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trial examiner
noun
- a person appointed to hold hearings and report findings and recommendations to an administrative or quasi-judicial agency or tribunal.
Word History and Origins
Origin of trial examiner1
Example Sentences
He worked as a trial examiner for the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and as an attorney in private practice.
After two years of Army service, he joined his father in law and also served as a staff lawyer and then trial examiner on the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, an agency that polices corruption and organized crime along the New York and New Jersey waterfront.
A stout New Dealer, he has worked for his friend Jerome Frank as Assistant General Counsel of AAA, for his friend Bill Douglas as trial examiner for the SEC, for his friend Robert H. Jackson as a special consultant in the Department of Justice's trust-busting campaign.
Last week, in a tough yet tongue-in-cheek decision, a National Labor Relations Board trial examiner ruled that union organizing, not sex, was responsible for the firings, ordered the men reimbursed with lost pay.
The judge: Trial Examiner Tilford E. Dudley, who will give his findings to the National Labor Relations Board, which will eventually hand down a decision.
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