national center for state courts 2013

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1 Our story...

This story began in 1971, when the of the and other national leaders gathered for a meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia to discuss needed reforms to improve the nation’s judiciary. Addressing the 450 participants, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger announced the need for a “central resource to serve the nation’s state courts.”

This was the foundation for the National Center for State Courts. NCSC was conceived by, and continues to be led by, the collective effort of the brightest and most innovative minds on issues and trends that impact justice.

From the start, NCSC assembled a team of experts that is unsurpassed — individually and collectively. Our staff is composed of specialists in a range of fields: economics, anthropology, political science, psychology, sociology, public policy and management, public and court administration, and the law.

NCSC MANAGEMENT TEAM One of our greatest strengths is the multidisciplinary nature of our staff. Each Mary Campbell McQueen discipline contributes a unique perspective, President but it’s the blend of these skills and Robert N. Baldwin knowledge that NCSC combines effectively Executive Vice President & General Counsel to conduct meaningful leadership. With the Jeff Apperson expertise of our staff and the commitment Vice President NCSC International and support of state court leaders around Thomas M. Clarke the country, NCSC possesses the unique Vice President Research & Technology ability to apply legal and social science perspectives to create practical tools Daniel J. Hall Vice President Court Consulting Services and to develop solutions that advance the administration of justice. John R. Meeks Vice President Institute for Court Management In the 43 years since its beginning, NCSC Jesse Rutledge has grown and evolved and continues to be Vice President External Affairs guided by an appreciation of its past and a Gwen W. Williams focus to the future. Chief Financial Officer & Vice President Finance and Administration table of contents

2• BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3• MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

4• DELIVERING INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS

6• OFFERING FRESH IDEAS TO IMPROVE JUSTICE

8• PROVIDING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION ABOUT COURTS

10• BUILDING STRONGER COURTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION “Those who organized the National Center for State Courts and the many who have since 12• CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM EFFORTS guided its destiny, set their goals high. . . . Its contribution to the administration of 14• IMPROVING COURTS AROUND THE WORLD justice is a tribute to those who have built what we have today.” 15• NCSC ONLINE COMMUNITY Warren E. Burger Chief Justice of the United States 16• JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE EVENTS

18• GENERAL COUNSEL COMMITTEE

19• HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS

20• LAWYERS AND YOUNG LAWYERS COMMITTEES

23• AWARDS

24• FRIENDS OF THE COURT board of directors

Front row from left: Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, Todd Smith, Simon Lorne, Zygmont Pines, Chief Justice Michael Heavican, Mary McQueen, Wayne Withers, Pamela Harris, Chief Justice Myron Steele (retired). Second row from left: Chief Justice David Gilbertson, Justice David Brewer, Gerald “Jerry” Marroney, Donna Melby, David Boyd, Suzanne Stinson, Judge Elizabeth Hines, Alphonse La Porta. Third row from left: Russell Deyo, Richard Godfrey, Donald Goodnow, Judge Stephen Baker, S. Jack Balagia, Jr., Chief Justice Jim Hannah.

