Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In the dispute over who should replace Kitty Kimball as chief justice when she steps down in early 2013, a federal district court judge ruled that Justice Bernice Johnson’s service from 1994 to …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The legislature’s creation of two additional judgeships and several retirements are creating a record number of superior court vacancies to be filled. If Governor Markell is reelected in November, …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director According to financial disclosure forms, five of the seven justices serving on the supreme court in 2011 accepted travel or hospitality that was often provided by attorney associations whose members might appear before …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Akron Bar Association formed a judicial campaign conduct committee as part of an effort to improve the tone and conduct of local judicial campaigns. The committee will ask candidates to sign a clean-campaign pledge …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director While the state bar association supports Proposition 115, which goes before voters in November, other members of the legal community oppose its passage . Among other changes, the measure would increase the number of …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The three justices standing for retention in November embarked on a tour of news organizations around the state in an effort to better inform voters about the merit selection and retention process for appellate judges. …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director An incumbent justice seeking reelection denied violating canons of judicial ethics in response to a charge by his opponent that he accepted a campaign contribution from a party whose case he heard. Republican Justice …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Democratic candidate for chief justice was removed as his party’s nominee for reportedly making “disparaging remarks about homosexuals, his Republican opponent and party leaders.” Following a hearing, a five-member …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Although the senate judiciary committee voted not to recommend her confirmation to the full senate, the senate confirmed Su J. Chon’s appointment as a district court judge by a 17-10 margin. Chon’s opponents expressed …
Marnee Baker In the wake of rampant negative legal education press, and at a time when there are many questions about legal education, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers has offered solutions… and hit a number of milestones. In our first year, we have grown our …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, is pleased to welcome Karen J. Mathis , past president of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), as its Associate …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Patricio M. Serna will retire August 31, 2012 . He has served on the Court since 1996 and was elected by his colleagues to serve a two-year term as Chief Justice, from 2001 through 2002. …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered a hearing for October 30, 2012 to consider comments submitted in response to select portions of the Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Justice Reform Task Force’s Final Report dated …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Of the 14 applicants for a supreme court vacancy, the judicial nominating commission voted to interview nine, including three Democrats. This was the most Democrats to make it to the interview stage and could have …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A study of the sentencing practices of superior court judges suggests that their elections influence their behavior , with judges handing out stiffer sentences from the time they take the bench to their first election. …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The plaintiff in a challenge to the constitutionality of the process for selecting the state's appellate judges asked two retired supreme court justices and a former federal judge to recuse themselves from a special …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Senator Durbin of Illinois formed a thirteen-member, bipartisan screening committee to recommend potential candidates to President Obama for three judicial vacancies in the Northern District. Before making final …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A trial court judge who was removed from office on July 31 for ethics violations was one of the top-two vote getters in the August 7 primary election for her seat and will advance to the general election. According to …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Conservative candidates for the state senate defeated moderates in at least seven Republican primary contests , making it likely that conservatives will hold 27 of 32 GOP seats in the 40-member senate in 2013-14. One of …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A trial judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove three supreme court justices from the November retention ballot, ruling that the two Florida voters who filed the suit lack standing. With the assistance of the …
