Joseph E. Horey

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Banes Horey Nie & Miller, LLC

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"The function of the lawyer is to preserve a skeptical relativism in a society hell-bent for absolutes." – Grant Gilmore

Joseph E. Horey is originally from Olean, New York. He lived in Japan from 1988 to 1991, and joined the Saipan office of Pacific Lawyers in 1995. Jed maintains a general civil litigation practice, handling a wide variety of cases, including civil rights, family law, immigration and labor matters, with a special interest in constitutional issues.

Practice Focus

He takes primary responsibility for the firm’s appellate practice.

Notable reported cases include:
Reyes v. Commonwealth, 2024 MP 8
Bowie v. Apex Construction, 2020 MP 5, 2021 MP 2
Commonwealth v. Aguon, 2019 MP 1
Pinaula v. Baidya, 490 Fed. App. 906 (9th Cir. 2012)
Elliott Park v. Manglona, 592 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir 2010)
Ishimatsu v. Royal Crown Ins. Co., 2010 MP 8, 2012 MP 17, 2013 MP 2
Hocog v. Mendiola, 2009 MP 20
Bank of Saipan v. CNG Financial Corp., 380 F.3d 836 (5th Cir. 2004)
United States v. Zhou Liang, 224 F.3d 1057 (9th Cir 2000)

Jed is the author of “The Right of Self-Government in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” 4 Asian-Pac. L. & Pol’y J. 180 (2003)

Practice Areas

Industries

Construction

Education

University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1985)
St. Bonaventure University (M.A. 1987)
State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D.1994)

Admission

New York State (1995)
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1996)
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (1996)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1996)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2003)
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2006)
Supreme Court of the United States (2014)

Professional Associations and Memberships

CNMI Bar Association since 1996