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Texas Lawyer

For the First Time, Texas Court Hears Oral Arguments

Justice April Farris said it appears the state's intent is to withhold everything and warned that, "at some point we have to draw a line," asking then where the line should be drawn.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Misconduct Watchdog Says Central NY Judge Set to Resign Amid Probe Into Alleged Mishandling of Protection Order

A town and village justice from Wayne County, was being investigated for improperly issuing a protective order. She agreed to step down on Dec. 31.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Waiting in Limbo: Who Will Kemp Appoint—And When?

At least two judges and four attorneys are waiting to learn if they'll be appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to judicial vacancies in the Houston, Rockdale and Tifton judicial circuits.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Part-Time Judge Wrongly Collected Unemployment Benefits, Judicial Conduct Officials Say

The judge admitted he provided inaccurate information to the state Department of Labor, but denied that it was intentional, or that he had misled his former supervisor.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Civil Judge Myriam Lehr to Say Goodbye to the County Court Bench

"I always left her courtroom feeling that she had done her job the best that it could be done and my clients always felt that they had been heard," said David Winker, a business attorney based in Miami.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Litigants Can't Drag Feet in Moving to Disqualify Judges, California Supreme Court Says

Allowing parties to wait well into proceedings to challenge a judge's impartiality is not what state law intended, the high court held.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Superior Court Bench Gains 5 New Judges After Senate Swiftly Moves Nominations

This latest round of Superior Court nominees brings the total number of vacant seats on the bench down to 39.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Judge Resigns Amid Conduct Watchdog's Probe

The Commission on Judicial Conduct was looking into a "wide range" of allegations, including the ex-judge's refusal to transfer his son's traffic tickets out of his court.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Opening Doors to 'Where Decisions Are Made': Judge Ann Claire Williams

"I realized that what I was doing was similar to being a lawyer," said Williams, a 2024 American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement honoree. "Teachers teach and lawyers teach. Teachers have to persuade and lawyers have to persuade."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The 'Go-To' Jurist for Guidance: John Keenan, Senior Judge in Manhattan U.S. Federal Court, Has Died

Hailed as a "giant of the criminal bar," Keenan, 94, was nominated to the federal judiciary by former President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and took his place on the Southern District bench that year.
6 minute read

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