HOUSE legal counsel John Bradley is the first attorney to benefit from the amended rule allowing government lawyers to serve the CNMI public for up to eight years.
The CNMI Supreme Court amended the rules of admission to allow lawyers with a stateside license to practice in the Commonwealth with a government agency for eight years without taking the local bar examination.
The administrative order was signed by Chief Justice Alexandro Castro, Associate Justice John Manglona and Associate Justice Perry Inos.
Bradley said the new rule extended his law license for working with a CNMI government agency from four to eight years.
“I’m very grateful to the [local] Supreme Court for amending the rule and allowing government lawyers to serve the public for up to eight years,” he added. “This change will also assist the Offices of the Attorney General, the Public Defender and the Legislature obtain and keep experienced lawyers,” he said.
“I have enjoyed my work previously with the [CNMI] attorney general (as chief prosecutor) and now with the Legislature (as House counsel). I also enjoy diving!” Bradley said.
Before working for the CNMI government, Bradley was the AG for the Republic of Palau and served under President Tommy Remengesau for two and a half years. Prior to that, he was a prosecutor and an elected district attorney in Texas.
House legal counsel John Bradley, right, with Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez, center, and House clerk Linda Muna, left, in the House chamber during a House session.
