Sentence examples for taking the bench from inspiring English sources

The malfunction happened, of course, just as Judge Leonard B. Sand of Federal District Court was taking the bench.

Proctor also said that finding Porter guilty of criminal misconduct for not following department rules would be akin to Williams being held criminally liable for taking the bench at 9 45 a.m. after being instructed by the court's administrative judge to take the bench at 9 30 a.m.

He took the bench in 1994 at age 40 with little experience in criminal law.

At 42, he was the youngest judge to take the bench in the appeals court.

The judge took the bench, then ran through a series of pedigree questions.

Even as she was being investigated, Ms. Anderson was preparing to take the bench.

It is customary for judges to hold private swearing-in ceremonies before they take the bench.

In the main, these justices took the bench as staunch supporters of the liberal constitutional ideal of judicial restraint.

When Ms. Kolakowski takes the bench in January, she will be the nation's first transgender trial judge.

Ms. Anderson, 56, has come under investigation before she even has won the position or taken the bench.

Mr. Orzo agreed to take the bench as long as it could be rolled in at night.