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Eileen A. Olds (Col ’79) is 46th president of the American Judges Association. The group serves as the "Voice of the Judiciary" and aims to promote and improve the effective administration of justice, maintain the status and independence of the judiciary, provide continuing education for its members and the general public and allow for the exchange of ideas among judges. In 1995, Judge Olds was the first female judge in the First Judicial District of Virginia and one of two African Americans appointed that year. She remains the only female jurist and currently presides as a judge of the Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, having served four years as the chief judge.

Participants in the National Problem-Solving Court Summit

I wonder exactly what did she do in this summit. I bet she took some notes and nothing else.

Liberty Aldritch and Greg Berman, Center for Court Innovation
Frank Broccolina, state court administrator, Maryland
Mary McQueen and Dawn Rubio, National Center for State Courts
Judge Karen Freeman-Wilson, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Judges Stephen Rubin, Dale Koch, and Mary Mentaberry, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Judge William Dressel, National Judicial College
Dean David Link, International Centre for Healing and the Law
Carolyn Cooper and Joe Trotter, American University
Judge Karen Howze, National Association of Women Judges
Steve Katsurinis, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Dr. Redonna Chandler, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Judges Jonathan Lippman and Judy Kluger, administrative judges for the State of New York
Elizabeth Griffith, Office of Justice Programs
Janice Munsterman, State Justice Institute
Susan Salasin, Substance Abuse Services and Mental Health Administration
Judges Mary Terrell, D.C. Superior Court
Judge Eileen Olds, Chesapeake (Virginia) Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Richelle Uecker, asst. chief executive officer, Orange County (California) Superior Court

Well she was invite to Speak

Well we all know why she was asked to this event.

Judge Recounts Her Past

by Tara St. Angelo
Business Editor

Judge Eileen A. Olds has been told that she does not look like a judge. As she entered room 133 in her stylish black dress, carrying her Christian Dior purse and sporting chunky black pearls, I thought she looked more like the fashion editor of Elle than a long-time judge. Judge Olds has been changing people's perceptions of the judiciary every day of the twelve years she has served on Chesapeake's Juvenile and Domestic Relations court.

On Oct. 24, Judge Olds spoke to students about what it is like to be a black woman on the court. Judge Olds has been ahead of her time for many years. She began attending the University of Virginia just four years after it began admitting women; she was one of six African-American students in her law school class; she was the first female judge in Chesapeake, as well as the first black judge; and she was recently elected as the fourth woman president of the American Judges Association.

Although things have changed in the courts when it comes to the perceptions of women and minorities, Judge Olds admits that the experience is still unique for women and minorities when it comes to the approach to the law. She pointed out that there are 425 judges in the district and circuit courts in Virginia and only eighty are women. Fewer than ten of these women serve in courts of record, and most sit in juvenile courts. She also added that many of her colleagues feel as though these are the more "touchy-feely courts" and are better suited to women.

Judge Olds says that many people perceive the juvenile court as "kiddie court," but there are serious issues. Judge Olds has more criminal cases than status offenses go through her court currently. Since there is no true family court in Virginia, Judge Olds sees all the cases dealing with family members. She noted that the most difficult cases in terms of emotional investment are those involving domestic relations that intersect with the maltreatment of children. Judge Olds's main goal in these cases is to keep a functioning family unit intact for the welfare of the child.

Judge Olds's final piece of wisdom was that future lawyers, judges, and politicians must maintain a stable and intact judiciary and preserve its independence. She advised that judges in general need to be able to make decision that they know are in the best interest of the litigants without fear of repercussions. Finally, she noted that judges have an obligation to provide as much legal education as possible to the public.

These are my thoughts on this story

1. Long time judge my ass, yes she has been on the bench for a decade however that doesn't mean she should be there.
   
2. In a society where we want to the end race tides, it would seem that everyone who writes about her is always making sure to point out that she is black, "the first black female judge" I'm sure there was others before her. The first black female president of the AJA. It seem that she has an is still using her race to her own advantage.
   
