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Judge Marks to step down after 25 years
Monroe County Court Judge Patricia D. Marks is leaving the bench after 25 years. Marks, who is also supervising judge of the criminal courts in the Seventh Judicial District, plans to retire effective Dec. 31, four years before her term expires.
Kagan says ‘steep learning curve’ on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she is facing a "steep learning curve" in her first months on the bench as she is drafting her first opinions and trying to acclimate to life as a judge.
Scudder faces challenge from Downstate
State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Scudder, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, on Tuesday will face a challenge from a downstate candidate in his bid for re-election. Stephen J. Lynch of Suffolk County ...
Six candidates seek three county court seats
Five of the six candidates running for three Monroe County Court judgeships have sat on a judicial bench and the other came close. One currently holds a seat on the county court bench and ...
Kagan takes her place on High Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Justice Elena Kagan took her seat at the Supreme Court for the first time Friday in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama.
NYS judges’ mandatory retirement age under scrutiny
If it’s wrong to require senior partners to retire when they reach a certain age, why are New York judges forced off the bench at the age of 70?
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Attorney misconduct: Opinion 22-164
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Independently written bench book: Opinion 22-163
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Saeli
- Second Circuit – RICO: Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated interview: Opinion 22-159
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated guest speaker: Opinion 22-158
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
Law News
- Appeals court upholds Supreme Court ruling
- Assistant district attorney appointed City Court judge by Rochester mayor
- Murder conviction affirmed despite trial judge error
- NY appeals court upholds conviction in burglary case
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
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