Chair Stephen H. Baker Donald D. Goodnow Gerald A. Marroney Suzanne H. Stinson Michael G. Heavican Judge, Superior Court Director State Court Administrator Court Administrator Chief Justice Shasta County, California Administrative Office of the Courts Supreme Court of Colorado 26th Judicial District Court Supreme Court of S. Jack Balagia, Jr. Supreme Court of New Hampshire Donna D. Melby, Esq. Benton, Louisiana Vice-Chair Vice President & General Counsel Pamela Q. Harris Paul Hastings Larry D. Thompson Zygmont A. Pines Exxon Mobil Corp. State Court Administrator Los Angeles, California Executive Vice President, Court Administrator Irving, Texas Administrative Office of Theodore B. Olson, Esq. Government Affairs, Administrative Office of David V. Brewer Maryland Courts Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher General Counsel & Corporate Pennsylvania Courts Justice Elizabeth P. Hines Washington, DC Secretary Chair-Elect District Judge PepsiCo, Inc. Peggy A. Quince Purchase, New York Jim Hannah Russell C. Deyo 15th District Court Justice Chief Justice Vice President & General Counsel Ann Arbor, of Florida Eric T. of Arkansas Chief Judge (Retired) Alphonse F. La Porta Lee F. Satterfield Vice Chair-Elect Johnson & Johnson Ambassador (Retired) District of Columbia Court Chief Judge of Appeals David K. Boyd New Brunswick, New Jersey Washington, DC District of Columbia Superior Court State Court Administrator W. Wayne Withers, Esq. David Gilbertson Simon M. Lorne Todd A. Smith, Esq. Supreme Court of Iowa Chief Justice Vice Chairman & Chief Legal Officer Bryan Cave Power Rogers & Smith St. Louis, Missouri President Supreme Court of South Dakota Millennium Management Chicago, Illinois Mary Campbell McQueen Richard C. Godfrey, Esq. New York, New York President Kirkland & Ellis National Center for State Courts Chicago, Illinois Williamsburg, Virginia 2 message from the president and the chair of the board of directors

Finding the right words to describe the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) can be challenging. We have been described as an “information clearinghouse” and a “central resource” for courts, but those two phrases fail to portray each facet of NCSC’s mission.

“Information” by itself is of little use. It’s what you do with the information that counts. Without expertise and intuition to shape it into useful knowledge, “information” is simply facts and figures, and a “clearinghouse” is just a storage unit.

It’s NCSC’s people who make the difference by transforming information gleaned from the courts nationwide into tools and solutions to improve the administration of justice. NCSC’s people, in partnership with those who work not only in the courts, but also in government agencies, private businesses, academia, and elsewhere, transform an “information clearinghouse” into a source of solutions for court-related issues via:

• systematically analyzed, comparable national court data; • technical assistance that improves court operations and service to the public; • education that helps people improve their skills and advance as court professionals; and • support for national court-related associations to pool their resources and expertise and improve their effectiveness. It’s impossible to discuss the work of NCSC without recognizing the court leaders, the individuals, the companies, the law firms, the staff members, and all who support NCSC and our state courts. Each plays a vital role in our achievements and each has a story to tell about their commitment to improving the justice system. People make the difference between mere information and useful knowledge, and this Annual Report uses their own words to describe the work NCSC does to improve the administration of justice and enhance public trust and confidence in the courts.

Mary Campbell McQueen Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican President Chief Justice National Center for State Courts Supreme Court of Nebraska

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“ The partnership of a trusted assistant like the National Center helps us in juvenile justice, in reducing case backlog, in modernizing our system, in automating and developing a true case management system and creating access to justice initiatives for the working poor and self- represented. All of these good ideas have been the result of the partnership we have been able to form with NCSC. ”

