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Senate confirms two to federal bench in New York

Schofield, who has spent more than 20 years at Debevoise handling white collar criminal defense work, will become a U.S. district judge in the Southern District. Geraci, who has served as Monroe County Court judge since 1999 and was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000, will fill a vacancy...

Sequestration will mean thousands of furloughs, possibly layoffs, at federal courts

Senate panel OKs Troy Nunley for judge

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve President Obama's nomination of Troy Nunley, a native of Hunters Point in San Francisco, to become a federal judge in Sacramento .

President Judge Schmehl nominated for federal bench vacancy

The Berks County legal community received some good (and long overdue) news on Monday, when President Barack Obama announced that he has nominated President Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl of the Berks County Court of Common Pleas to serve as judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District...

Grassley responds to critics of nominee confirmations

During President Obama s first term, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 160 judicial nominees, more than the previous four years under George Bush, said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member of that committee.

Nassau judge continues to wait for Senate confirmation Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jackso

Circuit Judge Brian Davis is waiting for a confirmation vote that may never come. Davis, who presides in Nassau County, was appointed by President Barack Obama to a federal judgeship in February. But nine months later the Senate hasn t voted on confirming him, and Davis nomination will expire when...

Conservative 4th Circuit appeals court more moderate under Obama

In his first term, President Barack Obama has had an unprecedented impact on what was long considered the most conservative federal appeals court in the country. Except for the handful of cases that make it to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the...

Speculation starts on retirements, nominations in Obama's second term

Although the 79-year-old justice has not indicated what her plans are, it has long been assumed that the President Clinton appointee would consider stepping down in an Obama second term, thereby allowing a Democratic president to appoint her successor.

5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gets first black chief judge

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has its first black chief judge. Monday is Judge Carl E. Stewart's first day as chief judge of the New Orleans-based appeals court. The Shreveport resident succeeds Judge Edith H. Jones, who stepped down from the post.

The 200-Day Club

Just how long does it take to get onto the federal bench these days? The molasses pace of the judicial confirmation process during the Obama presidency has been apparent.

C.R. federal prosecutor Rose confirmed as judge

U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose was confirmed Monday by the U.S. Senate as the next federal judge in Southern District of Iowa. Rose, 39, of Center Point, was nominated by President Barack Obama in February to replace Chief Judge Robert Pratt, who retired July 1.

Durbin Announces Bipartisan Screening Committee for Federal Judges in the Northern District

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today announced the formation of a bipartisan screening committee to assist in selecting Federal District Court Judges for the Northern District of Illinois. There are currently three vacant judgeships in the Northern District, and the immediate task of the screening committee is to review applications and...

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Qualifications of Judicial Nominees Should Count More Than Politics

Politics is putting the independence of the federal judiciary at risk, Sen. Lindsey Graham said this evening in his keynote speech at the opening assembly of the ABA Annual Meeting.