ECoJ Nominations, June 2021
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EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ELECTIONS
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES
It is time for elections to the next European Court of Justice. All five seats on the Court will be up for election for a four-month term.
Due to terms limits, candidates from Leagio cannot nominate themselves to the ECoJ.
Interested candidates should fill out all information below:
[Candidate photograph or image] Candidate Name: Home Nation: Incumbent? (Y/N): Biography:Nominations are open NOW and will close at 23:59 GMT on June 16th, 2021.
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Candidate Name: Andreas Ekka
Home Nation: Republic of Fremet
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography:- Graduated 1968 from the Universitetet i Nordhavn with an undergraduates degree in Civil Law.
- Graduated in 1971 from the Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Trondheim with an emphasis on Constitutional and Civil law, receiving his Royal Bar Certificate in 1972.
- Private Practice in Rhodenheim from 1972 to 1976.
- From 1976 to 1979, served on the Blumenfeld Council, prosecuting the war crimes of surviving offenders from the Nicoleizian occupation of Fremet in a special tribunal.
- From 1979 to 1986, served as a Crown Prosecutor in the Rhodenheim District Court.
- From 1986 to 1990, served as Judge on the Nordhavn District Court.
- From 1990 to 1998, served as Associate Justice on the Halvøya Court of Appeals.
- From 1998 to 2004, served as Chief Justice in the Trøndelag Superior Appellate Court.
- From 2004 to 2010, served as a Justice on the Fremetiansk Høyesterett and Cheif Justice from 2010 to 2020.
- Served as Chief Justice of the European Court of Justice during the Summer 2020 term.
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Candidate Name: Benjamin Steyn JD EC
Home Nation: Empire of Inimicus
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography:- 1982: Juris Doctor, Imperial University.
- 1983 - 1997: Practised as a civil lawyer in Astro, Terra Quaestoris.
- 1997 - 2012: Senior Lecturer in Inimician and European Constitutional Law, Imperial University of Telum
- 2001 - 2009: Justice of the Appelate Court for Terra Quaestoris
- 2009 - 2012: Justice of the the Republican (now Imperial) Court of Appeals
- 2012 - present: Justice of the Imperial Crown Court.
- 2012 - present: Emperor's Senior Legal Counsel, responsible for advising the Imperial Government on all legal matters.
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Candidate Name: Dame Clarisse Renaldi Bourgeon
Home Nation: The Kingdom of Montenbourg
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography: Clarisse Renaldi was an associate justice of the Royal Grand Court of the Kingdom of Montenbourg and former Justice of the European Court of Justice during Summer 2020 term. She was nominated by Prime Minister William Lipton on June 14, 1993 and has served since August 10, 1993. Renaldi became the second of four female justices to be confirmed to the Court after Laura Hush, the two others being Minerva Gonagall and Isidora Kagan, both of whom are still serving in 2020. Following Gonagall retirement in 2006 and until Kagan joined the Court in 2009, she was the only female justice on the Royal Court. During that time, Renaldi became more forceful with her dissents, which were noted by legal observers and in popular culture. She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Court. Renaldi has authored notable majority opinions, including Obgerfell vs Hodges.-
Bosco University (BA, LLB)
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Hardard University (JD)
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Candidate Name: Sir Christopher Vajda, CMG
Home Nation: Reitzmag
Incumbent? (Y/N): No
Biography: Born 1955; law degree from Strathe University; called to the Bar of Reitzmag by Gray's Inn (1979); Barrister (1979-2012); King's Counsel (1997); Bencher of Gray's Inn (2003); Recorder of the Crown Court (2003-12); Treasurer of the Kingdom of Reitzmag Association for European Law (2001-12); Justice of the European Court of Justice (2021) -
Candidate Name: Judge Rinder
Home Nation: [Free] Icholasen
Incumbent? (Y/N): No
Biography:- Prince Tommy's personal lawyer
- ECoJ Chief Justice
- TV judge
