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National Law Journal

Are More Federal Judgeships on the Horizon?

The JUDGES Act would authorize 63 new permanent district court judgeships across the country over 10 years, including in Texas, California and other states where judges are dealing with particularly high caseloads.
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New Jersey Law Journal

The Judge Is Also a Policyholder: Jurist Won't Step Down From Insurance Case Despite Claims History

Liberty Mutual said one of the judge's claim in 2008 was investigated by the company after being "red flagged."
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Who Will Preside? Judges Named for New Business Courts in Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth

The courts will be tasked with handling high-dollar complex civil litigation cases that require jurists with experience in such matters.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Is the Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Appellate Judge Selections Still Under Consideration?

"Our primary concern is with proposing a constitutional amendment without robust engagement from stakeholders, including the bar association, members of the legal community, and civil rights advocates," Sarah Fajardo, the policy director for the ACLU-NJ, told the Law Journal.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dougherty Election: Valerie Brown-Williams and Judge Victoria Matu Johnson Face Off in Superior Court Race

Voters to decide between Albany attorney Valerie Brown-Williams of Brown-Williams & Associates or Dougherty County Magistrate Court Judge Victoria Matu Johnson during the June 18 runoff election for Dougherty Judicial Circuit Superior Court judge.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Biden Nominates Alameda County Judge Noël Wise to Northern District Bench

A former high school teacher, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise has written about the need for judicial diversity in courts as well as judges' obligations to speak out against racial injustice.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

New Lawsuit: Defeated Candidate Challenges Jeff Davis' Election to Georgia Court of Appeals

"[T]here was misconduct, fraud, and irregularity in said election sufficient to change or place in doubt the results," read the petition filed Monday in Fulton County State Court.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Meet the First Judges Appointed to New 15th Court of Appeals

S.B. 1045 requires the Fifteenth District panel be comprised of a chief justice and two justices for the first three years and it must have five justices thereafter.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Picks Nominees for US District Judgeships in Pennsylvania, California and Minnesota

Biden is expected to formally submit his nominees to the U.S. Senate for confirmation hearings in the very near future, where the nominees appear to have immediate support from their home-state senators.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyers Face Off for Judgeship in Augusta Judicial Circuit Runoff Election

Voters to decide betweeen Augusta sole practitioner Charles H.S. Lyons III or attorney Matt Matson during June 18 runoff election for Augusta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge.
5 minute read

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