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August 8, 2007

Chief justice appoints tribunal-chief selection panel

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams announced today he has appointed the three-member committee that will seek and review candidates for the new chief magistrate position of the state Traffic Tribunal.

Appointed are Judge Edward C. Parker, who will served as chairman, Alfred A. Russo, who will serve as the attorney member of the committee, and Robert Murray, who will serve as the public member.

According to the chief justice's executive order, the committee will serve until a chief magistrate candidate is "appointed and qualified."

Besides reviewing applications and other evidence of "good character, judgment, legal ability, temperament, and commitment to equal justice" to decide which candidates to interview, it will also consider the public's and members of the bar's written comments.

A list of interviewees will be forwarded to the state police, the state Ethics Commission, disciplinary counsel, and the attorney general’s office. They will do a background check and give the results to the committee.

The committee will discuss the candidates and vote, then submit the list of three to five candidates for the position to the chief justice -- within 45 days of today's executive order.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:15 PM | Permalink

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