come from candidate lists submitted by the Florida Bar.

An Appellate Court Nominating Commission would be created made up of 13 members (8 bar members, 5 non-bar members)

Judicial nominating commissions themselves must include diverse members with «diversity» being broadly defined to include race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, religion, disability status, LGBTQ status, and socio - economic status.

It moves Supreme Court races to a merit selection system, but places much more power over the 15 member Judicial Nominating Commission in the legislature

The bill would require recusal by any judge or justice «when a party or party's attorney to the proceeding before the judge was a member of the appellate judicial commission or a circuit judicial commission who nominated the judge.»

HCR 5013 (Constitutional Amendment) Changes Supreme Court nominating commission membership: 4 members chosen by election of bar members (one per congressional district); 5 members chosen by governor (one per congressional district + 1 statewide to serve as chair); 6 members chosen by legislature (2 House Speaker; 1 House Minority Leader; 2 Senate President; 1 Senate Minority Leader).

At the same time, Florida legislators have focused on giving the governor greater discretion in selecting members of the state's nominating commissions by eliminating tenure protections.

One such trend that was popular several years ago was an effort to expand gubernatorial authority over the process, by allowing the governor to choose more members of the judicial nominating commission and giving the governor more nominees from which to make appointments.

Committees in Missouri and Iowa have approved two bills similar to ones moving forward in Oklahoma; one would require the nominating commission to submit the names of all qualified judicial applicants to the governor, and the other would reduce the number of bar - selected attorney members of the commission.

Reddick is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of judicial selection and judicial performance evaluation and has conducted training programs for members of judicial nominating commissions around the country.

The court also concluded that the «special limited purpose» of the nominating commission - selecting the most qualified candidates for judicial appointments for the governor's consideration - disproportionately impacts a definable group of constituents - the members of the Iowa bar - over other voters in the state.

Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.

A senate panel approved a bill that would expand the state's seven - member judicial nominating commission, adding two commissioners who would be appointed by the leaders of each chamber.

He was an elected member of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission for two consecutive terms, having been elected by mail ballot of the lawyers in the Second Congressional District.

The seven - member nominating commission is led by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan.

This article analyzes the legislative changes in Florida's merit selection process, which gave the governor more influence in selecting not only judges but members of the nominating commissions as well.

He has a history of professional and civic leadership, including as a member of Massachusetts» Judicial Nominating Commission.

Judicial nominating commissions are comprised of seven members from their respective judicial districts, of whom no more than four can be of the same political party.

Each judicial district has a nominating commission comprised of seven citizen members who must reside in the judicial district.

More information about the vacancy and contact information for members of the nominating commission may be found here.

Contact information for members of the nominating commission is available here.

For more information about the vacancy and contact information for members of the nominating commission, click here.

Partners at the firm have had the distinction of holding the following offices: President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

Members of the firm have held notable positions serving on the boards of prominent institutions, such as the State University System of Florida and the Florida State Board of Education, and holding high - ranking offices, including President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.