<div><p>ALBANY—Sitting next to a pile of this week's edition of the Village Voice - which featured a story about his elevation by David Paterson on its cover - Jonathan Lippman watched as some of the state's top judges and representatives of the mainstream legal community testified on his behalf, and some members of ...

<div><p>ALBANY—After 90 minutes of back-and-forth from various witnesses, who testified about his character and the process by which he was nominated, chief judge-in-waiting Jonathan Lippman moved smoothly out of the State Senate Judiciary Committee. </p><p>Lippman made a brief statement about his dedication to the court system, in ...

<div><p>ALBANY—The governor's office just put out a press release making official the widely reported nomination of Jonathan Lippman to be Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. </p><p>He will announce the appointment at a press conference at 10:30 a.m., to be webcast here. &lt ...

<div><p>ALBANY—There's less than a week left before David Paterson is required to make his pick for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, and despite making noise earlier about seeking options for a new slate of candidates (he was upset there are no women on the current list) said last Friday that ...