The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 6, 2018
I am representing an individual charged with murder in the first degree and it appears the death penalty will be sought. The evidence is overwhelming. I want to focus on the penalty phase. The client, who I think is mentally unbalanced, wants me to fight the guilt/innocence phase. What can I ethically do?
By R. Robin McDonald | December 4, 2018
The JQC move comes after the state Supreme Court opted not to suspend Crawford in October.
By Tom McParland | December 3, 2018
Tenth Circuit administrator Jill Langley will fill the position created in the wake of widely publicized sexual harassment allegations against former Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski.
By Michael Booth | December 3, 2018
The state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct filed the complaint against Newark Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | November 30, 2018
All presidents select and nominate judges who they think will best advance and uphold their agenda. In that respect, there are “Obama judges” just as there are “Trump judges,” and that reality must be recognized. On the other hand, we believe the chief justice, as the leader of the federal Judiciary, was warranted in saying what he did.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Richard Emery | November 30, 2018
In his Judicial Conduct column, Richard Emery discusses a determination of the Commission on Judicial Conduct which resulted in the removal of a civil court judge. What is clear from the case is that whether a judge can get away with bullying or abusive conduct on the bench is no measure of whether those same tactics will succeed when the Commission investigates the judge's actions.
By Dan M. Clark | November 28, 2018
David Porter, a justice of the Allegany Town Court in Cattaraugus County, did not disqualify himself from the cases, even though they were prompted by a land dispute he previously discussed with his neighbor at home, the commission said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 27, 2018
Although she was removed from the Philadelphia Family Court bench in June, Judge Lyris Younge continues to have her rulings overturned on appeal—this time for inappropriately locking up a grandmother at a court hearing.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | November 26, 2018
Professional award winners describe what inspires them
By Tony Mauro | November 21, 2018
“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said Wednesday, responding to new criticism from Trump about a judge in California who ruled against his asylum restrictions.
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