Sentences with phrase «retired federal judges»

It's led by volunteer on the ground in the state who goes to bar association meetings, cold calls retired federal judges who might have a connection to the military community and ask them if they'd be willing to have coffee and talk about this issue.

A retired federal judge accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl three decades ago — when he was a federal prosecutor and she was a witness in one of his cases — won't face discipline from the judiciary, according to newly released documents first reported by BuzzFeed News.

Not exact matches

Observers told Business Insider that Wood would be more likely to select one of the government's nominees, who are retired judges from the Southern District of New York; Cohen's team submitted names of former federal prosecutors.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

A federal judge denied preliminary approval of a $ 765 million settlement of NFL concussion claims, fearing it may not be enough to cover 20,000 retired players.

Most states have chosen not to follow the federal example with regard to judges and have either imposed a constitutional retirement age, as in the case of Colorado, where Colorado Constitution, Article IV, Section 23 (1) requires judges to retire at age 72, and / or have a commission overseeing judges (and sometimes other civil servants) that can require them to retire due to disabilities which often arise from old age.

«the compensation system for federal judges in the United States creates a very powerful economic incentive to retire at a reasonable retirement age by virtue of how the defined benefit pension plan works, that most judges assent to not long after reaching that age.»

Federal judges can retire or take senior status, with the option of a reduced workload, if they satisfy the «rule of 80.»

But, the compensation system for federal judges in the United States creates a very powerful economic incentive to retire at a reasonable retirement age by virtue of how the defined benefit pension plan works, that most judges assent to not long after reaching that age.

Alex Kozinski, 67, a high - profile federal court judge in California, is retiring after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment, prompting a formal inquiry.

The Judge also stipulated that one of the sureties must be a civil servant of the status of serving or retired director in the federal or state civil service.

Martins wants a federal judge to hear emergency arguments this Tuesday on whether the election to fill the seat of retiring Congressman Steve Israel should be held on December 6 instead of Election Day.

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At Hercules and the Umpire, retired federal district court judge Richard Kopf says «I hope that happens, and very soon.»

Henry Brown, recently retired from Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, to the Federal Court, replacing Justice S.J. Harrington after he became a supernumerary judge in April.

A retired New York Supreme Court judge has pleaded guilty to violating the federal Mann Act by transporting a prostitute across state lines.

The federal judicial pension is extremely generous — a judge can retire at age 65 with only 15 years of judicial service (or at 70 with 10 years), and receive his full salary for life; nor does he make any contribution to funding the pension.

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.

(Galati had already successfully challenged the practice of allowing retired judges of the Federal Court to continue to serve on a per diem basis because, as he pointed out, the Federal Court Act precluded them from serving past the mandatory retirement age of seventy - five.)

In fact, between 1990 and 2003, 77 Article III judges resigned or retired from the Federal bench, with many returning to private practice.

When an experienced Federal judge retires or resigns, the caseloads of the remaining judges on that court, by necessity, increase until the resulting vacancy is filled (a process that can take months, and sometimes years).

Justice Drummond has since retired and Justice Cooper is now the judge of the Federal Court that is handling this matter.