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Education: Bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Florida. Professional: Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office, 2012-2015; ... Candidate for county judge: Douglas Leifert.
Leifert began working as a criminal defense attorney in Palm Beach County in 1995 after spending five years as a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office. Nine county judges will return to the ...
Three attorneys have announced their candidacies to replace Judge Ted Booras on the Palm Beach County bench. Ted Booras, a Palm Beach County judge for nearly 20 years, to retire at end of term ...
The judicial system of California is the largest in the United States that is fully staffed by professional law-trained judges. [3] In fiscal year 2020-21, the state judiciary's 2,000 judicial officers and 18,000 judicial branch employees processed approximately 4.4 million cases. [ 4 ]
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief Justice may employ five. Most ...
Education: Bachelor of Science at the University of New York, Albany; Law School at UNC Chapel Hill; and further studied Law and Management at the University of California, Berkeley