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  Administrative Law Judges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An administrative law judge, at either the state or federal level are judges who ensure that citizens have fair, impartial, and independent opportunities to be heard before a state or federal agency acts against them.
Administrative law judges are behind constitutional or statutory courts in the judicial branch of the states.
An administrative law judge conducting a hearing is not responsible to, or subject to the supervision or direction of, those working in an investigative or prosecutorial role for the agency.
www.ncsconline.org /WC/FAQs/Print/Prt_AdmLawFAQ.htm   (749 words)

  
 Monster: Administrative Law Judge, Adjudicator and Hearing Officer (Legal Job Profile)
Administrative law judges, sometimes called hearing officers or adjudicators, are employed by government agencies to make decisions for administrative agencies.
Administrative law judges also determine penalties or the existence and amount of liability, recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims, and compromise settlements.
Federal administrative law judges must be lawyers and pass a competitive examination administered by the US Office of Personnel Management.
legal.monster.com /articles/administrative_law_judges   (397 words)

  
 Administrative Law Judge Code of Judicial Conduct
A law judge should endeavor to pursue a course of conduct which will not raise suspicion among the public that he or she is likely to be engaged in acts that are in violation of his or her trust.
A law judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to claimants, witnesses, lawyers, licensed representatives and others with whom he or she deals in his or her official capacity, and should require similar conduct of lawyers, licensed representatives, Board officials, and others subject to his or her direction and control.
A law judge should abstain from making personal investments in enterprises which he or she has reason to believe may be directly involved in decisions to be made by the law judge or which will otherwise create substantial conflict between duties in the public interest and his or her private interest.
www.wcb.state.ny.us /content/main/wclaws/code.htm   (2351 words)

  
 Survey of Administrative Law Judge Salaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Administrative law judges employed by the executive branches of government receive various forms of remuneration for the performance of their important services.
The salaries of administrative law judges employed by 23 states in centralized offices of administrative hearings or central panels holding hearings over various areas of law are identified as (Central OAH).
Administrative law judges, by whatever title a jurisdiction applies to them, are essential to the administration of justice and an integral and basic component of government.
www.law.fsu.edu /library/admin/salsurvey.html   (1270 words)

  
 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
Judges and magistrates are expected encounter competition for jobs because of the prestige associated with serving on the bench.
Judges rule on the admissibility of evidence and the methods of conducting testimony, and they may be called on to settle disputes between opposing attorneys.
Federal and State appellate court judges, although few in number, have the power to overrule decisions made by trial court or administrative law judges; appellate court judges exercise their power if they determine that legal errors were made in a case or if legal precedent does not support the judgment of the lower court.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos272.htm   (2416 words)

  
 Administrative Law Judges - Federal Maritime Commission
The ALJ will consider evidence submitted by all parties to the dispute and will issue whatever rulings may be necessary to enable all parties to present their evidence and arguments for the ALJ to consider.
ALJs act in a similar way when the Commission itself, through its Bureau of Enforcement, initiates a formal proceeding in which it is alleged that a party has violated the Shipping Act of 1984.
The ALJ’s initial decision may be appealed to the Commission by the filing of exceptions by the parties within 22 days, or may be reviewed by the Commission on its own motion.
www.fmc.gov /bureaus/administrative_law_judges/index.asp   (277 words)

  
 Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
Judge McFaul is a member of the American Bar Association's Judicial Administration Division and its National Conference of Administrative Law Judges, as well as the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Judge Richard was an associate at Cooper, Liebowitz, Royster and Wright in Elmsford, New York from 1994 to 1997.
Prior to that, she was an associate at the law firm of Obermaier, Morvillo and Abramowitz, and then she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the labor bureau of the New York State Department of Law.
www.nyc.gov /html/oath/html/judges.html   (1869 words)

  
 Texas Administrative and Public Law Section: Featured Article - October 1998
Before his election as judge, Judge McCown was a trial attorney with Vinson and Elkins in Houston, an assistant professor of law at U.T., and a special assistant attorney general of Texas and Chief of the Criminal Law Enforcement Division.
Judge McCown graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with Honors in 1979 where he was Order of the Coif, Order of Barristers, and on the Editorial Board of the Texas Law Review.
On one hand, ALJS are attorneys with experience and training in "judging," procedural experts, charged by the legislature with the responsibility for conducting efficient and unbiased hearings, who may or may not have subject-matter experience.
www.adminlaw.org /aotm7.htm   (8481 words)

