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Florence Pan Confirmed to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Florence Y. Pan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Nominated by President Joe Biden, Pan fills the vacancy left by Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

Michael Keasler Is the Recipient of the State Bar of Texas Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael E. Keasler, retired judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the 2021 recipient of the State Bar of Texas Lifetime Achievement Award.

On receiving the award, Keasler commented that it is “one of the greatest honors” of his career because of the caliber of previous ...

In Memoriam: Mark F. Clark

Mark F. Clark passed away on August 11 at age 81.

Clark received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1962 and went on to attend Harvard Law School, receiving his LL.B in 1965. Clark joined Foley Hoag following a clerkship for Chief Judge ...

Kristin Johnson Nominated for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Joseph Getty Appointed Chief Judge of Maryland Court of Appeals

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has appointed Joseph M. Getty as chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. This appointment also makes Getty the Maryland Judiciary’s chief administrator. He will serve in this role until his resignation or mandated retirement at age ...