The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction,although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction,with most criminal matters handled in County Court.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital,Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by the Governor and Executive Council to serve during "good behavior" until retirement or the age of seventy. The senior member of the Court is able to specially assign lower-court judges,as well as retired justices,to fill vacancies on the Court.
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center.
Marcelo "Celing" Briones Fernan was a Filipino lawyer and political figure. He is the only Filipino to have served as both Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Senate President. He is also the third Filipino to have headed both the judicial and legislative branches of government,after Querube Makalintal who served as Chief Justice and Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa in the 1970s,and JoséYulo,who served as Chief Justice and Speaker of the House of Representatives before 1946.
Paul Holden Anderson is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994.
David Ryan Stras is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The government of the U.S. state of Oregon,as prescribed by the Oregon Constitution,is composed of three government branches:the executive,the legislative,and the judicial. These branches operate in a manner similar to that of the federal government of the United States.
Lorie Skjerven Gildea is an American attorney. She served as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from her appointment by Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2010 until her retirement on October 1,2023. She served as an associate justice of the Court from 2006 to 2010 and as a district judge for Hennepin County in the Fourth Judicial District from 2005 to 2006.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It began operating on November 1,1983.
Christopher Dietzen was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2016 and a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2004 to 2008.
Eric John Magnuson is an American lawyer in private practice. He was the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2010.
Robert Joseph Sheran was an American lawyer,politician,and judge. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Wendell Anderson,serving from December 1973 to December 1981. He previously served as an associate justice on the court from January 1963 to July 1970,appointed by Governor Elmer L. Andersen. He is the only person to have been appointed to two separate tenures on the Minnesota Supreme Court by different governors.
Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. is a Canadian-born American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Formerly,he was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York and a senior trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. He was the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's office. He was recommended by New York Senator Charles Schumer for nomination to the seat on the Second Circuit that was vacated by Judge Sonia Sotomayor when she was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States. Lohier is the first Haitian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge and to be confirmed by the United States Senate as a judge.
Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from August 7,2009,to May 22,2014.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
The Judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court,the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal,the District Courts,the Justice of the Peace Courts,the Mayor's Courts,the City Courts,and the Parish Courts. The Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is the chief administrator of the judiciary,and its administration is aided by the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana,the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board,and the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Richard Donald Dietz is a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court,having been elected in 2022. He previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals after being appointed by Governor Pat McCrory to fill the vacant seat created by the elevation of Robert N. Hunter,Jr. to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Rhonda K. Wood is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court since 2015. She previously served as a judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2014,and as a trial court judge for the Arkansas 20th Judicial Circuit from 2007 to 2012.
Raheem L. Mullins is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.
Thaddeus Victor Jude is a Republican politician and lawyer from Minnesota. Jude was a candidate in the 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election,but withdrew and endorsed Jim Schultz on May 13,2022 after being eliminated at the convention. He subsequently ran for Hennepin County Attorney that same year,finishing 4th in the primary. First elected to office in 1972,he has previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and in the Minnesota Senate. He also served on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners and was a Minnesota District Court Judge.
