The federal court in Western New York, which is already struggling to keep up with a heavy caseload, will lose another active judge early next year. In fact, all four active judges on the U.S. District Court for the Western ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination is seeking recommendations and applications for an upcoming vacancy at the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. A vacancy will exist as of Jan. 1, due to the mandatory retirement of ...

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Onondaga County Supreme Court Justice Brian F. DeJoseph has been named to fill one of two vacancies in the Appellate Division, Fourth Department in Rochester. His appointment, along with four other justices in the Second and Third departments, were announced ...

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Supreme Court Justice Eugene M. Fahey is among seven nominees being recommended to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for consideration to fill a vacancy on the state Court of Appeals. Fahey, a justice from Buffalo who sits on the Appellate Division, ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination has extended the deadline for submitting applications for the current vacancy on the Court of Appeals, created by Nov. 6 death of Associate Judge Theodore T. Jones. Applications for the vacancy, originally ...

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The state Commission on Judicial Nomination has scheduled three spring meetings to evaluate candidates to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Court of Appeals. Senior Associate Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick will be leaving the bench at the end of the ...

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If the presidential election yields a Republican victor, and a vacancy emerges on the U.S. Supreme Court, who would be nominated to fill it? That’s the question The Huffington Posts’s  Mike Sacks put to some GOP experts, and here’s who ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association is seeking input on two additional candidates for Monroe County Court: The Hon. Vincent M. Dinolfo, Irondequoit town justice; and the Hon. Vincent J. Rizzo, a former assistant district attorney ...

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The New York State Fourth Department Judicial Screening Committee announced an interim vacancy for Judge of the County Court, Monroe County, Seventh Judicial District.

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With all the hubbub over the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, most people forgot that — if confirmed — Kagan’s new job will leave the Obama administration with yet another vacancy: Solicitor General.

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The White House has announced that President Obama will meet net week with Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to discuss the replacement of Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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