The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
Carl E. Stewart is a United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994, Stewart previously sat on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport. He has been honored multiple times for his commitment to community service.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr. is the former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City.
Steven W. Taylor is a retired Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He is a former mayor of McAlester, Oklahoma. As a state district court judge, Taylor was the presiding judge in the state trial of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Robert Harlan Henry is a former United States Circuit Judge and politician from Oklahoma, and was the 17th President of Oklahoma City University. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Henry formerly served as the Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1986 to 1991, before resigning early in his second term to become the dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he remained until 1994. President Bill Clinton appointed Henry as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, a position he held until he resigned in 2010 to return to Oklahoma City University as president. He retired in 2018, as President of Oklahoma City University, and is now in private practice of law specializing in mediation, moot courts, and appellate advocacy.
The Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary is one of the two independent courts in the Oklahoma judiciary and has exclusive jurisdiction in adjudicating discipline and hearing cases involving the removal of a judge from office, excluding the Oklahoma Supreme Court, exercising judicial power under the Oklahoma Constitution.
The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma, established by the Oklahoma Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances," each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches.
The Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines is a constitutionally-created body that recommends appointees for vacancies that may arise in the composition of the Supreme Court, other lower courts, and the Legal Education Board, and in the offices of the Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman and the Special Prosecutor.
The Oklahoma Court System is the judicial system for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. Based in Oklahoma City, the court system is a unified state court system that functions under the Chief Justice of Oklahoma who is its administrator-in-chief.
The Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission is the judicial nominating commission of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It selects potential justices and judges for gubernatorial appointments for judges for state appellate courts.
The judiciary of Somalia is defined by the Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia. It stipulates that the national court structure is to be organized into three tiers: the Constitutional Court, Federal Government level courts, and Federal Member State level courts. A future nine-member Judicial Service Commission is empowered to appoint any federal tier member of the judiciary. It also selects and presents potential Constitutional Court judges to the House of the People of the Federal Parliament for approval. If endorsed, the President then appoints the candidate as a judge of the Constitutional Court. The five-member Constitutional Court is likewise empowered to adjudicate issues pertaining to the constitution, in addition to various federal and sub-national matters.
Michael R. Murphy is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma. Cases are assigned to it by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the state's highest court for civil matters.
Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
The Israeli Judicial Selection Committee is the body that appoints judges to Israeli courts.
Gary R. Wade is a former Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Following retirement he was named Vice President and Dean of Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law on July 28, 2015, taking the position on September 9, 2015.
Albert C. Hunt (1888–1956) was an Oklahoma lawyer and judge. He was the only person to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court from two different districts.
James R. Keaton was a Justice of the Territorial Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1896 to 1898.
The Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission is a statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for advising and making recommendations to the Chief Executive on judicial appointments and related matters established after the Handover in accordance with the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Ordinance. According to Article 88 of the Basic Law, the Chief Executive shall appoint judges on the recommendation of the Commission, suggesting that she is not empowered to make appointments on her own accord.
Gabriel Scott Pwamang is a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and judge. He is an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was nominated in 2015 by the then president of Ghana John Mahama. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a private legal practitioner and the managing partner of Pwamang and Associates. He is also a member of the People's National Convention once serving as the party's general secretary.
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