3. At least she as admitted the JDR courts are not of records so in fact they can do as they please. Hiding behind closed doors these judges and she often violate civil rights of these who stand before them. Making it hard to file complaints against judges when there are no records or witness to these crimes.
   
4. She admits that women should be in these courts, if that the case then that could explain why men and fathers don't stand a chance in these courts.
   
5. Now she claims her main goal is keep a functioning family unit, that the biggest damn lie she could every tell, since she hardly ever pays attention to case before her, then I guess family unit in her mind is mommy and kids, father are money machines and don't count.
   
6. She is afraid of repercussion, to use the term best interest of the litigants, damn these judge are protected from repercussion since there are no records are their wrong doing and total violation of law to can't be exposed to the public since all hearing in her court are close to the public. That means no court watchers are there to record her actions. So what type of repercussions are she talking about and what are the ones she is afraid of.

What type of Role model?

The Honorable Eileen
Olds JD '82 received the prestigious Thurgood Marshall Award from the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association during the NBA's Annual Convention on August 1, 2007.  The Award is given in recognition for Judge Olds' extraordinary commitment and personal contributions to the advancements of civil rights and for being a role model for members of the bench and bar.  Earlier in the year, Judge Olds also was awarded the Distinguished Jurist Award from the National Association of Women Judges.

Who the hell is she a role model for. To other judges who also denied fathers equal time with their kids? Who let mothers lie in court, and not hold mother to the same standards and she holds fathers. I doubt that she even know what civil rights are since she violates them every day in her own court room. This is the same judge who has allow a woman to use different names and ssn on legal documents in her court. Who told her that it was ok to do so.

So I guess in her court Identity theft is ok in her court just as long you are a female/mother.

Olds to assisted the NCSC

Judges Eileen Olds, Toni Higginbotham and John Mutter assisted the NCSC in preparing a response to a request for comments on legislation before the United States Congress. The bills on which AJA members were asked to comment and advise were the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 1998.

Judges Jay Dilworth, Eileen Olds, Bonnie Sudderth, Mike McAdam and Terry Elliott took part in a national conference on the Trial Court Performance Standards sponsored by the NCSC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. After that conference, those judges and other AJA members developed a recommendation that led to the AJAs endorsement of the Trial Court Performance Standards at the September 1998 national meeting.

A commission of judges and court support personnel developed the Trial Court Performance Standards, which consist of twenty- two standards for trial court performance and substantive commentary on the rationale for each standard; they articulate the guiding principles by which trial courts fulfill their purposes and carry out their responsibilities. The ultimate aim of the standards and AJAs endorsement of them is to provide a systematic assessment of the trial court as an organization that serves a public need and to use the data to make courts as responsive and effective as possible.

There you go, put a bias judge on a panel where their actions will affect family and see what you get. Court sanctioned bias against fathers. I don't know about the other judges, I can only hope they have been on the bench longer then Olds and I hope they are not bias against fathers.

DNA Denied in murder case in Chesapeake, VA

Chesapeake

James Boughton Jr.'s defense attorney said he is developing "credible evidence " that points to another person as the gunman who shot two Mormon missionaries in Deep Creek in January 2006.

Another person was with Boughton the night a missionary was killed and another was wounded, but that person was ruled out by police as the shooter.

Without a witness to positively identify the shooter, DNA evidence will play a crucial role in the case, said Andrew Sacks, Boughton's defense attorney.

Sacks and Boughton were in Chesapeake Circuit Court on Friday, asking for a DNA expert to be appointed for the defense. Judge Randy Smith denied the request.

Boughton is expected to stand trial Jan. 22 on charges of first-degree murder, malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding and three firearm charges. The trial, delayed twice primarily due to a change in defense attorneys, is expected to last about nine days.

Morgan W. Young, 21, of Bountiful, Utah, and Joshua Heidbrink, 19, of Greeley, Colo., were walking door-to-door on Elkhart Street in Chesapeake when they were shot. Young was killed.

Sacks argued that no one identified Boughton as the shooter. Boughton, who turns 21 this month, never confessed.

