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Complaints about prosecutors could be reviewed by an independent commission under a  proposal pending in the state Legislature. The Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct would be patterned after the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, created by the Legislature in 1974 and ...

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Only two candidates for village justice will appear on the ballot when Brockport voters head to the polls June 17. Petitions for William G. Andrews and Kent R. Blair, who are seeking two justice seats, were filed with the county ...

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Joining the Appellate Division, Fourth Department was a sort of déjà vu for new Justice Brian F. DeJoseph. He said when he was first appointed as a judge to the Syracuse City Court in 1981, he was sworn in on ...

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WASHINGTON — A former Justice Department official who helped craft the Obama administration’s legal rationale for using drones to kill suspected American terrorists abroad won preliminary Senate approval Wednesday to become a federal appeals court judge. The largely party-line 52-43 ...

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The Rochester Black Bar Association has released the rating results of evaluation of three candidates seeking judicial office for Rochester City Court and one candidate seeking the Monroe County Surrogate’s Court judgeship. Monroe County Surrogate’s Court • The Hon. John ...

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The Monroe County Democratic Committee may have picked its candidate for a newly-created City Court judge seat, but a possible primary election is in the works. William T. Gargan said he is thankful and appreciative to get the nomination from ...

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In an effort to demystify the selection process for Judges of New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, the Commission on Judicial Nomination will host an informational meeting from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the New York ...

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Their reasons for seeking a seat on the bench vary. Their qualifications vary. Their approaches vary. The Monroe County Democratic Committee on Thursday is expected to decide on a slate of candidates for the November general election, including which of ...

Two Brockport village justice candidates are in the running to preside over the newly created Village Court, which is scheduled to begin operations Jan. 1. Kent Blair, manager of field operations with Time Warner Cable and a former Brockport village ...

Twenty-one years ago this week, then-recent law school grad Elizabeth A. Wolford sat on the floor of the new law office started by her father in the Reynolds Arcade building, waiting for the office furniture to arrive. At the same ...

Facing possible prison time, Army veteran Mark Peters said the decision to seek help through the Rochester Veterans Court was easy. The effort to complete the program’s requirements was not quite as easy, but immensely rewarding. The experience prompted the ...

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Applications are being accepted for one of two vacancies occurring this year on the state’s highest court. The deadline to apply for a vacancy created by the ending term of Judge Victoria A. Graffeo is June 15. Judge Graffeo, whose ...

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