Jim Kelley biography
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After serving as a civil litigator, a prosecutor, a law professor and a reserve deputy sheriff I am ready for the next step in my career--to become a judge. As a judge I will hold people accountable and I will decide each case on the merits.
As a judge, I will run my courtroom with efficiency and courtesy to all involved--the parties, counsel, witnesses and spectators alike. Efficiency requires courts to start on time and that judges handle cases expeditiously without injecting themselves into the proceedings unnecessarily Courtesy requires that judges treat everyone in the courtroom with respect. Beyond that, judges should demonstrate patience and an awareness that counsel may have other business to attend to on a given day, and judges should accommodate scheduling concerns within reason. By the same token, judges should expect litigants to be prepared when their matters are heard.