J. Michael Eakin is the judge of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the State Supreme Court in 2001 as a Republican. In November 2011, Justice Eakin won legal retention in statewide election for a second 10 year period with 73.6% of popular votes. He announced his resignation March 15, 2016, after an ethical investigation.
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Early life and career
Justice Eakin was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1948. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Government and obtained Juris Doctor (JD) from The Dickinson School of Law in 1975. At in 2005 he was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Law from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Division 28, from 1971-1977. After graduating from law school in 1975 and until 1983, he served as Assistant District Attorney for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1984 he became District Attorney for Cumberland County, PA, a position he held until 1995 when he was elected as a Pennsylvania High Court Judge. This was the position he held until 2001 when he was elected for a ten-year term in the state Supreme Court. She is currently married to Heidi Eakin and has three sons, Michael, Zachary and Chase.
In 2001, he was crowned PoliticianPA of the Year by PoliticsPA.
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Stimulus Opinion
Eakin justice is better known in the law because of the unorthodox way he gives his opinion. He likes to write his opinion in poetic poetry when as he has stated, "The case subject (...) calls [s] to smile a little here or there." For this, he has joined the long list of Judges and Judges who have been heavily criticized for bringing literary insights into what has traditionally been regarded as a boring and straightforward judicial decision-making.
An example of the types of judicial courtesy known by Justice Eakin is the rhyme he wrote about the wrong prenuptial contract:
Another example if his verse is a poem he writes about contract disputes:
Perhaps his most commented comment today is his disagreement with Noel v. Travis, in which he disagreed with the majority who found that the applicant was actually innocent of DUI after being found riding on his horse while intoxicated. Justice Eakin writes (in part):
Because of the unorthodox way, Justice Eakin writes his opinion, he has been criticized by other judges. In a 2002 article The New York Times Judges Called on Bench's Bard to Restrict Lyricism, Supreme Court Justice Stephen A. Zappala was quoted as writing that "An opinion expressing itself in rhyme reflects badly on the Supreme Court. of Pennsylvania. "Judge Ralph J. Cappy was also quoted as stating that" Every jurist has the right to express himself in a manner that the jurists consider appropriate, [but I am concerned about] the perception that the litigant and society in general may have formed when judicial opinion is reduced to rhyme. "However, Justice Eakin has justified the so-called" poetic justice "by stating that" [Y] you have a duty as a judge to be right, but you have no obligation to be boring. "
Presentations
On July 7, 2007, Justice Eakin and Attorney Matthew A. Cartwright, of Munley, Munley and Cartwright, presented "Ethical Issues for Trial Lawyers" to the Pennsylvania Court Invention Convention in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
On March 23, 2015, Justice Eakin gave a presentation entitled "The Piano Man as Judge, Juror and Attorney" as part of the Touro College Law conference, "Billy Joel & The Law."
Controversy
By 2015, racist and misogynistic emails that Eakin received have been released by Kathleen Kane in her dispute with the judicial system. Only four emails are forwarded by Eakin. They are examined by the Judicial Conduct Board.
Justice Eakin resigned on March 15, 2016.
References
External links
- Supreme Court Profile
- Eakin Profile from Judgepedia.
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