"This is a case basically built on circumstantial evidence alone …'' Sacks said in asking for DNA assistance. "If you remove the DNA from this case, I'm not sure you could present it to a jury."

Commonwealth's Attorney Nancy Parr and Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney D.J. Hansen opposed the defense request. Sacks said he would renew the motion for DNA help for Boughton at a later date.

"His guilt or innocence may hinge on that evidence," he said.

According to testimony during a preliminary hearing last year, on the night of the shootings, an unrelated confrontation was unfolding on Elkhart Street away from Heidbrink and Young. The two missionaries were talking to a man on the street.

Minutes later they heard a gunshot. They looked down the street toward the noise and saw a man holding a gun . The gunman, whose head was covered by a dark hoodie, ran toward them.

Young and Heidbrink raised their hands and told the gunman, "We didn't see anything."

Both men were shot; the gunman fled.

I wonder why this sorry ass judge denied the request, however if this defendant was a young white male the judge would have approve this request. I can only hope his lawyer appeal this ruling. I can say that all the judges in Chesapeake should be kick to the curb. Most are completely bias against blacks and in JDR court against fathers.

Female rapist get a PR Bond

Chesapeake: Grand jury will hear case of woman accused of rape.

The case against a Chesapeake woman accused of raping a 12-year-old boy will be sent to a grand jury. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Eileen A. Olds sent the case to a grand jury Tuesday after 31-year-old Robin E. Kenefic waived her preliminary hearing. Kenefic faces three counts of rape for an alleged incident with the boy on April 1, according to court records. Police said Kenefic is the first female in the city's history to be charged with rape. She is free on a personal recognizance bond, which prohibits contact with the youth. Kenefic, a resident of the 4700 block of Barger St., was a friend of the boy's family, police said. Authorities were notified May 22 after child protective services workers received an anonymous tip, police said. Kenefic was arrested June 2.

I bet if this was a man accused of raping a 12 year old girl, his ass would be in jail to hell freezes over. I guess it pays to be a female in Olds courtroom. Really how many male rapist gets a PR Bond.. the answer is none.

Is this the type of judge we want on the bench, I think not.

WTF Was she thinking on this one

CHESAPEAKE - A 20-year-old sailor was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for photographing a 13-year-old girl as she undressed in a fitting room of a Greenbrier clothing store.

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Eileen A. Olds sentenced Manuel Jon Delgado on two misdemeanor charges stemming from the May 31 crime at the Old Navy store in the 1300 block of Greenbrier Parkway. In addition , Olds ordered Delgado to undergo a psychosexual evaluation.

The sentence comes four months after Delgado pleaded guilty to peeping into an occupied dwelling and unlawful filming of another. Delgado, a sailor aboard the submarine Oklahoma City, faced up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine on each charge.

Olds sentenced Delgado to a suspended 12-month sentence on the peeping charge. She handed down a sentence of 12 months, with six months suspended, on the charge of unlawful filming. The judge also ordered Delgado to pay $90 in restitution and to have no contact with the victim upon his release from jail.

Child porn, to say the least, very lite sentence if you ask me. I guess she wasn't paying attention again in court.

Question of the Day

 

I have been informed that the judge who heard most if not all of my cases in Chesapeake JDR court in VA knows of this site. That could explain why she finally took herself off my case. She wrote about this in Benchmark newsletter for judges, however I don't remember nor have I sent her an IM.

While doing research on this person before and after this person become a judge I can only say that I find it very interesting one case that she completely ignores a father's rights completely.

What case is this; it was name Who baby is it now, in the Virginia Pilot;

"But the adoption came to a screeching halt when Melissa decided, five months after giving birth, that she could no longer keep the secret. She told her parents, Lisa and Mark Lockwood, also of Slidell. And the three of them began a battle to regain custody of the child, who is now 1.

Last week, Judge Eileen Olds of the Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court granted legal custody to the Prevettes and gave the Lockwoods visitation rights. Even though the ruling settled custody for now, it did not resolve the case for good."

I ask did the father know of the baby.