– Jean H. Toal Chief Justice Supreme Court of South Carolina

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NCSC PARTNERS WITH For more than four decades, defenders, mental health and social – Maintaining Institutional NCSC has delivered innovative service agencies, and others with much- Independence: Funding Sustainable STATE COURTS needed technical assistance, training, State Courts During Economic Crisis, and effective programs to help When Jean H. Toal became Chief Justice tools, and resources to advance juvenile by former Oregon Chief Justice Paul of South Carolina 13 years ago, her state courts provide quality services justice reform across the country. NCSC DeMuniz, discusses how sustainable courts had severe problems in nearly every and advance the fair and efficient received an 18-month grant to provide court-funding levels are essential for technical assistance to the Resource timely and fair justice. area of operations: financial, organizational, administration of justice. caseflow, and automation. Centers, share information about the NCSC researchers, educators, Models for Change Initiatives with – Sustainable Court Governance: The Critical Role of Strategic “I needed a partner to assist me in consultants, and information the court community, and assist state developing a vision for how I could make courts as they undertake juvenile Management, by District of Columbia analysts work tirelessly to South Carolina courts more efficient, and at justice reforms. Chief Judge Eric T. Washington, the same time use existing resources in the understand the courts’ operations discusses how strategic management Harvard Executive Session for face of very, very severe budgetary cuts and • The can improve court operations and and trends, and to help them stay State Court Leaders in the 21st budgetary crisis in our state at the time,” public trust and confidence. in step with technological and Century Chief Justice Toal said. produced four additional papers societal changes. in 2013—bringing the total to 10—about She turned to the National Center for State important issues in the courts: Courts. “I don’t think there’s one good idea • CourtMD is a first-of-its-kind diagnostic that I’ve implemented in the 13 years I’ve tool to help court managers identify – Cross-Branch Collaboration: What been chief justice that hasn’t come straight problem areas and find solutions for Can We Learn from the Collaboration out of the National Center’s playbook. It improving their court’s operations. Court Between Courts and the Division has been a game changer for me,” managers who go to www.ncsc.org/ of Youth Services in Missouri, by Julie she said. CourtMD are asked a series of questions Boatwright Wilson of Harvard’s about their court. Based on the answers, Kennedy School of Government, Chief Justice Toal said that for chiefs in CourtMD points court managers to a set describes how Missouri’s courts and smaller states like South Carolina where of solutions tailored for their situation. Division of Youth Services help resources are scarce, “the partnership of a Court MD is a work in progress, and juvenile offenders to become trusted assistant like the National Center its initial rollout concerns caseflow better citizens. helps us in juvenile justice, in reducing management. case backlog, in modernizing our system, – Governance: The Final Frontier, in automating and developing a true case • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur by Mary McQueen, NCSC president, management system and creating access to Foundation’s new Models for Change discusses how courts must rethink justice initiatives for the working poor and Resource Center Partnership provides their approach to governing by self-represented. All of these good ideas judges, court personnel, public seeing themselves as “loosely have been the result of the partnership we coupled organizations.” have been able to form with NCSC.”

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NCSC HELPS A COMMUNITY COURT GROWN IN BROOKLYN

Forty “community courts” have been established across the United States since 1993. Their goal is to improve public safety and the quality of life in their communities. But, as asked in a recent project by NCSC, New York’s Center for Court Innovation, and John Jay College, “Do they deliver?”

For Brooklyn’s Red Hook Justice Center, the answer is, “Yes, they can, and in a cost-effective manner,” said David Rottman, NCSC’s project director for the ” The court makes Red Hook evaluation. decisions in a manner “Anyone who sees the Justice Center immediately senses how it is different that shows respect . . . from a traditional court,” said Adam Mansky, director of operations for the and all parties have a Center for Court Innovation. “But we had no meaningful empirical research . . . to voice in the proceedings. explain how it works or even demonstrate whether it does work. It was well past time Other courts that for a comprehensive evaluation . . . [and] process low-level crimes NCSC was the best organization to pull that off.” can benefit by studying Red Hook is the third community court that NCSC has evaluated, in addition to the practices at the Midtown Manhattan and Philadelphia Red Hook.” community courts. “It is a more challenging place to study than most courts, as the Justice Center’s reach – David Rottman extends outside the courthouse,” said Rottman. “The court is engaged in many NCSC Project Director For aspects of the community.” The Red Hook Evaluation

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offering fresh ideas to improve justice

