Sentences with phrase «state court judge»

We have served as forensic expert witnesses in hundreds of trials and have been appointed by federal and state court judges as forensic neutrals.

There are several anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, particularly in states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.

Most state court judges, at all three levels, are elected by the population for certain terms of service.

Indeed, hearings before state court judges are routine.

The next day, however, a lower state court judge demanded that the attorney general justify his decision, a move likely to delay a final end to the case once again.

And, some methods for selecting state court judges are more effective than others in choosing judges who are qualified and impartial, and who inspire public trust in our courts.

As a sentencing nut, my own short / wish list of potential circuit court nominees is comprised mostly of federal district judges and state court judges who have written thoughtful sentencing and criminal justice opinions.

Some law bloggers who haven't been covering «Girls Gone Wild» - related litigation (but see here and here) or the trial of penis - pump - related criminal charges against a retired state court judge in Oklahoma (but see here and here) have apparently taken the time to study the Supreme Court's recent 185 - page ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.

The proposed closure of 19 of the dysfunctional schools was attacked so relentlessly at public hearings — the teachers union supplied 50 buses to haul its supporters to the events — that an elected state court judge ruled in favor of the union and blocked the school closures on the flimsy grounds that the school district had not followed requisite procedures for assessing the educational impact of their closure.

For example, recently a Florida state court judge, Karen Cole, went so far as to publicly state to a group of new young lawyers at an event in Jacksonville, Florida that pro se litigants are «unbalanced».

«Did an Indiana state court judge have connections to drug dealers?

First Arizona, now Idaho wants to ban state court judges from enforcing federal court decisions; state AG indicates bill violates Supremacy Clause

Last week, the SJC concluded its deliberations and announced that it had approved a new judicial conduct rule that slightly eases restrictions on state court judges» ability to explain their decisions to the public.

A husband or wife might also wish to consider the possibility of whether a bankruptcy filing would protect that spouse from being held in civil, non-punitive, contempt of court by a Virginia state court judge for failing to abide by the terms of a family law court order.

Lombardo's briefing comes three days after a lawyer for the police department asked a Nevada state court judge to keep search warrant documents sealed because charges are still being investigated.

In approving the settlement, Judge Julio Mendez, of Cape May County Chancery Division, became the first New Jersey state court judge to formally adopt the Third Circuit's nine - part Girsh factors [Girsh v. Jepson, 521 F. 2d 153 (3d Cir.

Utah State Court judges are encouraged to take an active part in the community to increase public understanding and promote public confidence in the judiciary.

State Court Judges Main Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions»

And J. Craig Williams has done so — Williams posts a contrarian rant on the attention paid to Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito, in which Williams wonders why state court judges don't get more attention.

An earlier survey showed 26 percent of state court judges believe campaign contributions affect their decisions (Justice at Stake Campaign, National Surveys of American Voters and State Judges, October 2001 — January 2002).

Hurles was subsequently sentenced to death by Judge Ruth Hilliard, an Arizona state court judge.

16) Local Websites: Many jurisdictions, like Pennsylvania, New York and Florida, have detailed information about state court judges online.

State court judges routinely interpret federal law.

State court judges across the country report that more people like Williams are acting as their own attorneys in civil matters.

It is important for students to note that some federal and state court judges begin hiring as early as fall or spring of 2L year, so it is never too early to begin thinking about and researching judicial clerkship opportunities.

Interestingly, Article VI Clause 2 specifically provides that EVERY STATE COURT JUDGE, shall be bound by the Federal Constitution, as the supreme Law of the Land, and anything in the Constitution or Laws of a state to the contrary notwithstanding.

«We think this is another holistic way to deal with the people in our program, the children that they're raising, so they're not perpetrating the same cycle,» says State Court Judge Nancy Bills, who heads the Rockdale County Judicial Circuit Project.

Our forensics practice has lead internal and external forensic engagements in the U.S. and abroad for global companies, government, and international non-profits, served as forensic expert witness in hundreds of trials, and appointed by federal and state court judges as forensic neutrals.

Not every case is a megacase and we applaud the commonsense approach of state court judges to «e-discovery writ small.»

All matters alleging unethical conduct by a Florida state court judge should be directed to the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

«Nominee Harriet Miers withdraws Main Did an Indiana state court judge have connections to drug dealers?»

Back in January 2011, we along with other real estate attorneys and state court judges from all over the state and the rest -LSB-...]

Most state court judges have been educated by the Sedona Conference and seem particularly struck by the commentary on proportionality.

In the first case to approve the use of predictive coding over a party's objection, a Virginia state court judge has signed off on the defense's computer - assisted review results.

IAALS Online recently summarized anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, and a recent article in the ABA Journal honed in on a common trend in a handful of these states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.

Earlier on Wednesday, a state court judge in Florida upheld the jury's March verdict.

But political hopeful Philip Pidot is pressing for a new primary in federal court after a state court judge ruled he was eligible to run as a Republican ballot but there was not enough time to get Pidot's name on the primary ballot by last Tuesday.

Before her appointment, Paladino's lawyers had asked a state court judge to prevent the board from filling the seat while Paladino appeals his ouster by the state education commissioner for revealing information from a board executive session.

A state court judge has continued a temporary restraining order that bars Nassau County from collecting fines — possibly for years — based on a 2013 law requiring commercial properties to pay hefty penalties if they do not provide timely information to the county assessor about their income and expenses.

This year, a state court judge ruled in favor of a Long Island teacher, determining that the «ineffective» rating she had received on the growth - score portion of her evaluation (the part linked to student test results) was «arbitrary and capricious.»

Most recently a court case brought in June 2014, Vergara v. California, a state court judge struck down teacher tenure and seniority laws as a violation of the state's constitution.

In that case, a state court judge in Carson City sided with a group of parents and issued a preliminary injunction halting implementation of the law.