  
 USAJOBS - USAJobs FAQ
ALJs prepare for and preside at formal hearings which Federal agencies are required by statute to hold under, or in substantial accord with, provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 553-559 of Title 5, United States Code.
ALJs function as independent, impartial triers of fact in formal hearings in a manner similar to that of a trial judge conducting civil trials without a jury.
The minimum rate for ALJ positions is set at 65 percent of level IV of the Executive Schedule and the maximum rate is set at 100 percent of level IV of the Executive Schedule.
www.usajobs.opm.gov /EI28.asp   (1184 words)

  
 SOM - #384 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE (EXAMINER)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Administrative Law Judges (Examiners) are employed by government agencies to conduct hearings for purposes of fact finding, making recommendations, and adjudicating (giving opinions on) claims or other applications of the agency's jurisdiction, rules, and regulations.
Administrative Law Judges may be designated according to the specific type of case they handle, such as disability insurance hearings officer or unemployment compensation hearings examiner.
Administrative Law Judges may be required to hold a law degree or license to practice law.
www.michigan.gov /som/0,1607,7-192-29940-64798--,00.html   (1643 words)

  
 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DECISION 79-32   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Administrative Law Judge Decisions that are appealed are heard by the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) and other appeal boards.
I have to go by what the law is. And the law is that this plant -- at least today, or until the Board changes its mind, or if they change their mind -- the law is that this particular processing plant would not be covered under the Act.
But I think, on the basis that the Water Control Law was in effect and my opinion as a matter of law would be that it is subject to the strip mining laws.
www.osmre.gov /alj/alj7932.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Administrative Law Judge vs. Prosecutor: Whose Ballot Designation Is Mightier?
Both candidates, who are workers compensation judges, have failed to keep abreast of developments in California law outside of their narrow fields.
A judge allowed her to use the ballot designation of “administrative law judge” over the protest of the Office of Registrar-Recorder, which appealed the ruling, relying on the broad wording in Luke v.
By contrast, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Nancy Brown was publicly reprimanded based on having barred from her courtroom a low-level court administrator whom she regarded as a liar.
www.metnews.com /articles/perspectives022102.htm   (1862 words)

  
 Office of Administrative Hearings Representing Yourself
It is a recommended decision from the administrative law judge to the agency, based on the administrative law judge’s interpretation of the facts and applicable law.
The administrative law judge who hears your case is an employee of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Often the administrative law judge will ask several questions, perhaps right after the witness is sworn in or perhaps after you and the agency have asked all the questions you want.
www.oregon.gov /OAH/Representing_Yourself.shtml   (4393 words)

  
 USCG: Flag/SES Bios -Chief Administrative Law Judge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Judge Ingolia entered the Army ASTP Program in 1943, went on active duty in February 1944, and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in 1945.
As Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Coast Guard, which is now a component of the Department of Homeland Security, Judge Ingolia supervises six field judges located throughout the United States and is responsible for oversight of the conduct of formal hearing proceedings conducted by all Administrative Law Judges assigned to the Coast Guard.
Judge Ingolia lives in Towson, Maryland in the Hampton Community and was president of its community association for 15 years.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-w/flag_bios/cg00j.asp   (437 words)

  
 About the Administrative Law Judge...
Timony was appointed as an administrative law judge at the FTC in 1976 and chief administrative law judge in 1998.
Judge Timony is married to a District of Columbia school teacher, and they have two children, a rock musician and an artist, living in Boston.
Cases are assigned to ALJs on a rotating basis, as far as is practicable, so that agencies cannot fix the results by choice of ALJ.
www.ftc.gov /alj/D9288/alj.htm   (613 words)

  
 Administrative Attorneys
Administrative law is broken into several interrelated parts: administrative rules, regulations and procedures for government agencies and bodies; the scope of agency authority, in particular individual privacy; and enforcement powers of agencies.
Administrative law attorneys specialize in the inner workings of city, county, state and federal government, and complicated legal issues with proceedings involving governmental law and regulation.
administrative law attorney who is well versed in the requirements of the Federal Administrative Procedure Act, and experienced with such issues as business and economic regulation, industry restructuring and deregulation, contracting and project development, trade regulation, and legislative consultation and lobbying registration and reporting requirements.
www.lawinfo.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/Client.lawarea/categoryid/2   (482 words)

  
 U.S. Department of Labor - e-Judication - Information for Attorneys and Representatives: Qualifications, Generally
An attorney at law who is admitted to practice before the Federal courts or before the highest court of any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory or commonwealth of the United States, may practice before the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
An application by a person not an attorney at law for admission to appear in a proceeding shall be submitted in writing to the Chief Administrative Law Judge prior to the hearing in the proceedings or to the administrative law judge assigned at the commencement of the hearing.
A regular employee of a party who appears on behalf of the party may be required by the administrative law judge to show his or her authority to so appear.
www.dol.gov /ejudication/attorneys_qualifications.htm   (661 words)

