Sentences with phrase «of federal appellate judges»

If you think that what Judge Kozinski did was bad, I know of federal appellate judges who have publicly admitted to viewing child pornography: Of course, those other judges did that in the context of adjudicating appeals in which a criminal defendant was challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a child pornography conviction.

The majority of federal appellate judges hire clerks in the fall of their 3L year.

While the author of that article was disturbed by this fact (calling it a «crisis»), I highly doubt that anyone would seriously recommend censuring the majority of federal appellate judges for misconduct.

So, they did a lot of hard work, and good statistical analysis, regarding the voting patterns of federal appellate judge who had children.

While today you don't have to travel hundreds of miles by dogsled to hear cases as your predecessor judges based in Alaska once did, you probably now have the most grueling commute of any federal appellate judge to arrive at the locations where your court regularly hears oral arguments.

Not exact matches

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other groups today filed a brief with a federal appellate court explaining that a district court judge erred in refusing to block implementation of Vermont's law mandating warning labels on products with ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

But between Aug. 17, when a federal district court judge in Albany revived Pidot's candidacy by ordering the new election, and the appellate court's overruling of the district court two weeks ago, Martins and Pidot raised and spent money.

But Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment, delivered on July 1, 2015, held that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit while the June 8, 2015 judgment of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, nullifying the extradition application and affirmed by another judge of the same Lagos division on June 23, 2015, had not been set aside by any appellate court.

Still, as a federal appellate judge, Gorsuch has issued hundreds of opinions that offer some idea of where he might stand on health and science issues.

They are not qualified to determine scientific issues: they are politically selected, regardless of whether they are state or federal or local judges, trial or appellate judges.

With over one hundred trials and fifteen arguments in the federal appellate courts, I have appeared before a lot of judges and seen good and bad practices from the bench and believe that I have learned from them.

In the U.S. Federal appellate courts, and maybe all of the state appellate courts, they have a procedure (as I understand it) by which a judge of the appellate court who wasn't on the hearing panel can request the full court reconsider the decision.

To the contrary, federal appellate judges are highly respected and considered some of the brightest legal minds in the country; they did nt» secure their prestigious judgeships by being slouches.

For example, the New York Times has noted that the opinions of most federal appellate judges are written by their clerks.

The more that I think about this question, the more I conclude that it is appropriate for a federal appellate judge to be more reluctant to feel an obligation to recuse if the recusal would be based solely on the participation of an amicus or counsel for an amicus.

We represents businesses before state and federal courts, juries and judges, arbitration panels and state and federal administrative agencies, and United States Courts of Appeals, state appellate courts and administrative appeals boards.

A dozen judges (nine federal judges) have used it, including in opinions for the Fifth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Kentucky, several federal district courts and state appellate courts.

«For the chief judge of a federal appellate court to state that it is «virtually inevitable» that «any mildly - sentient defense attorney» would consider playing the equivalent of Russian roulette with the life of a client is truly disturbing,» she wrote.

A federal appellate judge warned Friday that patent reform bills circulating on Capitol Hill threaten to erode the power of the courts to decide how cases are heard.

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More, nearly 70 percent of our incoming attorneys have served as judicial clerks for federal judges, which provides key insights into arguments that resonate with t rial and appellate judges.

Through the course of his clerkship with Montana's chief federal judge, Jeff also worked on appellate cases for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and cases for the United States District Court of Guam.

He has a stellar résumé that includes stints as law clerk to a federal appellate judge, lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, top Justice Department civil rights lawyer under President Clinton and general counsel of The Coca - Cola Co..

The biggest problem facing the ongoing Oracle v. Google retrial is that Judge Alsup doesn't seem to have swallowed the fact that the IP - specialized Federal Circuit found it hard to believe how one could get copyright law as wrong as he did in this case («confused» is what one of the appellate judges said at the December 2013 hearing).

Our lawyers have clerked for federal district and appellate court judges, run in - house legal departments, and have led other law firms and departments of major national firms.

