Balderamos-Mahler Appointed to Court of Appeal

Senior Counsel Melissa Balderamos-Mahler has taken on a temporary role at the Court of Appeal and it’s prompting discussion in the legal community. She’s the wife of Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler, and the vacancy on the appellate bench wasn’t advertised. The two-month stint runs from today, September first to October thirty-first, but the move has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest, given that she’s still a practicing attorney in the same jurisdiction.

 

Melissa Balderamos-Mahler, Temporary Justice of Appeal

“I, Melissa Balderamos-Mahler, d swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Belize and will uphold the constitution and the law and that I will conscientiously and to the best of my ability to discharge my duties as Justice of Appeal and do right to all manner of people without fear or favor, affection or ill will, so help me, God.”