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Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...
A judge ordered Harris County to hold a new election for the 180th District Court judge after Republican candidate Tami Pierce, who narrowly lost to Democratic Judge DaSean Jones, filed a lawsuit ...
Morales received a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Edward's University and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law.After law school, Morales joined the Texas Attorney General's Office and worked there for 17 years, eventually being promoted to Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation and Deputy First Assistant Attorney General.
Appointed by: Joe Biden: Preceded by: David S. Tatel: Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina; In office August 20, 2010 – August 2, 2022: Appointed by: Barack Obama: Preceded by: G. Ross Anderson: Succeeded by: Jacquelyn D. Austin: Judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court, 5th Circuit; In office 2006 ...
David Chávez: January 11, 1960: December 31, 1968: Retired. Edward L. Chávez: March 7, 2003 March 9, 2018 Appointed by Governor Richardson January 1, 2003 (sworn in March 7) to complete Gene E. Franchini's term ending December 31, 2006; elected in 2004; won retention in 2006; won retention in 2014. Retired March 2018.
From 1819 to 1836, the highest court in the Arkansas Territory was the Superior Court, which consisted of presidentially-appointed judges who served four-year terms. The court was established with three judges, with a fourth added in 1828. [2] Below is a list of the judges that constituted that court: [3] [4]
Bazelon served as Chief Judge from October 9, 1962 to March 27, 1978. [9] [10] He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1963 to 1977. [1] He assumed senior status on June 30, 1979. [1] He was the last appeals court judge remaining in active service appointed by President Truman.
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."