Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With Justice Patricio Serna’s retirement at the end of August, the state political parties are meeting to nominate candidates to run for the seat in November. Ordinarily, nominees would be chosen …
Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The Missouri Bar’s judicial-review committee has released evaluations of the 51 judges standing for retention in November, recommending against the retention of Judge Dale W. Hood. Judge Hood also …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Some senators are pushing to abolish the governor’s council , one of the chief responsibilities of which is to confirm judicial appointments. The council has come under fire recently for “unorthodox …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With two vacancies on the supreme court, Chief Justice Rabner is assigning two intermediate appellate court judges to the supreme court as of October 1. The court has been operating with six …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Twenty-three past presidents of the Florida Bar signed a resolution denouncing the effort by Restore Justice 2012 to oust three supreme court justices standing for retention in November. The bar …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In a unanimous ruling, the supreme court of appeals declared unconstitutional the matching or “rescue” funds provision of the state’s pilot public financing program. In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Three former judges recused themselves from hearing a challenge to the state’s appellate judge selection process, citing the need to preserve the integrity of the special five-member panel …
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 …