In a December 2016 article for Green Bag, Judge Posner stated that among the reforms he would implement at federal appellate courts, «the first thing to do is burn all copies of the Bluebook, in its latest edition 560 pages of rubbish».

All of the major vendors have enormous collections of data on state and federal appellate courts and judges.

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

The proposal would establish a federal selection process for appellate judges — gubernatorial appointment with confirmation by both houses of the legislature (the «plus»).

With years of trial experience, the Firm's lawyers are able to simplify and effectively convey the nuances of complex business disputes to state and federal court judges and juries, arbitration panels, administrative hearing officers, and in various appellate forums throughout the country.

Earlier this month, a federal appellate judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit retired amid allegations that he engaged in sexual harassment and unwelcome touching over the course of his 32 years on the bench.

However, that patent is also likely invalid (not only in the preliminary opinion the Federal Circuit judges indicated at this month's appellate hearing but also in the opinion of the USPTO's Central Reexamination Division).

«Lawyer for ex-judge seeks change of venue»: Two Sundays ago, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article that begins, «The attorney for the first state appellate judge to be charged with a crime in 14 years wants the federal trial moved from Erie to Pittsburgh because of pretrial publicity.»

There are a wide variety of courts — state and federal, trial and appellate, specialty — and the work can vary widely as well, but typically, clerks read briefs, attend court proceedings, write bench memoranda analyzing parties» arguments, advise the judge on the disposition of a case, and draft opinions.

The chapters in this Issue address the various purposes of sentencing, the special role of federal criminal justice in our federal system, the institutions and actors at the rulemaking and adjudicative stages (including Congress, the Commission, trial and appellate judges, and advocates), and the basic substantive and structural elements of sentencing systems.

And there is no question that judges — especially those on the Supreme Court and the various federal appellate judges — matter in the development of law in the United States.

Whatever one thinks about the Court's purported moves to the right on other issues, in the arena of criminal sentencing, federal defendants certainly should be more hopeful arguing before the current Justices than before any other group of appellate judges.

Previously, the report concluded that two key authors — Jay Bybee, now a federal appellate court judge, and John Yoo, now a law professor — violated their professional obligations as lawyers when they crafted a crucial 2002 memo approving the use of harsh tactics, say two Justice sources who asked for anonymity discussing an internal matter.

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«I can't think of very many people I have met in this profession who are more qualified or more suited to be a federal appellate judge than she is,» Sinclair said.

Unlike my very favorable view of certain specialist tribunals like bankruptcy appellate panels (BAPs), I am a strong believer in review of social security disability denials by federal district judges.

For example, we have Federal Court Boot Camps, Superior Court Boot Camps, Depo Training, E-Discovery, Immigration, SLAPPS (a tough CA form of action that even confuses judges), Public Speaking for Attorneys, Expert Witnesses, Legal Editing, Persuasive Appellate Brief Writing, and many others including bankruptcy, a ton of appellate programs, family law basics, etc..

Karnow also wrote a published paper on bail reform that has been quoted widely in appellate and federal decisions requiring trial judges to consider a defendant's ability to pay in setting bail — an issue of great concern for citizens of color and LGBT people, many of whom lack the resources to post high bail amounts.

The New York Post has Srinivasan and four other current federal appellate judges on their list, because we all know that pulling from the Circuit Courts of Appeal is the most likely choice here.

Please explain how the role and responsibilities of the chief judge of a federal appellate court differ from the role and responsibilities of other judges in regular active service.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working on the federal appellate court with the smallest number of authorized active judges?

And how do you respond to those who say that the best way to remedy the problems associated with the Ninth Circuit's large size is to reorder the size and composition of all the federal appellate courts, a remedy that would increase the number of judges serving on, and the geographical boundaries of, the First Circuit?

Also, what is your view on whether the Ninth Circuit — which is already by far the largest federal appellate court and which might soon be expanded to thirty - five active judges — should be split into two or more smaller circuits, and is there a particular manner of dividing the Ninth Circuit that you view as best?