The evaluation involved comparison of many of those cases back to the Justice NCSC offers state courts fresh • Casey Family Projects Red Hook defendants with defendants Center where our unique approach can be ideas and emerging practices to The National Center for State Courts has at Brooklyn’s downtown misdemeanor applied,” Mansky said. In addition, NCSC partnered with Casey Family Programs court; arrest trends in the local area; and flagged that Red Hook’s volume of juvenile improve their services and the (CFP) on numerous projects over the interviews of local residents and offenders. delinquency cases was low and found that quality of justice. NCSC serves years related to improving outcomes for The project found that arrests and young people with delinquency matters as a national voice to identify and children in foster care. In 2014, NCSC recidivism had been reduced at Red Hook were 20 percent less likely to reoffend at and CFP are partnering in a new effort compared to other parts of Brooklyn. The Red Hook than downtown family court. champion best practices from to engage judicial systems in supporting main reasons for this success?: “The court “We were able to use that information to across the country as part of a children remaining safely in their makes decisions in a manner that shows get the presentment agency to limit its broad strategy to improve court homes, timely exits to permanency, full respect . . . [and] all parties have a voice in ability to forum shop and bring all eligible consideration of well-being, and ICWA performance and service to the proceedings,” said Rottman. cases before Red Hook’s judge,” compliance. This judicial engagement Mansky said. the public. work started in early 2014 in eight select According to Mansky, “We were states, and each state will benefit by surprised—pleasantly so—with the research • The Center for Elders and the Courts is devoted solely to serving the nation’s receiving court-focused resources that team’s conclusion that the reduction [in support implementing best practices. reoffending] was attributable to perceptions courts on issues related to aging, of procedural fairness and legitimacy held probate, and elder abuse. The site gives by defendants toward the Justice Center. information on various realms of elder . . .These findings significantly inform how care, such as guardianship, aging, elder we explain our approach and what we abuse, and training, and provides a map try to teach to practitioners, government of information on laws and activities, officials, and other jurisdictions.” Mansky elder abuse toolkits, and curriculum. attributes part of the evaluation’s success to • NCSC launched its Violence Against the fact that NCSC “clearly made an effort A Community Court Grows in Brooklyn: A Women Act (VAWA) and the Courts to go beyond passing judgment of what Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook website, which aims to promote was good and what was bad; instead, they Community Justice Center is available on NCSC’s website (http://tinyurl.com/msjnovp). effective court responses to violence created a list of concrete recommendations against women. This site is organized for improving our programming. These by statewide, cross-jurisdictional, and recommendations have been invaluable local efforts focus areas, with additional and have informed much of our strategic information sources and links to other planning since that time,” he said. organizations. For example, NCSC’s research showed that many cases that should have been sent through Red Hook were instead processed at the downtown court. “With that information, we were able to develop a protocol that is allowing us to move

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“ The NCSC Library . . . is the most comprehensive repository of reports, documents, periodicals, and other critical information for the state courts. SJI determined that this single, well- known repository would enable us to better meet our goal of sharing innovations with all state courts. “

– Jonathan Mattiello SJI Executive Director providing and analyzing information about courts

