Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-30
Senators Due to Act
On Judge Nominees
3 Are Named
To Serve on
Family Court
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

the Jnree Judges Tor the newly
created Family Court here was
forecast today, after the nomi-
nations Of a Municipal Court
judge and two prominent Wash
ington lawyers went to the
Senate.
President Eisenhower'S three
nominees are:
Municipal Court Judge Frank
H. Myers. who has been on the
bench since 1949.
Godfrey L. Munter. former
president of the District Bar AS
ISOLATION, and long active in civic
and legal circles here.
10-Year Terms
John H. Burnett, a veteran of
35 years at the bar in both civil
and criminal practice.
Their nominations were exclu-
sively predicted in The Star of
May 81 and have since been
widely praised.
They were nominated to serve
10-year terms at salary OF
$17.500 annually.
The court. to be known as the
Domestic Relations Branch of
Municipal Court, was created
under a bill signed by the Presi-
dent on April IL.
A Senate source said Chair
man Nicely of the Senate District
Committee, who has been at his
West Virginia home recuperating
from an operation, is expected
to return to Washington either
late next week or early the fol-
lowing week. A committee hear
ing on the nominations is ex-
pected to follow soon after his
return.
Cases Piling Up
Now pending before the COM
mittee are two other nominal
tions, that of assistant United
States Attorney Austin Tickling
to be a Municipal Court judge,
and John Lewis Smith, jr.. to
the Public Utilities Commission.
A Senate committee aide said all
five nominations probably would
be considered at the same time.
District Court officials empha-
sized that every days delay in
appointing the judges for the
Family Court is piling up more
domestic relations cases for the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. There is al
times a backlog of 1900 domestic
relations cases in District Court
and contested divorce matters
now take 10 months from calen-
daring to disposition. Under the
law. the Family Court will not
begin to accept cases until sc
days after the new judges are
confirmed.
Judge Myers, a Democrat, hac
two years to go on his Municipa
Court appointment.
Other Republicans
The other two men are Re.
Ipublicans, whose nomination:
, were Endorsed by the District Bal
Association and the Republican
! State Committee.
The three candidates are al
SO years old. All are fathers
and all have had Is years OF
more in active law practice.
Judge Myers, a native Wash
ingtonian. began his service or
the bench after IS years in pri-
. vate practice.
He is a graduate of the OLD
Central High School and George
Washington University and
, served during World War 1 in
, the Student Army Training
Corps.
Married in 1880, he and Mrs
, Myers have a son and a dauRh.
ter. He lives at 3754 MCKINLEY
street NV.
Munter Born Abroad
Mr.. Munter, who was born in
'lBern, Switzerland, and natural
lied here in 1919. is a graduate
lof George Washington Univer-
lsity and National University
Law School, from which he also
holds an LID. He has been in
general law practice here since
1919.
He was organizer and presi-
! dent of the Chevy Chase CT
william Defense area, is former
president Of the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association, a member
lof the board of trustees of
George Washington University,
legal adviser of a World War II
draft board. trustee and vice
president of the Legal Aid Bu-
reau and long active in legal
organizations.
He has been married since
1924 and has two daughters and
three sons.
Burnett Gu Law Graduate
Mr.. Burnett was born in Ma
rion. H., graduated from Regis
College and received his law
degree from Georgetown Univer-
sity Law School in 1920. He
served in the A. e. F. in World
War l.
He entered law practice in
the office Of former Judge Mi
chael M. Doyle and later served
in the United States Attorneys
Iofflce for 10 months before going
into private practice in the firm
Of O'Shea. Burnett and Gold
stein in 1925.
Since 1910. he has been asso-
ciated with Chaplin B. Bauman,
president Of the Oriental Build
ling Association. He is a veteran
of both civil and criminal trial
work and is regarded by his
colleagues as a lawyers law
yer"
He has been married since
1923 and has two sons.
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