To avoid too many appeals, a trial judge often seeks informal advice from a judge in a higher court.

为了避免太多的上诉案件，一审法官常常私下向上一级法院法官征求意见。

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She was appointed to the U.S. District Court, serving six years as a trial judge where she presided over hundreds of cases.

而后她就职于美国联邦地方法院。 作为一个审判官，她在那里工作了6年，主持了上百案例。

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She has began a federal judge for seventeen years. If confirmed, she will be the only one on the court who was a trial judge.

十七年前，她已经开始她的联邦法官工作。如果得到证实，她将成为最高法院的唯一一位主审法官。

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If confirmed, she will be the only one on the court who was a trial judge.

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She said in 1994 that such an attitude can be hard to maintain, when as a trial judge she had to deal with some defendants and their families.

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