R. Ashby Pate | |
---|---|
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Palau | |
In office 2013–2016 | |
Appointed by | President Johnson Toribiong |
Preceded by | Associate Justice Alexandra Foster |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Ashby Pate [1] March 20,1978 Birmingham,Alabama |
Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder Samford University University of East Anglia |
Robert Ashby Pate (born March 20,1978) is an American lawyer with the law firm of Lightfoot,Franklin &White LLC and a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Palau. [2]
As one of four justices on the Republic's highest court,Pate presided over several hundred civil and criminal cases as a trial judge and served as a panelist on over 40 civil and criminal appeals. [3] Pate was appointed to the Court at the age of 34 by President Johnson Toribiong. [4]
In 2014,Pate's order granting a writ of habeas corpus in In re Angelino,which condemned the solitary confinement system in Palau's only correctional facility,garnered attention in the Asia-Pacific region and among noted international human rights advocates as "an impressive national court application of international human rights norms". [5] [6]
In 2009,while serving as Senior Court Counsel for the Palau Supreme Court,Pate also helped establish Palau's first jury trial system. [7] [8]
After law school,Pate served as a Law Clerk to U. W. Clemon of the United States District Court,Northern District of Alabama,Alabama's first African-American federal judge.
In 2016,Pate joined Lightfoot where his practice focuses on international disputes,appellate work,and general commercial litigation. Pate was appointed as co-prosecutor in the 2016 judicial ethics trial of Alabama's "Ten Commandments" judge,Chief Justice Roy Moore. He delivered closing arguments in the trial,arguing that the Chief Justice had defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. In a unanimous verdict,the Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended the Chief Justice from office for the remainder of his elected term,without pay. [9] [10]
In 2016-2017,Pate delivered a series of lectures entitled Be The Light to numerous organizations across the country. Other presentations and publications include:
—Be the Light,Presentation to the American College of Trial Lawyers,Spring Meeting (2016),Maui,HI. [11]
—The Future of Harmonization:Soft Law Instruments and the Principled Advance of International Lawmaking,13 Touro Int’l L. Rev. 2,142 (2010) (author). [12]
—The Big Wet Now:Observations for Young Internationalists,Presentation to the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy,University of Georgia School of Law (2013) (lecture). [13] [14]
—The Clear Opener:How to avoid mucking up the most crucial part of discourse,Bryan A. Garner,The American Bar Association Journal (August 2014)(interviewed and cited by Mr. Garner on judicial order writing and Federal Judicial Center training). [15]
Pate graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder with a B.A. in English in 2000. Pate graduated magna cum laude from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law,where he also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Pate earned his LL.M. in International Commercial and Business Law in 2010 from the University of East Anglia where he graduated first in his class and was awarded the Sir Roy Goode Prize in international law. [16] [17] [18]
The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia,a public research university in Athens,Georgia. It was founded in 1859,making it among the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. U.S. News &World Report consistently ranks the school among the Top Tier Law Schools in the nation.
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia.
The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine. Before this there was no notion of judicial review nor any Supreme court since 1991's Ukrainian independence when it started being slowly restructured.
The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court,in the colony of Queensland.
The government of Alabama is organized under the provisions of the 1901 Constitution of Alabama,the lengthiest constitution of any political entity in the world. Like other states within the United States,Alabama's government is divided into executive,judicial,and legislative branches. Also like any other state,these three branches serve a specific purpose in terms of power.
Patrick Errol Higginbotham is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dana Anderson Fabe is an American lawyer,retired judge,and mediator. She served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1996 to 2016,including three terms as the court's chief justice. She previously served as an Alaska trial court judge for nearly eight years,from 1988 to 1996. Fabe was the first woman appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court,as well as its first female chief justice.
The Supreme Court of Palau is the highest court of Palau. Article X of the Constitution vests the Supreme Court with judicial power and provides for its operation and jurisdiction. The Supreme Court is divided into a Trial Division and an Appellate Division. Cases are adjudicated by a single justice in the Trial Division and appeals are heard by panels of three different justices in the Appellate Division. The Trial Division of the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over all civil matters over $10,000 and criminal matters not assigned to the Court of Common Pleas and adjudication of land interests. The Supreme Court also handles disciplinary and other special proceedings. The Supreme Court consists of Appellate and Trial Divisions. Chief Justice,Oldiais Ngiraikelau,and Associate Justices John K. Rechucher and Fred M. Isaacs are currently serving in the former division,while Presiding Justice,Kathleen M. Salii and Associate Justice Lourdes F. Materne serve in the latter one. Other judges are invited to sit on an as-needed basis as Associate Justices Pro Tem or Part-Time Associate Justices.
The Maine Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction in the Maine state court system.
The judiciary of India is a system of courts that interpret and apply the law in the Republic of India. India uses a common law system,first introduced by the British East India Company and with influence from other colonial powers and Indian princely states,as well as practices from ancient and medieval times. The constitution provides for a single unified judiciary in India.
Racial discrimination in jury selection is specifically prohibited by law in many jurisdictions throughout the world. In the United States,it has been defined through a series of judicial decisions. However,juries composed solely of one racial group are legal in the United States and other countries. While the racial composition of juries is not dictated by law,racial discrimination in the selection of jurors is specifically prohibited. Depending on context,the phrases "all-white jury" or "all-black jury" can raise a host of expectations –among them,as MIT social neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe notes,"the expectation that deliberations may be less than fair."
Brian Francis Kerr,Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore,,was a Northern Irish barrister and a senior judge. He held office as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and then as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In 2009,he was the last person to receive a life peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. At the time of his retirement on 30 September 2020,he was the longest serving Supreme Court Justice,and the last original member of the Court.
The Government of Guam (GovGuam) is a presidential representative democratic system,whereby the president is the head of state and the governor is head of government,and of a multi-party system. Guam is an organized,unincorporated territory of the United States with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs.
Susan Oki Mollway is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first East Asian woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.
Nicholas Archibald Hamblen,Lord Hamblen of Kersey,PC is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Prior to his judicial career Hamblen was a specialist in maritime and commercial law.
Tom Parker is an American lawyer and judge. He is the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court winning election in November 2018. He previously served as an associate justice on the court having been elected to that position in 2004 and re-elected in 2010.
The judiciary of Palau is a branch of the government of Palau that interprets and applies the laws of Palau,as modified by custom and tradition,to ensure equal justice under law,and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judiciary comprises a four-member Supreme Court,a Court of Common Pleas,and a Land Court. The Supreme Court has a trial division and an appellate division and is presided over by the Chief Justice,assisted by two Associate Justices in the Appellate Division and three Justices in the Trial Division. A number of ad hoc part-time Associate Justices are invited to sit on an as-needed basis.
In the United States and other nations that use jury trials,a judicial override is when a judge overrules a jury's sentencing determination.
{{cite magazine}}
: Cite magazine requires |magazine=
(help)