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The Intersection of Advocacy and Financial Forensics: The Role of the Expert in 21st Century Dispute Resolution – A Recovering Judge’s Perspective.
INTRODUCTION:
I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the role of the “Expert”
in the 21st Century profession of dispute resolution from the
perspective of what I now call myself, “a Recovering Judge.” I spent a total of
29 years from 1978 to 2007 on three different Trial courts. I was also assigned
to Maryland’s intermediate appellate court on multiple occasions. For the last
17 years, I have engaged in the world of private dispute resolution…
The Intersection of Advocacy and Financial Forensics: The Role of the Expert in 21st Century Dispute Resolution – A Recovering Judge’s Perspective.
INTRODUCTION:
I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the role of the “Expert” in the 21st Century profession of dispute resolution from the perspective of what I now call myself, “a Recovering Judge.” I spent a total of 29 years from 1978 to 2007 on three different Trial courts. I was also assigned to Maryland’s intermediate appellate court on multiple occasions. For the last 17 years, I have engaged in the world of private dispute resolution…
Judge halves 100-year sentence for 1995 murder by juvenile
A retired judge on
Wednesday cut in half the 100-year sentence he gave a defendant 23 years ago,
partially granting a defense motion asking him to reconsider.
The defendant, Gerald Jamar
Cook, 40, was convicted of second-degree murder and related offenses in
1996 for the shooting death of William Louis Miller the previous year. Cook,
who was just shy of his 18th birthday when he committed the murder, has served
23 years of his sentence.
Prince…
Judge halves 100-year sentence for 1995 murder by juvenile
A retired judge on Wednesday cut in half the 100-year sentence he gave a defendant 23 years ago, partially granting a defense motion asking him to reconsider.
The defendant, Gerald Jamar Cook, 40, was convicted of second-degree murder and related offenses in 1996 for the shooting death of William Louis Miller the previous year. Cook, who was just shy of his 18th birthday when he committed the murder, has served 23 years of his sentence.
Prince…
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 as a
Mediator for The Court of Special Appeals or one of the Trial Courts in
Maryland. When I am not recalled, I function and am referred to as a “Mediator”
or “Arbitrator” in the Private Sector.
As such, I mediate or arbitrate disputes which may or may not be filed
cases in state or…
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 as a Mediator for The Court of Special Appeals or one of the Trial Courts in Maryland. When I am not recalled, I function and am referred to as a “Mediator” or “Arbitrator” in the Private Sector. As such, I mediate or arbitrate disputes which may or may not be filed cases in state or…
“New and Improved New Year’s Resolutions” For Judges, Politicians and Policy-Makers
As the new year approaches, I welcome the opportunity in this
space provided by The Daily Record, to reflect on the last almost 12 years
since I “retired” as a full-time judge and entered a very different world of
Private ADR, consulting, as well as public speaking, lecturing and teaching for
diverse organizations. I have also been lucky enough and honored, during that
time, to have been approved by the Court of Appeals to be…
“New and Improved New Year’s Resolutions” For Judges, Politicians and Policy-Makers
As the new year approaches, I welcome the opportunity in this space provided by The Daily Record, to reflect on the last almost 12 years since I “retired” as a full-time judge and entered a very different world of Private ADR, consulting, as well as public speaking, lecturing and teaching for diverse organizations. I have also been lucky enough and honored, during that time, to have been approved by the Court of Appeals to be…
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 and Bar Association meetings Federal, State and local, as well as strategic planning sessions conducted by every organized judicial and legal organization from Legal Aide, Law Schools, even the decisions of The Judicial Disabilities Commission. That theme is that lawyers and judges should always be working to increase access to justice. Indeed, it would likely…