Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
May 3, 2018
Oppose efforts to politicize the bench
A core value of the American College of Trial Lawyers is to support and seek to preserve and protect the independence of the judiciary as a third branch of government.




Otis McGee Jr.
Fax: (510) 238-6500
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall; Berkeley CA
1946-2022. JAMS neutral; Chief Assistant City Attorney, Oakland; partner, Sheppard Mullin; co-founder, Alexander Millner & McGee.
A core value of the American College of Trial Lawyers is to support and seek to preserve and protect the independence of the judiciary as a third branch of government. Our courts should be accountable to the Constitution and to the rule of law rather than to politicians and special interest groups, and it is appropriate for the College to defend our courts from political pressures and to oppose efforts to make our selection of judges more partisan and political in nat...
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