{"id":2072,"date":"2012-05-10T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2014-10-08T23:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T23:27:00","slug":"arizona-lawyers-among-those-who-advocate-on-judicial-vacancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2012\/05\/10\/arizona-lawyers-among-those-who-advocate-on-judicial-vacancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Lawyers Among Those Who Advocate on Judicial Vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AZ Attorney blog, May 8, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/azatty.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/08\/arizona-lawyers-among-those-who-advocate-on-judicial-vacancies\/\">http:\/\/azatty.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/08\/arizona-lawyers-among-those-who-advocate-on-judicial-vacancies\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, approximately 150 lawyers and other legal leaders traveled to Washington DC to speak on the need to <strong>fill judicial vacancies<\/strong>. Some <strong>Arizona lawyers participated<\/strong> in the event on Capitol Hill and at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong>the BLT Blog<\/strong> reported: [etc]<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>here is a release we received regarding the local attorneys<\/strong> and their trip East:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Arizona Community Leaders, Legal Experts and Advocates to Meet with White House On Judicial Vacancy Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, DC <\/strong>\u2013 Four Arizona community leaders, advocates and legal experts will travel to the nation\u2019s capital on <strong>Monday, May 7<\/strong>, to meet with White House officials about the vacancy crisis in America\u2019s federal courts. Nationwide, one in nine federal judgeships are vacant. Nearly one out of every ten federal judgeships remains vacant, and 250 million Americans live in a community with a courtroom vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s courts are reeling from two judicial emergencies while Senators McCain and Kyl refuse to allow a hearing on nominee Rosemary M\u00e1rquez, a former Pima County Public Defender and former assistant federal public defender.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which serves the entire West, has three nominees who have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and are waiting for a floor vote \u2013 Paul Watford, Andrew David Hurwitz, and Jacqueline Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p>Local invitees to the White House meeting include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollingsworthlaw.com\/tucson-law-firm\/personal-injury-attorneys\/louis-hollingsworth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lou Hollingsworth<\/a><\/strong>, Partner, Hollingsworth Kelly<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lubinandenoch.com\/lubin_bio.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Lubin<\/a><\/strong>, Member, American Constitution Society Judicial Nominations Task Force<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lubinandenoch.com\/enoch_bio.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Enoch<\/a><\/strong>, Member, American Constitution Society Judicial Nominations Task Force<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.asu.edu\/News\/CollegeofLawNews.aspx?NewsId=3334\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Ferguson<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">National President, National Native American Bar Association<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They will join approximately 150 individuals from 27 states in a day of discussions with White House staff. A deal between Senate Republicans and Democrats to allow judicial nominations to proceed in the Senate expires May 7th, and the advocates are urging the Senate to hold final up-or-down votes on all pending nominees.<\/p>\n<p>After the White House meeting, participants will visit the offices of Senators McCain and Kyl to urge them to work to end the delays that have plagued the Senate confirmation process since the beginning of the Obama presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AZ Attorney blog, May 8, 2012 http:\/\/azatty.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/08\/arizona-lawyers-among-those-who-advocate-on-judicial-vacancies\/ Yesterday, approximately 150 lawyers and other legal leaders traveled to Washington DC to speak on the need to fill judicial vacancies. 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