Judging
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John Schwartz and Chief Judging
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published March 2013 There is a difference between being a good judge and being a good chief judge. John Schwartz, who served on the bankruptcy court in Chicago from 1984 […]
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Remembering the Private Life of Judge Edward R. Becker
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published February 2013 Edward R. Becker was a most distinguished federal jurist and winner of the Devitt Award. This short essay is about Ed Becker as a person, incidental to […]
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The Remarkable Life and Career of Judge Louis Pollak
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published February 2013 I first met Lou Pollak in 1974, when I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Lou had just left Yale Law School, where […]
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Protecting Constitutional Rights: Stanley Mosk
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published December 2012 My father, Justice Stanley Mosk, is well known for being the longest-serving member of the California Supreme Court and for rendering landmark decisions, many of which are […]
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Tribute to Judge John M. Roll
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published December 2012 In some professions, death is a constant companion. But not in ours. Nothing prepared me for the phone message from our U.S. Marshal on Saturday, January 8, […]
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A Great Judge from the Greatest Generation
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published December 2012 I am uncertain as to whether leaders are born or made. The same may be said with those we selectively call great. I do believe we recognize […]
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A Judge’s Judge
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published November 2012 On September 24, 1969, the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit convened at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle for a special […]
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Gentleman Judge and Magnificent Man: J. William Ditter, Jr.
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published November 2012 The Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a large, collegial trial court where quick humor and timely touches of humanity are as highly valued as intelligence and integrity. […]
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Remembering Justice Weltner
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published November 2012 I approach the task of writing a remembrance of Charles Weltner with a sense of great humility and considerable inadequacy. But the opportunity to write such a […]
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Remembering Irving Goldberg
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published October 2012 The basic facts about Irving L. Goldberg, who served for 31 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, are easy to summarize. […]