ECoJ Nominations, July 2022

[Inquista]

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTIONS

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

It is time for elections to the next European Court of Justice. All five seats on the Court will be up for election for a four-month term. Due to term limits, Justice Frans Svenson (Mennrimiak) may not run for re-election.

Interested candidates should fill out all information below:

[Candidate photograph or image]
Candidate Name:
Home Nation:
Incumbent? (Y/N):
Biography:

Nominations open NOW and will close at 23:59 GMT on July 9th, 2022.

[California]

Robert French
United Kingdom
incumbent

[Inimicus]

Candidate Name: Benjamin Steyn JD EC
Home Nation: Empire of Inimicus
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography:

• 1982: Juris Doctor, Imperial University.
• 1983 - 1997: Practised as a civil lawyer in Astro, Terra Quaestoris.
• 1997 - 2012: Senior Lecturer in Inimician and European Constitutional Law, Imperial University of Telum
• 2001 - 2009: Justice of the Appelate Court for Terra Quaestoris
• 2009 - 2012: Justice of the the Republican (now Imperial) Court of Appeals
• 2012 - present: Justice of the Imperial Crown Court.
• 2012 - present: Emperor's Senior Legal Counsel, responsible for advising the Imperial Government on all legal matters.
• June - November 2021: Justice of the European Court of Justice
• November 2021 - March 2022: Chief Justice of the European Court of Justice

[Leagio]

Candidate Name: Raymond Gauthier
Home Nation: Commonwealth of Leagio
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography:

• Justice of the Gopen Supreme Court ( April 2021-Present)

• Attorney General of Leagio (April 2015-March 2021)

• Senator (2000-2014), Senate Chairman of Judicial Affairs (2010-2014)

• Justice of the Gopen Court of Appeals (1994-2000)

• Practiced as a lawyer in the State of Gopen (1978-1994)

• Juris Doctor at Gopen State University (1978)

[BrumBrum]

Candidate Name:Judy Scheindlin(Incumbent)
Home Nation:United Duchies
Incumbent? (Y/N):Y
Biography:A judge for over 48 years in the Duchies currently serving on the highest court in the land. Known for her common sense ruling on laws and keeping governments to account . She will bring this to the court looking at laws and cases logically and with an eye to detail. She studied at Cair Para University up to Masters Degree Level.

[Elthize]

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Candidate name: Dayo Faith Mwangi
Incumbent: No
Biography: Dayo Mwangi worked as an on-and-off defence attorney in the 1970s, and briefly served as a judge in a St. Lucas federal court in 1980. She received a doctorate in law in 1986 and started serving as a judge in the Constitutional Court of Elthize two years later, which is the second-highest court in the country. She resigned from this position in 2015 as a protest after the Supreme Court approved some of the harsh sentences given during the 2012-14 corruption scandals, which she called "absurd and politically motivated". In 2016, she was elected as the president of the Forecoaster Bar Association. She left this office in 2021, in accordance with the term limits of the institution.

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