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After an intense two-month transition, including wrapping up his law practice and attending what can best be described as judge school, Mr. Payne will begin hearing cases May 1. He succeeds retiring Judge A. Burke Hertz.
“There’s no doubt that being a judge is an honor. . . but I don’t think it makes you any smarter, I don't think it makes you any better, 1 don't think it makes you a better lawy er,” he said.
Judges are a part of the legal system, “and they’re not a better part, or a worse part, than the lawyers who come before them. They are simply lawyers serving on the bench who wear a robe. It’s all part of a process that is designed to serve the community.”
That service, Mr. Payne continued, started when he received his license to practice law in 1973. "I see the judgeship as yet another way to continue doing that.”
The same traits that make good lawyers make good judges, according to Mr. Payne. Skili and effort, he said, are what clients expect, and is now what the public expects from him as a judge.
“I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but generally speaking 1 wjH outwork you. And 1 hope I can bring those same qualities to the bench,” he said.
His professional experience has shaped Mr. Payne — both in the way he practices law and the way he looks at his new duties.
He gives his law partners at Walker, Jones great credit for his professional development. “I have been surrounded by superb lawyers in a firm that has contributed two judge-, and a commonwealth's attorney,
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