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Recent Examples of circuit judge
Smart & Safe Florida challenged the invalidation, but a Leon County circuit judge upheld the state decision.
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Dugan was suspended from her duties as a Milwaukee County circuit judge by the Wisconsin Supreme Court shortly after she was federally charged earlier this year.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
He was elected an associate circuit judge in 2006 and a circuit judge in 2024.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
In 2022, a Waukesha County circuit judge agreed with the business lobby, a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Dugan was suspended from her duties as a Milwaukee County circuit judge by the Wisconsin Supreme Court shortly after she was federally charged earlier this year.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
He was elected an associate circuit judge in 2006 and a circuit judge in 2024.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
In 2022, a Waukesha County circuit judge agreed with the business lobby, a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuit judge
Noun
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
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News of the move for disqualification of a former chief justice has become a subject of discussion among lawyers and judges, although none would discuss it publicly on Friday.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their wedding ceremony was to be a very private stand-up event with a justice of the peace, and then off to the first day of class.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Vaz Rosa, who has no prior criminal history, turned herself in to police on Wednesday, March 4, was arraigned before a justice of the peace and released, Benson said.—
Mark Reynolds,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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