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New Jersey Law Journal

Bid to Push Neals' Judicial Nomination Through Blocked

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker attempted to bring up the confirmation of New Jersey's languishing federal judge nominee, Julien Neals, for a vote by unanimous consent Tuesday. But the proposal was derailed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Retirement Plaintiffs File—Again—in Lower Court

A group of well-known plaintiffs seeking to change the wording of a ballot question that could raise Pennsylvania's mandatory judicial retirement age have filed suit in the Commonwealth Court, just days after being rebuffed by the state Supreme Court.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Waco Federal Judge Walter Smith Retires Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal

In the midst of a sexual harassment scandal, Waco, Texas-based U.S. District Judge Walter Smith stepped down from the bench this week. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is still weighing potential harsher punishment for the judge's misconduct.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Reject 'Feel of the Case' Doctrine, Overturn 2011 Ruling Reducing Damage Award

Supreme Court ruled Sept. 19 that trial judges should not rely on previous experience when deciding whether to reduce juries' damages awards.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Joseph Sullivan

"I thought there could be no finer way to spend your life." Sullivan served 39 years as a judge, 30 of them with the Appellate Division, First Department, including two as presiding judge.
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

Victoria Graffeo

Graffeo said she stayed in government service for most of her career "because my jobs became more interesting at each turn." Among the most interesting was serving for 14 years as a judge on New York state's highest court.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

A. Gail Prudenti

Prudenti steadily became a leader in the courts and a trailblazer for women in the judiciary. In 2011, she was named state chief administrative judge by then-Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-77

By | September 20, 2016
A judge, whose administrative judge has commenced a lawsuit against certain entities and attorneys for alleged misconduct in the judge's court, is not disqualified from cases involving those entities and attorneys, provided the judge can be fair and impartial. The judge need not make any disclosure of the administrative judge's lawsuit but may do so in his/her sole discretion.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Rothstein v. Superior Court (Rothstein)

By | September 19, 2016
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Veteran NY State Judge Leach Tapped for Judicial Conduct Commission

Veteran state judge Leslie Leach has been appointed to a vacant seat on the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.
3 minute read

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