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With Snowstorm Looming, Governor Swears In New Chief and Presiding Justices for Georgia Supreme Court

When Gov. Nathan Deal's declared winter storm state of emergency began at noon Friday, he was in the packed chambers of the Georgia House of Representatives taking care of some previously scheduled business: swearing in the new chief and presiding justices of the Georgia Supreme Court.
11 minutes read

The Recorder

How Big a Deal Are Four 9th Circuit Vacancies That Await Trump?

Change is coming to the nation's largest, and arguably its most liberal, appeals court. We parse the possibilities.
14 minutes read

The Recorder

Santa Clara Splits Complex Litigation Docket

Two judges, Brian Walsh and Thomas Kuhnle, have replaced Peter Kirwan in the court's complex litigation department as part of routine reassignments.
6 minutes read

Daily Report Online

Approaching 90, Judge Harold Murphy To Take Senior Status

In 2012, the longtime judge was interviewed by his son, King & Spalding partner Paul Murphy in this republished version of the judge as a lawyer with aspirations.
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Daily Report Online

Holdover JQC Member Resigns as Watchdog Agency Morphs

One of Gov. Nathan Deal's two appointees to the state Judicial Qualifications Commission has resigned as the judicial watchdog agency morphs from one that is constitutionally independent to a new, reconfigured agency under the purview of the General Assembly.
8 minutes read

The American Lawyer

Orrick Attorney, Once a Juvenile Defendant, Follows Unconventional Path to Bench

David Keenan, who dropped out of high school after run-ins with the law, will take the bench in Seattle on Jan. 9.
18 minutes read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Judge Higbee, Former Mass Tort Judge in Atlantic County, Dies at 66

Appellate Division Judge Carol Higbee, perhaps best known for her former assignment presiding over high-stakes pharmaceutical litigation in New Jersey's mass tort program, died Jan. 3 at age 66.
7 minutes read

Daily Report Online

New Presiding Justice Melton Marks Ascent of High Court's Younger Generation

As Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton becomes presiding justice in a ceremony Friday, he also signifies a coming of age for the high court's younger generation.
6 minutes read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Lawyer Beats Labor Union At Its Own Game Before Texas Appellate Court

Labor unions usually take on the role of defending a worker's legal rights if their employer decides to terminate them while on sick leave. But Dallas lawyer Brian Sanford took on that job for a worker and ended up beating the union that fired him before a Texas appellate court.
7 minutes read

New York Law Journal

Rakoff to Be Focus of City Bar Musical Show

The New York City Bar Association will honor Southern District Senior Judge Jed Rakoff in its annual "Twelfth Night" musical revue on Jan. 13.
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