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Icon of the Bench and Gridiron: Kim Hammond, Judge, Seventh Judicial Court, Florida
Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic FailThe names of courthouses are not something that the average person would notice. They include the directional and mundane and, occasionally, the name of an important person in the eyes […]
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A Giant Among Men: Sammie Chess, Jr.
by Joe Webster
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThis tribute is based on Judge Webster’s book, The Making and Measure of a Judge: Biography of the Honorable Sammie Chess, Jr. (Chapel Hill Press, 2017.) All page numbers reference […]
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Pioneer Women: Ellen Bree Burns and Joan Glazer Margolis
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsAs an attorney practicing law in, and then a magistrate judge serving on the bench of, the District of Connecticut, I have had the good fortune to learn from many […]
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Lion of Justice: Judge Damon Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?Judge Damon J. Keith is a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, Judge Keith has served […]
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A Mentor to All: Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published January 2015 In 1964, Judge Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III became the first African-American to practice law in the state of Nevada. Eleven years later, he was appointed as […]
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Passion for Justice: Matthew J. Perry, Jr.
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published December 2014 When you call the name of the Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr., everyone reminisces about their cherished memories of this legal and judicial luminary who had a […]
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He Was the Same Person in Court, at Home, or at the Racetrack: Paul Hatfield
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published November 2014 Judge Paul Hatfield was an extraordinary judge, a man possessed of humility and courage. He was born and raised in a “blue-collar” family and he never forgot […]
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A Mentor for Life: R. Brooke Jackson
by Terry Fox
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published August 2014 If I had to select a word to describe one of my all-time favorite and most influential mentors, fearless is my word of choice. Richard Brooke Jackson, […]
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A Conscience Steeled by the Face of Evil: Charles (“Carl”) Andrew Muecke
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published July 2014 Born to German immigrants, Charles Andrew Muecke, known throughout his adult life as “Carl,” was educated in New York City’s public schools” and grew up with English […]
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The Best Judge You Never Heard Of – Joseph H. H. Kaplan
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published March 2014 In 1984, a series of state-chartered savings and loan associations failed as a result of embezzlement and poor management, leaving the quasi-public non-profit organization chartered by the […]