National Law Journal

Beat the Clock: 4th Circuit Sets Uniform Oral Argument Time

“The 15-minute limit was a relic of when the Fourth Circuit heard a greater volume of oral arguments,” appellate attorney Steven Klepper stated in an email.
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New York Law Journal

Reported Refusal to Officiate Gay Wedding Prompts Review by NY Judicial Misconduct Watchdog

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined a procession of state and local officials criticizing Syracuse City Court Judge Felicia Pitts Davis, who reportedly declined to marry two women after she officiated the wedding of a heterosexual couple on Nov. 16, according to reporting by the Syracuse Post Standard.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Leadership Changes Announced in Four NYC Boroughs

Family court judicial leadership has shuffled across four New York City boroughs.
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New York Law Journal

NY Judicial Watchdog: Westchester County Trial Court Judge Tried to Interfere in Divorce Case on Behalf of Friend's Law Firm

State Supreme Court Justice Lewis Lubell of Westchester County agreed to be admonished for trying to have a court attorney removed from a matrimonial case to serve the interest of his friend, Mitchell Lieberman, a founding partner in Lieberman & Lieberman, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a 10-0 decision.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Meet Houston County's New Superior Court Judge

Houston County State Court Solicitor General Amy E. Smith will be sworn in to serve on the Houston Judicial Circuit Superior Court bench this month after being elevated by gubernatorial appointment in November.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'I Had a Great Run': Longtime Brooklyn Civil Administrative Judge Lawrence Knipel to Step Down

Knipel, who has served as the administrative judge for the civil term of Brooklyn Supreme Court for 12 years, will take on a commercial litigation part full time.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Rises to Tifton Superior Court Bench

The Worth County State Court judge will be sworn in to serve on the Tifton Judicial Circuit Superior Court bench on Dec. 16, nearly a month after being elevated by gubernatorial appointment.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Attorney Sparkle Sooknanan Confirmed to US Trial Court in DC

Sooknanan clerked for three judges: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Eric N. Vitaliano of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
2 minute read

Law.com

Uvalde Shooting 'Fresh in Everyone's Mind:' Lone Dissenting Judge Disagrees with School's Disciplinary Decision Over Pellet Gun

In a 2-1 decision, a dissenting judge concluded school officials in Illinois allowed recent school shootings, including in Uvalde, Texas, to influence its punishment of a middle school student.
4 minute read

Law.com

Ethics Charges Filed Against Judge Accused of Helping Defendant Escape ICE Detention

After federal felony charges against Newton District Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph were dismissed, she referred herself to the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct, where she now faces formal ethics charges.
5 minute read

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