The General Assembly will be interviewing judicial candidates today and local delegations have been making cuts to reduce the number of people who will or won’t become a judge. The chopped-down list of interviewees suggests that at least 10 delegations ...

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The field for two seats on the Supreme Court of Virginia has swelled to 19 candidates. Five judges on the Court of Appeals – almost half the court – are seeking a promotion. And potential justices include five circuit judges, ...

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An Alexandria general district judge and two attorneys have expressed interest in a seat on the Alexandria Circuit bench that will open when Judge Donald Haddock Sr. steps down at the end of the year. Judge Becky Moore, Jim Clark ...

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David B. Albo, chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, has asked the Virginia State Bar to vet additional candidates to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Karen A. Gould, executive director of the VSB, said ...

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With 21 formerly frozen seats up for legislative election next month, would-be judges are making their aspirations known. The Daily Times reports four candidates have expressed interest in an Eastern Shore circuit judgeship, left open by the retirement of Glen ...

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State court administrators and Virginia State Bar officials heaved a huge sigh of relief after the General Assembly restored 21 judgeships and rejected a proposal to take $5 million from the VSB budget. These money matters were very much in ...

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The term “mature consideration” probably does not apply to the process the Judicial Panel of the House Courts of Justice Committee has set up to fill upwards of 23 judicial vacancies. The plan calls for the panel to start interviewing ...

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A spreadsheet prepared for House and Senate budget conferees shows how they went about deciding which judicial vacancies to fill. The table compares the caseload of judges in circuits and districts with the average caseload per judge. With one exception, ...

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The General Assembly recessed tonight until April 4 after approving a budget that includes money to fill 21 judgeships that the legislature froze in its 2010 session. The legislature also rejected the proposal of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell that it ...

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A legislative session to interview candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia split – literally – over the court’s recent decision in Hernandez v. Commonwealth. That case held that judges can defer entering judgment in criminal cases ...

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