  
 §999. Disqualification and withdrawal of administrative law judge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An administrative law judge shall voluntarily disqualify himself and withdraw from any adjudication in which he cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or consideration, or when required to by applicable rules governing the practice of law in Louisiana.
(1) Any party may request the disqualification of an administrative law judge by filing an affidavit, promptly upon learning of the basis for the disqualification, stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded.
(2) The director shall promptly determine whether or not to disqualify an administrative law judge based on the request, or alternatively, he may hold a preliminary hearing at least ten calendar days prior to the hearing date for the purpose of receiving evidence relating to the grounds alleged for disqualification.
biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/la/adlaw/apa/LAAPA45.htm   (145 words)

  
 Arizona Administrative Code
When different administrative law judges are assigned to the matters that are the subject of the motion for consolidation, the motion shall be filed with the administrative law judge assigned to the matter with the earliest pending hearing date.
The administrative law judge shall begin the hearing by reading the caption, stating the nature and scope of the hearing, and identifying the parties, counsel, and witnesses for the record.
If a party fails to appear at a hearing, the administrative law judge may proceed with the presentation of the evidence of the appearing party, or vacate the hearing and return the matter to the agency for any further action.
www.azsos.gov /public_services/Title_02/2-19.htm   (2670 words)

  
 Administrative law judge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is an official who presides at an administrative trial-type hearing to resolve a dispute between a government agency and someone affected by a decision of that agency.
They have absolute immunity from liability for their judicial acts and are triers of fact "insulated from political influence." Federal administrative law judges are not responsible to, or subject to the supervision or direction of employees or agents of the federal agency engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecution functions for the agency.
In American administrative law, ALJs are Article I judges, and are not Article III judges under the U.S. Constitution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Administrative_law_judge   (879 words)

  
 Office of Administrative Law Judges | US EPA
The Administrative Law Judges conduct hearings and render decisions in proceedings between the EPA and persons, businesses, government entities, and other organizations which are or are alleged to be regulated under environmental laws.
Federal administrative law judges are certified by the Office of Personnel Management and appointed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. They have decisional independence pursuant to Section 557 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 557 which ensures the fair and impartial resolution of proceedings.
The Administrative Law Judge's initial decision, which is a disposition of all of the issues in a proceeding, becomes the final order of the EPA within 45 days after service upon the parties unless a party appeals to the EAB or the EAB on its own initiative elects to review the initial decision.
www.epa.gov /oalj   (336 words)

  
 Center for Education - Judge - Administrative Law Career Profile
Administrative Law Judges preside over formal hearings and adjudication proceedings related to agencies controlled or regulated by the government.
Administrative Law Judges examine testimony and prepare final decisions for the record based upon findings of fact, conclusions of law and proposed actions.
Administrative Law Judges must be qualified lawyers with numerous years of administrative law and/or trial experience involving formal administrative hearing proceedings before local, State, or Federal administrative agencies, courts, or other administrative bodies.
www.ce.com /Careers/Judge-Administrative-Law.htm   (240 words)

  
 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DECISION 79-94
This is the Office of Surface Mining's Library of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Decisions.
There are currently has nine Administrative Law Judges (ALJ's) who hear all cases in which a hearing on the record is required under the Administrative Procedures Act.
An extract of the decisional portion of the verbatim record is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
www.osmre.gov /alj/alj7994.htm   (661 words)

  
 Model Act to Create an Office of Administrative Hearings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Administrative law judges shall be selected and appointed [by the Governor upon screening and recommendation of a judicial nominating commission] [through competitive examination in the classified service of state employment] [by the chief administrative law judge].
(b) An administrative law judge shall not be responsible to or subject to the supervision, direction or direct or indirect influence of an officer, employee, or agent engaged in the performance of investigatory, prosecutory, or advisory functions for an agency.
In reviewing a proposed (initial, recommended) decision or order received from the administrative law judge, the agency head or governing body of the agency shall not modify, reverse or remand the proposed decision of the administrative law judge except for specified reasons in accordance with law.
www.law.fsu.edu /library/admin/alj.html   (1748 words)

  
 Trial Board and Administrative Law Judge Hearings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Trial Board or Administrative Law Judge is limited to consideration of the final statement of questions in reaching a decision at the hearing.
The Trial Board or the Administrative Law Judge may exclude from evidence at the hearing any exhibit not previously exchanged unless good cause for the failure to exchange is shown and the opposing party is not unduly prejudiced.
An employee who is appealing a decision of an Administrative Law Judge will not be given a transcript of the hearing until all costs of the hearing owed by the employee have been paid to the city.
www.dallascityhall.com /html/trial_board_and_administrative.html   (2341 words)

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