Miscellaneous

Congrats

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Kudos all around, especially to...

• Local (to us) lawyer John Nalbandian, who was nominated to the SJI board by President Obama.


• Washington state Justice Barbara Madsen, who will be sworn in as chief next Monday.


• The Nevada judiciary, for adding mediators to its foreclosure mediation program roster.


• Spectators jailed for contempt, who just had their records expunged. The 32 people were sanctioned for screaming during a rape trial. The state supreme court unanimously ordered the expungement, yet seemed to understand the trial judge's position that things just got out of hand.


• Philadelphia courts, which will try some innovative reforms under State Supreme Court Chief Justice Castille.

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).