"Melissa said the baby's father, her former boyfriend, Cedric Cooper, wants to be involved in raising the girl but can't afford to visit her in Virginia"

I wonder did Judge Olds take this into consideration, I say no. I have seen first-hand that fathers don't have any rights in her court, except that of paying support.

In this case there were all types of fraudulent paperwork. Did she do the right thing? One would have to wonder, if this was to happen to a son of hers, what would she do??

I guess this could explain alot about Ms Olds

I guess she think of herself as very special, since it seem she was the first in following, but doesn't mean that she is all that. It surely doesn't mean that she is fit to be a judge.

Eileen Olds, a young lawyer and president of the Chesapeake, Va., chapter of the NAACP, describes herself as a "product of integration." "I was the first black to go to my elementary school, the first black cheerleader and so on," she said, recalling the stages of development that brought her into private law practice. "I am not me because of myself," she said, "but because of the NAACP."

this is why she is the way she is.

Just another reason why she shouldn’t be a Judge.

``All the time I'm scared, I'm afraid,'' she told Juvenile Judge Eileen Olds. ``He's always coming in the house and sitting. He won't help me clean. He shakes his finger in my face, and I don't understand when he's signing. I don't understand.''

She also complained that her husband forced her to have sex and pushed her around.

Her husband pleaded guilty to an Oct. 15 assault and battery. The judge imposed a protective order but allowed the couple to continue to live together, while forbidding any ``hostile contact.'' The judge delayed ruling on the assault until June, when the couple is to return to court. In the meantime, the judge ordered the husband to take anger-management classes. The husband and wife will attend family counseling together.

So if you allow him to live in the same house then why order a PO? This one of many reasons why Judge Olds should be removed the bench.

The man seemed troubled that his marital problems had spilled into the daylight of the courtroom.

``Every time she gets with her friends there's a problem,'' he said. ``I know she's slow a little bit. I work with it. I've been working with her for seven years. If her friends would stop meddling with us, we could work this out.''

See how other affects the problems in their marriage.

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A Quote from Judge Olds

Addressing the problem at the different stages of the criminal proceedings is daunting, said Eileen A. Olds, a judge in juvenile and domestic relations court in Chesapeake, Va., who is black and is president of the American Judges Association.

“There are so many levels within the process,” Judge Olds said. “You start with the police and what they are charging, and you get the magistrate, and who gets bail and who doesn’t, who gets the lawyer and who doesn’t.”

I see that she left out that fact that most of these judges don't fully pay attention to the case, like she had done many time in my cases. Where she was looking over another case file while she was to be listening to the case in front her.

Question of the Day

How can DCSE over write a Court Order?

Yes, I would like to know this myself. See my copy of my Child Support Order states that all payment are to go thru DCSE.

Now DCSE has allow my EX to close our case file with DCSE, yet the court order stands. Now I don't have a current address for my ex, so how am I to pay her direct.

I once brought this to the Judge Olds attention, She never did give me an answer. So judge.

Here we go once again

It would that my ex has decided to close our child support once again, and the DCSE has allowed her, even though it was order by Judge Olds, and another judge to gone through the DCSE no matter what.

The last time this happen I called the main office of the DCSE and spoke with someone in Nick Young office that told me if it was order by the court to go thru DCSE then only a court can close the case.

So i guess this will be my ex way to get me back in court, after a few miss payments so she can claim that i owe more then what I do.

I can only wonder it I do have to go back to court if our case will be back in front of olds. Like it was the last time she close the case for eight years then she decided that she wanted child support again.

Now she is really on a power trip.

On September 29, 2007, the Honorable Eileen A. Olds was inaugurated as the 46th President of the American Judges Association (AJA) at the Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC. This historic conference, consisting of American and Canadian judges, was the largest gathering ever of judges in North America. A joint plenary session featured Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court and Justice William Ian Corneil Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada.

AJA is the largest independent association of judges in North America and serves as “The Voice of the Judiciary.” AJA aims to promote and improve the effective administration of justice; maintain the status and independence of the judiciary; provide continuing education for its members and the general public; and allows for the exchange of ideas amongst all judges. The membership is comprised of judges from all levels and jurisdictions.

