Complex sentence: Justice Pate is one of four justices on the Republic's highest court and has presided over several hundred civil and criminal cases as a trial judge and served as a panelist on over 40 civil and criminal appeals.
Split into simpler sentences: Justice Pate is one of four justices on the Republic's highest court. In that capacity, he has presided over several hundred civil and criminal cases as a trial judge and served as a panelist on over 40 civil and criminal appeals.