Obituaries
ABA Board of Governors member who died suddenly was a good lawyer but a better person, friends say
Photo of Kevin Curtin by Danny Duran.
Kevin Curtin, senior appellate counsel in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts and the District 2 representative to the ABA Board of Governors, died suddenly Thursday.
“Kevin was a great lawyer,” Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan says. “He was somebody who really valued the profession and contributed to the profession.
“But as good a lawyer as he was, he was a better person. If you look at somebody’s life in terms of, were they successful and the criteria is did they make life better for somebody else? There are legions of people who can say, ‘My life was better in some way, personally or professionally, because of Kevin.’ “
MARTA Board Names Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice as General Counsel
MARTA December 14, 2020 1:52 pm
By MARTA
The MARTA Board of Directors announced recently that Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLC, will serve as its new General Counsel. Sears will provide guidance to the board on a variety of legal, statutory, and ethical matters during a five-year term.
“My fellow board members and I are excited to have such an experienced jurist and attorney to assist us,” said MARTA Board Chair Freda Hardage. “I have long been an admirer of Justice Sears and look forward to seeking her guidance and leadership during any complex issues we may face.”
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
On December 2
nd, amicus briefs in support of Smith & Nephew and the United States were filed with the Supreme Court in the
Arthrex cases. There were also several amicus briefs filed in support of no party. Previous articles have discussed the decision by the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari (currently docketed as 19-1434), and the initial briefs from Smith & Nephew and the United States.
The amicus briefs present a wide range of arguments related to whether or not Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) are principal officers or inferior officers, and if they are principal officers what remedy should apply. John Harrison, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, questions the constitutionality of the CAFC decision to strike the down the part of the statute giving the patent judges for-cause removal protection.
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