Judge Olds began her legal profession in 1982 as a private practitioner specializing in criminal defense and domestic relations law. In 1995, she became one of two African American Judges appointed that year, and the first female judge of the First Judicial District of Virginia. She remains the only female jurist. She currently presides as a Judge of the Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, having served four years as the chief judge.

This latest accolade follows an impressive list of citations, awards, and leadership positions received throughout her judicial career. Judge Olds is the first Virginian to serve as AJA’s president since its inception in 1959.

Olds elected president-elect of American Judges Association

I bet she will be on power kick/trip in courtroom now.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Black- News.com)—Eileen A. Olds, an African American female judge of the Chesapeake (Va.) Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, recently was elected presidentelect of the American Judges Association (AJA) at the annual conference being held in New Orleans, La.

The AJA is the largest independent association of judges from both appellate and trial courts throughout the U.S. and Canada. Olds has previously served as secretary, vice president and a member of the Board of Governors. She also previously served on the executive committee and has chaired the Juvenile Justice, Bylaws, and Membership Committees of the AJA.

“I am honored that I will have the privilege to represent the AJA as the voice of the judiciary,” said Olds. “I am excited that all members of the judiciary will have an opportunity to be heard and to participate.”

Olds is a 1975 honor graduate from Indian River High School, Chesapeake, Va., and graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the Marshall- Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. She serves on the Virginia in the 21st Century Commission by appointment of the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She has received numerous civic and judicial awards and citations, including the AJA Award for Outstanding Judicial Education and has served as Juris in Residence at William & Mary Law School.

Judge Olds is a member of the National Bar Association, Judicial Council; the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; the Links, Inc. and is a founding member of the Virginia Coalition of 100 Black Women.

She made history in 1995 when she became the first female, and the first African American judge of the First Judicial District of Virginia. Judge Olds now holds the distinction of being the first judge from Virginia to lead the AJA since its founding in 1959.

This is how the judge got her job

NAACP LOBBYING FOR A MINORITY JUDGE

The creation of a new judgeship in Chesapeake has black leaders hoping the General Assembly will change the face of the city's all-white, all-male judiciary early next year.

``We're not interested in anyone but a minority since Chesapeake does not have a minority, which, in 1994, is unacceptable to the African-American community,'' said Paul Gillis, areawide chairman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

``We're just not going to accept anybody else but an African-American.''

State legislators said it was too early to identify candidates since the measure has not yet been approved by the entire General Assembly. But one possible front-runner is Chesapeake lawyer Eileen Olds, who would satisfy the need for a female and minority presence on the bench.

``Eileen Olds should be No. 1 in the listing for the judgeship,'' said March Cromuel, president of the Chesapeake branch of the NAACP. ``She is probably the senior black attorney in the city, and we feel that she is well qualified and capable.''

Last year, Olds' name surfaced after a group of black leaders met to protest the appointment of former state Del. V. Thomas Forehand to the General District Court bench. As legislative custom usually dictates, Forehand was appointed permanently after serving as the temporary replacement for Judge Stephen Comfort, who had resigned last May.

An Update to a another Post

I forgot to mention that Her Lawyer Heather B Crook, also want the judge to rewrite federal laws. She wanted to the judge to order that I couldn't sell or transfer my income from my mother death unless it was to my son. I told her in court that if was to die that minute he still won't get it. You may be asking why. Yes, He is my next of kin. But that income was from the death of my father. The Settlement called for it to go to his next of kin, My sister and I. If either one of us die and we don't have a will it goes to the last survivor living that was named in the court settlement papers.

I know this because it took us almost a year to find the settlement that was filed with the courts.

Politics' role in selecting judges condemned, defended

Virginia remains the only state in the nation in which the legislature - specifically the majority party - wields all the power in the judicial selection process.

That has made appointing judges a perk and an opportunity for patronage.

According to state campaign finance records, some judges appointed to the local trial courts - or their family members - made hefty campaign contributions to the legislators who picked them. Most donations occurred in the years just prior to their nominations.

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