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"Chief Judge Nominee Draws on Administrative Skill"

"Chief Judge Nominee Draws on Administrative Skill": Today's edition of The New York Times contains this profile of the nominee to serve as Chief Judge of New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals.

The article begins, "When Jonathan Lippman became the presiding justice of the Appellate Division in Manhattan in 2007, he inherited a court with its heels planted firmly in the mud. Judges were taking months -- more than a year sometimes -- to issue decisions, while cases piled up and litigants were left waiting. Justice Lippman moved aggressively. He made more lawyers available to assist the judges, gave them more definitive schedules and put in regular face time with them to encourage speedier dispositions. A year later, the caseload was down by nearly 75 percent and decisions were coming out much quicker."

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).