Peter M. Rayhill This is Me

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1. 1. Untitled Document

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   Published on: 1/9/2008   Last Visited: 1/9/2008

   Peter Rayhill, Esq.

2. 2. uticaOD.com - The Observer-Dispatch - For state judges, it's voters' verdict

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   Published on: 11/6/2005   Last Visited: 11/6/2005

   "If the judges were subject to re-election on too-regular of a basis, they might do things in order to get votes," said Peter Rayhill, president of the Oneida County Bar Association.
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   "They might do what's popular rather than what's just," Rayhill said.
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   With longer terms, judges "don't feel that every decision is one that will be held against them in an election," Rayhill said.
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   Rayhill, however, thinks the state's current system of electing judges is working just fine.
   
   "I haven't seen flaws that lead me to believe we need to go to a federal-based" way of selecting judges, Rayhill said. "The question is are you willing to listen and be impartial and use your intellect?"
   
   Besides, Rayhill added, for those judges who may be over-confident in their authority, there are still other ways to prevent judges from flawed decision-making.
   
   "They are all held accountable if they are wrong," Rayhill said. "There are means to remove judges for derogation of duty or violation of office."
   
   Even if a judge isn't moving their caseload efficiently enough, the state's Office of Court Administration can always examine a judge's behavior.
   
   As for elected politicians, Rayhill recalled "courageous" mayors, governors and presidents that lost their re-elections because of decisions they made that were not popular with the public.
   
   "The difference is that you don't want judges recalled or pulled off the bench because they took a stand that was contrary to the majority vote," Rayhill said.

3. 3. www.uticaod.com

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   Picente nominates Rayhill to MVCC Board of Trustees (11/17/07)
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   Picente nominates Rayhill to MVCC Board of Trustees
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   Rayhill is affiliated with Kernan and Kernan P.C. as a shareholder with an emphasis on civil practice, civil litigation, environmental, corporate and municipal law. He was previously a managing partner with Rayhill, Bankert and Rayhill, an associate with Evans, Severn, Bankert and Peet and an associate with the New York City firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCoy.
   
   Peter Rayhill has been a member of the Oneida County Bar Association from 1990 to the present and served as Oneida County Bar Association President in 2005.
   
   He is a member of the New York State Bar Association. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Virginia School of Law.
   
   Peter Rayhill's community service includes youth activities in New Hartford, including Little League, Youth Hockey and Youth Soccer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, and on the Oneida County Environmental Management and Water Quality Council.
   
   He also serves as a legal advisor to the Sauquoit Creek Intermunicipal Commission and as a trustee of the New Hartford Public Library.