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In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
In each of Texas’ 254 counties, the person with the highest political prominence is the county judge. The county judge oversees a four-person court of commissioners who each represent a precinct ...
In Ohio, magistrates are appointed by the judges of many municipal courts, domestic relations and juvenile courts, and some courts of appeals and common pleas courts. [7] In addition, to avoid any conflict of interest , most communities with mayor's courts have magistrates preside over sessions, rather than the mayors themselves.
The magistrate judge's seat is not a separate court; the authority that a magistrate judge exercises is the jurisdiction of the district court itself, delegated to the magistrate judge by the district judges of the court under governing statutory authority, local rules of court, or court orders. Rather than fixing the duties of magistrate ...
May 9—The recent gathering at Rusk Municipal Court May 8 demonstrated Cherokee County's commitment to enacting meaningful reform in its justice system. Spearheaded by Judge Forrest Phifer, this ...
The city of El Paso, Texas will hold elections for mayor, city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge on November 5, 2024. [1] The filing deadline will occur on August 19, 2024.
He may also be considered the first Native American male judge in Texas. [7] Harrel Tillman (1962): [13] First African American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Texas (1964) Carlos Cadena (1940): [14] First Hispanic American male to serve as a Chief Justice of a Texas court (1977) Jerry Birdwell: [15] First openly LGBT male judge in ...
A 1980 graduate of Lexington High School, Whitney has been a municipal court magistrate since 2019. She has been a partner with the law firm of Inscore, Rinehardt, Whitney & Enderle since 1992.