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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Challengers to two incumbent supreme court justices questioned their campaign financing practices . One of the challengers promised to recuse himself from cases involving contributors, while the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to campaign finance filings, the group formed to support the retention of three justices on the November ballot — Defend Justice from Politics — has raised and spent $1.45 million . The …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The state chamber plans to publicize its recently completed ratings of supreme court justices standing for retention, based on their rulings in business cases. Some critics argue that this is an …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A pro-business group known as the Montana Growth Network funded a  radio ad attacking a supreme court candidate’s position  on the death penalty. The candidate asked his opponent to denounce the ad, …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative There is speculation that the GOP will return the state to partisan judicial elections if Republicans win control of the legislative and executive branches in November. The legislature made appellate …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The  judicial performance evaluation commission recommended retention  of three appellate judges standing for retention in November, though one judge scored lower than his colleagues on timeliness of …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative For her  third appointment to the five-member supreme court , Governor Brewer selected court of appeals judge Ann Scott Timmer, a Republican. Prior to this appointment,  thirty-five of the 38 judges …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Both  gubernatorial candidates oppose Amendment 3 , a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow governors to appoint a majority of the members of the appellate judicial commission and give …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS In 2006, IAALS opened its doors in a small adjunct office on campus at the University of Denver. With little more than a folding table and chairs, we embarked on a journey to improve the civil …

Ruth V. McGregor Chief Justice (Ret.), Arizona Supreme Court Chair, O'Connor Advisory Committee Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor (Ret.) served on the Arizona Supreme Court from February 1998 until June 30, 2009. She was the Court's Chief Justice from June …

John T. Broderick, Jr. Chief Justice (Ret.), New Hampshire Supreme Court Dean John T. Broderick, Jr., is the Dean of the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Previously, he was Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court since 2004. Prior to …

Paul J. De Muniz Distinguished Jurist in Residence, Willamette University College of Law Justice Paul J. De Muniz was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2000 and served as the court's Chief Justice and administrative head of the Oregon Judicial …

Christine M. Durham Justice, Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham has been on the Utah Supreme Court since 1982, and served as Chief Justice from 2002 to 2012. As we launch  IAALS Online , she joins  three other former Chief Justices  in the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Denver, Colo. – This November, in addition to executive and legislative candidates, Colorado voters will be deciding whether or not to retain Colorado judges. Under Colorado’s system for selecting and retaining judges, …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking  in the Federal Register. The ITC's proposed rules  apply to 337 investigations, which involve allegations that a competitor is …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Governor Brownback’s  chief counsel is among 21 applicants for a court of appeals vacancy . After screening and interviewing the applicants, the nominating commission will identify three candidates …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Recent polling indicates that the  chief justice race between Judge Robert Vance Jr. and Roy Moore is a dead heat , a somewhat surprising turn of events given that Vance did not enter the race as the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Following public interviews of 18 applicants and private deliberations, the  appellate judicial commission selected three nominees  for possible appointment to the supreme court vacancy created by …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Supporters of Amendment 3, which would alter the composition of the appellate judicial commission and require the commission to identify 4 (rather then 3) nominees for each vacancy, announced that …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A  radio ad funded by the American Justice Partnership  highlights “eyebrow-raising” real estate transactions by a sitting justice who is not running for reelection, and a mailing from the Michigan …