NCSC AND THE STATE NCSC developed a set of standardized OHIO AND THE COURT “Without the CSP,” he said, “policymakers definitions, counting rules, and reporting at the state and national levels would JUSTICE INSTITUTE guidelines for national reporting of cases STATISTICS PROJECT be flying blind when it comes to having MAKE A GOOD TEAM with self-represented litigants. NCSC Senior NCSC’s Court Statistics Project (CSP) has knowledge about national-level trends and Court Research Analyst Shauna Strickland been the only source of comparable data caseloads in our state court systems.” NCSC and the State Justice Institute said, “This represents an important first on state court caseloads for more than (SJI) share a common goal: ensuring that The NCSC helps state courts step toward the routine and systematic use 30 years. Conducted with the support important technical assistance, education, of data to drive management decisions of the Conference of Chief Justices, analyze statistics and information and research is widely available to the to improve the access to justice for self- Conference of State Court Administrators, state courts. Two recent projects illustrate to improve their operations. represented litigants.” National Conference of Appellate Court that commitment. State courts depend on reliable Clerks, and National Association for Court Sharing this information and all the other data—not only about their own With SJI funding, NCSC set out to address SJI-funded reports is also of critical Management, CSP works closely with the increase of self-represented litigants importance to SJI. For years, NCSC’s the states to collect caseload data and operations, but also about other accessing the state courts. Until now, Library was one of a number of repositories assemble them into a useful framework for courts’ operations—to improve validating those reports or accurately for hard copies of SJI-funded research comparing court performance. appropriating resources to support self- their service to the public. reports. NCSC is now the sole repository Ohio provides an excellent example. represented-litigant cases has been nearly • NCSC’s Trends in State Courts 2013 for SJI project documents. The state’s Advisory Committee on Case impossible. One of those challenges is that examines emerging trends and initiatives Management uses CSP’s national court there are no consistent rules for counting NCSC goes beyond storing hard copies of that affect state court operations. This statistics framework to guide their work in cases with self-represented litigants. reports and other documents. The Library’s 25th-anniversary edition has an article by structuring Ohio’s court statistics program. “The NCSC Cases with Self-Represented digital collection ensures that this work New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman “It is a particularly useful template for Litigants project fills this knowledge gap by is readily available to both the court and that discusses a requirement that state- states like Ohio in which local courts use providing consistent and tested definitions, academic communities. These digitized bar applicants perform 50 hours of pro independent management systems,” so that state courts can better compare documents can be easily searched online, bono work before being admitted to said Brian Farrington, Statistics Analyst, data across jurisdictions and between and SJI grant applicants must now review bar. Other articles include understanding . “The CSP staff states,” said SJI Executive Director the literature available in the NCSC Library the impact of human trafficking on state have devised . . . statistical counting rules Jonathan Mattiello. to explore all previous work on their courts and identifying access-to-justice and case type categories that achieve a chosen topics. issues for the poor. balance between details and doability.” NCSC’s Library has also sought out and • NCSC’s Budget Resource Center (BRC) Farrington also serves on NCSC’s Court digitized materials going back to the provides tools for courts to effectively Statistics Committee and participates in early 1990s. In 2013 the Library added demonstrate the need for adequate the yearly Data Specialists’ Roundtable 159 SJI titles to the digital collection, funding to the executive and legislative in Williamsburg, which brings together including titles available through individual branches. The BRC offers the most up- court data specialists from across the court websites. to-date information about how courts country to discuss common challenges are handling budget reductions. New “This partnership has proven to be and new ways of using data to improve features include an “e-courts benefits beneficial to both SJI and the NCSC, as we court performance. These meetings give calculator” for showing the long-term both want to ensure that these products are Farrington and his colleagues a “renewed benefits of investing in new technology available, free of charge, to the state court focus and a better understanding of the and analyses and strategies for coping community,” said Mattiello. importance of the work we do as court with budget-related issues. ncsc.org/brc data specialists.” 9 building stronger courts through education and consultation

“One of the most INSTITUTE FOR COURT the materials developed by ICM, they were able to create the Missouri Court extraordinary MANAGEMENT HELPS Management Institute. Simones praises COURTS DEVELOP THEIR ICM for its support. “The administrators educational OWN INSTITUTES OF and faculty of ICM were indispensable in their support of our program and helping opportunities available LEARNING us through the growing pains of our first year of the program.” He continues, “With to individuals working When the state of Missouri wanted to allow the assistance of ICM, the first year of the members of its judiciary to advance in the Missouri Court Management Institute was in the judiciary is the court field, it had a decision to make— exceptionally successful, and we have now National Center for continue to send them to Williamsburg embarked upon our second year.” to attend NCSC’s Institute for Court State Courts’ Institute Management or develop an institution of their own. for Court Management.” “One of the most extraordinary educational opportunities available to individuals More than 400 court working in the judiciary is the National employees took part in – Anthony Simones Center for State Courts’ Institute for Court Anthony Simones, Manager of Judicial Management,” says online or in-person court manager of Judicial Education and Education and Programming, Programming, Court Business Services management classes Court Business Services for the state of Missouri. offered by NCSC’s of the State of Missouri Throughout 2012 and 2013, Missouri sent more than two dozen individuals, including Institute for Court judges, court managers, circuit clerks, and experts within the Office of State Courts Management (ICM) and Administrator, to NCSC headquarters in Williamsburg, Virginia. 23 students became ICM Members of the court staff were trained Fellows in 2013. as faculty to teach court management courses back in Missouri. Because Missouri court staff used the faculty and

