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Thomas was born in San Diego. Thomas' father was a bookkeeper and her mother was a school custodian, neither of whom went to college. [3] She graduated from Stanford University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. Thomas worked as a client advocate for the San Francisco Bar Association's Volunteer Legal Services Program from 2000 ...
On November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Thomas to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [3] to replace U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan whose nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was approved in February 2012. [4] Thomas is openly gay. [5]
William D. Burns, Jr., a former municipal court commissioner for the city of Beverly Hills, presided for the first season. He was replaced for the second season by Jill Jakes, a former judge of that court, and Louis M. Welsh, a retired San Diego Superior Court judge. In the final season, actor Raymond St. Jacques portrayed Judge Clayton C. Thomas.
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Judges can forfeit or resign their chief judgeship or acting chief judgeship while retaining their active status as a circuit judge. [4] When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After ...
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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.
(Reuters) -A judge on Wednesday overturned controversial changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board, the latest defeat for allies of Donald Trump seeking to ...