administrative-law judge

[ ad-min-uh-strey-tiv-law ]

noun

1. an official of a federal or state agency who hears, weighs, and decides on evidence in administrative proceedings, and makes recommendations for any necessary legal action.

Example Sentences

He appealed to an administrative-law judge, who also recommended that his application be denied after a hearing in which St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Gothard testified that Yanez’s actions were hurtful and offensive to the community.

From Seattle Times

The administrative-law judge also found that Yanez failed to establish that his use of deadly force was reasonable and necessary.

From Seattle Times

The administrative-law judge found Yanez prejudged Castile as a robbery suspect because of his “wide set nose” — initiating a pretextual traffic stop that indicated “racial bias, microaggressions, and negativity bias that are detrimental to students, especially students of color.”

From Seattle Times

For each hearing, Barton and Deputy Commissioner James Martin, an administrative-law judge, read hundreds of pages of materials: the probation report, written narratives submitted by the inmate, letters of support from friends and family, the complete prison file, information about the original crime, any appeals and a forensic psychologist’s risk assessment.

From New York Times

Sitting before an administrative-law judge, he described systematically creating fraudulent file spread in the Data Store at Boback’s direction.

From The New Yorker