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Judge James L. Oakes “Vermont’s Finest”
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published September 2012 In 1947, Judge Oakes graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, and instead of heading off to a major metropolitan law firm, came to Brattleboro, Vermont, to […]
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New Mexico Federal Judges H. Vearle Payne, Edwin Mechem, and Howard Bratton “Frontier Justice”
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published September 2012 I consider myself most fortunate to have started my legal career in 1972 in federal district court in New Mexico. I was an assistant United States attorney […]
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One-in-a-Generation Kind of Judge: Anna Elizabeth Keever
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryLike their counterparts in the federal judiciary, state trial court judges “handle the bulk of judicial business.” State courts decide ninety-five percent of the cases and controversies filed in our […]
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Greatness by Any Measure: Anthony J. Scirica
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published February 2013 Judging is a unique and peculiar art. It is more learned than taught. And it demands a delicate blend of patience, fairness, judgment, compassion, confidence, and legal […]
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Judge Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98His life is an exemplar of the biblical adage “conduct your affairs with humility and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.” All too often we finally […]