Court Advisory Committee

• Judge Couch Appointed to State Panel -- He'll Join Drug Court Advisory Committee

DeSoto County Judge Allen Couch has been appointed a member of the State Drug Court Advisory Committee. Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. made the appointment last month.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• February 21, 2011

• Missouri Supreme Court's Advisory Committee Puts the Kibosh On Nonrefundable Fees

Nonrefundable fees are not happening. So clarifies Formal Opinion 128 of the Missouri Supreme Court's advisory committee. The opinion was issued Wednesday. Regardless of the terminology used to describe the fee, if the ultimate fee is unreasonable ...the unreasonable portion must be refunded," states the opinion.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• May 27, 2010

• Charges May Cost Judge His Post

The state Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct has filed judicial misconduct charges against Harold P. Cook III, the longtime municipal court judge who sits on the bench in Haledon, North Haledon, Ringwood and Wanaque. Cook, a business entrepreneur whose loan company went bust in 2006, is now the defendant, either personally or in his capacity as a member of more than 40 limited liability companies, in 43 lawsuits in Superior Court in New Jersey. A complaint filed by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct accuses Cook of failing to tell both the state chief justice and the state Administrative Office of the Courts about the lawsuits stemming from his companies' real estate transactions.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 27, 2011

• the Princeton Community Phone Book, Inc., and Joseph M. Boyd, Appellants, v. Frank L. Bate, Esq., Blaine E. Capehart, Esq., Bernard Feinberg, Esq., Theodore W. Geiser, Esq., William J. Hughes, Esq., Victor R. King, Esq., Howard G. Kulp, Jr., Esq., Abram A. Lebson, Esq., Robert O'Hern, Esq., Everett M. Scherer, Esq., Seymour T. Smith, Esq., Edward L. C. Vogt, Esq., Edward L. Webster, Jr., Esq., and T. Girard Wharton, Esq., Individually and as Members of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics of the New Jersey Supreme Court., 582 F.2d 706 (3rd Cir. 1978)

Norman R. Bradley, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., and John W. Boyd, Freedman, Boyd & Daniels, Albuquerque, N. M., and Harvey Weissbard...

• Federal Circuits

• Missouri Supreme Court Asked to Weigh in On Waivers

An appeals court is asking the Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether criminal defense lawyers are barred by ethical rules from advising clients to waive their rights to argue they had ineffective legal counsel. It's an issue that hasn't yet been decided in the state, although the Supreme Court Advisory Committee weighed in with a formal opinion on the waivers nearly two years ago.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• March 03, 2011

• Courts in N.Y. Step Up Efforts to Improve Interpreting

Increasing diversity in communities throughout New York state is creating a growing need for interpreters in the court system. Recognizing that, the Unified Court System has re-established its Advisory Committee on Court Interpreting and just released an update of its 2006 action plan, which began an ambitious effort to improve the quality and manner in which court interpreting services were provided.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• July 22, 2011

• McLane Director Bruce Felmly Appointed To The Rules Advisory Committee For The United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit

July 11, 2011, Manchester, NH: The law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association is pleased to announce that Bruce...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Judge Takes a Leave During State Probe

Municipal Judge Harold P. Cook III, under pressure to step aside while facing a judicial-misconduct complaint, said Friday he would take an unpaid leave of absence. Cook, a judge in Haledon, North Haledon, Ringwood and Wanaque, said he's stepping aside until the complaint filed against him by the state Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct is resolved.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 13, 2011

• Lorillard Suit Alleges Financial Conflict and Bias Among Fda Advisory Committee Members

GREENSBORO, N.C., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting conflicts of interest and bias among members of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientific advisory committee, Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) today filed suit to stop FDA from receiving or relying on recommendations from the advisory committee, including recommendations regarding the use of menthol in cigarettes. In the complaint, Lorillard also asks the Court to enjoin the FDA from making available to the advisory committee any trade secret or confidential commercial documents submitted by the company to FDA until the advisory committee is lawfully constituted. The lawsuit was filed jointly by Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The advisory committee ...

• U.S. Newswire
• February 25, 2011

• Panel: Lower-Cost Services

The affordability of services is key to the future of the legal industry, speakers and an audience member said at a panel discussion Thursday morning at the Missouri Bar's annual conference. The discussion, titled "The Future of the Profession: Where We Are Going, Who's Driving, and What Will It Be Like When We Get There?" featured Thomas Lyons III, past president of the Rhode Island Bar Association; Thomas Hyde, a former executive vice president with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Ed Hershewe, of The Hershewe Law Firm in Joplin; Jennifer Gille Bacon, chairwoman of the Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee; and Supreme Court Judge Zel Fischer. Ellen Suni, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, was the moderator of the discussion at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kan...

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• October 12, 2011