LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND EXPERTS: THEIR CHANGING RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In my thirty years as a Judge on three different Maryland Trial Courts and the last 16 years as a…
Category: Court Administration
THE INTERSECTION OF ADVOCACY AND FINANCIAL FORENSICS: THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT IN 21 ST CENTURY DISPUTE RESOLUTION
(Revisited and Revised) INTRODUCTION: Almost five years ago I penned an article similarly titled which some years later was published…
The Role of the Judge in Our Society
As we watch and reflect the hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson to be a Justice of The…
Lawyers, The Judiciary, and the Media – A Symbiotic Relationship
In my last Commentary which addressed, “The Necessary Independence and Interdependence of the Judiciary and the Media,” I explained the…
The Necessary Independence and Interdependence of the Judiciary and the Media
In the wake of the completion of the trial of the individual whom a jury found “criminally responsible” for the…
Transitioning Off the Bench and Then Some
My transition off The Bench was punctuated by my entry into several worlds which differed greatly from “The Bench,”…
Confronting Complexity: The Role of Judges and Mediators in an Increasingly Complicated World – “Separate But Equal – Different but Complimentary”
This writer’s 21st Century “branding” is “Senior Judge” when I am recalled to sit as a Trial Court Judge or…
Access to Justice and the Management of Expectations
For the last 25 years, there is one theme which has been echoed more than any other at judicial conferences…
Due Process For Judges — How much?
On Friday, June 15, 2018 at the 2018 MSBA Legal Summit and Annual Meeting from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,…
Holding Judges Accountable —– Fair Judicial Performance Evaluations Needed in Maryland
The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of…