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[12] [13] Bjelkengren received a "Qualified" rating from the American Bar Association. [14] On May 11, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a party-line 11–10 vote. [15] [16] Her nomination was again returned to the president on January 3, 2024. [17] On January 9, 2024, Bjelkengren withdrew her name from consideration as a ...
[16] [6] [7] [17] She was nominated to the seat left vacant by Judge Kenneth Marra, who assumed senior status on August 1, 2017. [18] [19] The American Bar Association rated Cannon as "Qualified" for the position. [20] The American Bar Association required at least 12 years of law practice as one of their approval criteria, and Cannon met that ...
Motivated in part by this concern, in 1977 the American Bar Association (ABA) formed the Kutak Commission (formally the Commission on Evaluation of Professional Standards) for the purpose of evaluating the adequacy of the existing ethics rules, including the Model Code of Professional Responsibility. [29]
The working group tracked and studied the pilot program for three years, and after its reports and recommendations over that time, the Supreme Court made the Commercial Courts permanent in 2019. Welch was again one of six Indiana judges assigned to the Commercial Court in 2019, and continued as a Commercial Court judge until her retirement in 2024.
Yates also has a national presence as a business court judge. In 2024, he began serving a term as president of the American College of Business Court Judges. [13] He is a past co-chair of the American Bar Association's Judges Initiative Committee, [14] and a Business Court Representative to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. [15]
Dena Michaela Coggins (born 1979) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, [2] the ABA's stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession.
Additionally, he served as an officer in both the Alabama District Judges Association and the Alabama Juvenile Judges Association. In 2011, Governor Robert J. Bentley appointed Burke to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, where he served until becoming a United States district judge. He was elected to a six-year term in 2012 without opposition.