as in circuit judge
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Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2025 -
In March 2025, a circuit judge ruled that the fines were unjust, ordering Walton County to pay Peavy’s legal fees, totaling $42,000.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Fed chair represents just one vote but is also a first among equals who carried outsized influence.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Grace, a career prosecutor with clerkships under New Jersey’s chief justice and a Third Circuit judge, had already risen to lead the office’s criminal division.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Aug. 2025
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