2017 Oscar: Best Actor in Leading Judicial Role

The number of wannabee judicial actors running amuck throughout the country and worldwide are too numerous to become official nominees in this category. Suffice it to say that the winner and 4 losing nominees listed herein were considered by the Academy to be the crème de la crème of the available pool of deserving candidates.

With that said, the eventual winner and the four losing candidates for this Highly Regard Award are listed below. Articles dealing with their enduring accomplishments can be found by visiting the “Judicial Misfit” section and then clicking on to the appropriate state where you’ll find their names listed alphabetically.

And the 2017 Oscar goes to:

Judge Bruce Mills of Walnut Creek, California

And the 2017 four Losing Nominees are:

• Judge Bailey Moseley of Texarkana, Texas
• Judge Gregory Holder of Tampa, Florida
• Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia
• Judge Norman Stone of Baltimore, Maryland