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“NCSC did an impressive only needed to hire replacements, it also NCSC offers state and local educational format. CTC sessions were needed to be modernized and reorganized courts fresh ideas and emerging separated into six topic areas, allowing evaluation for Lancaster across-the-board. President Judge participants to focus on one area of Stephen Linebaugh contacted the National practices to improve their interest or attend sessions on a variety of County. I wanted to Center for State Courts to achieve this services and the quality of justice. topics. Conference highlights included goal. “NCSC did an impressive evaluation NCSC serves as a national voice the opening keynote’s message that we have a well-respected, for Lancaster County. I wanted to have a are in a new 21st century in which the well-respected, independent evaluation of to identify and champion best current leadership model is flatter, not independent evaluation our York County Court Administration and practices from across the country top down; that self-represented litigation NCSC met that requirement,” he said. as part of a broad strategy to is on the rise and courts need to be of our York County Court Since NCSC’s evaluation, the county’s prepared; that video has surfaced as improve court performance and Administration and NCSC court administration has been completely the solution to many court challenges; reorganized. The staff knows their job service to the public. and that jobs for qualified IT specialists met that requirement. ” duties and to whom they report. Annual • Judges, law enforcement officers, are growing at a rapid pace, with an performance evaluations and mandated and court administrators from six estimated 30 million IT jobs unfilled in annual training have been put into 2025. Presentations and videos can be – Stephen Linebaugh courts that had experienced acts of action. The court was also able to get violence met in Denver in August 2013 found online at ctc2013.com. President Judge a new deputy court administrator, per to discuss two important questions Justice Case Files a recommendation in NCSC’s report. • NCSC’s , a series York County, Pennsylvania related to court security: “What are of graphic novels that promote the Additionally, the court is now using the the important ‘lessons’ learned from state’s IT system. important role of the courts in a these incidents?” and “As a result democratic society, are being used in an Judge Linebaugh maintains the evaluation of the lessons learned, what are the increasing number of schools nationwide. was a complete success. “The evaluation most important things that every Schools use these graphic novels to EVALUATE. REORGANIZE. gave us an excellent outline and specific presiding judge, court administrator, show students how our justice system and law enforcement officer should MODERNIZE: COURT recommendations that we were able actually works and to stress the students’ to use as a guide in the complete keep in mind to possibly prevent, role as participating citizens in our CONSULTING HELPS reorganization and restructuring of our prepare for, mitigate, and manage the democracy. There are four titles in the impact of an act of serious violence in court administration. The evaluation was series, and topics include identity theft COURTS GET IT DONE a courthouse?” NCSC compiled their also extremely helpful to us when we made and jury service. answers and recommendations into In 2012, the York County (Pennsylvania) presentations to our county commissioners, Courthouse Violence in 2010-2012: court was facing a challenge. Two of its who provide the funding for the courts.” Lessons Learned, a valuable guide for main administrators were retiring and improving court security. This project was nothing had been done to improve its conducted under a grant from the State administration in years. The court not Justice Institute.

• More than 1,100 national and international court leaders converged on Baltimore, Maryland, September 17-19, for CTC 2013, which unveiled a new

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”Our goal is to bring existing studies and new research together in one place, evaluate that material, and make recommendations to courts and their stakeholders about effective ways to improve the civil justice system.”

– Thomas Balmer Chief Justice Oregon Supreme Court

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A CIVIL JUSTICE The Civil Justice Initiative is made up of NCSC examines and analyzes civil a diverse group of committee members, litigation in state courts across INITIATIVE who reflect the range of civil litigation that the country to gather an in-depth To improve the efficiency and to reduce the comes before state courts. “We wanted cost of civil litigation, the Conference of members who are familiar with all different look at civil trials, which allows Chief Justices (CCJ) has established a Civil types of civil cases, because we may researchers and policy makers to conclude that some procedural changes Justice Initiative to examine various efforts analyze trends and improve access state courts are taking to improve the civil are appropriate for certain categories of justice system. NCSC is working closely cases, but not others. Experience shows to justice. that civil justice reforms are more likely to with CCJ on the initiative, which is chaired • The Center for Jury Studies worked be adopted if they have support from those by Oregon Chief Justice Thomas Balmer. with the Minnesota courts to develop who ordinarily represent plaintiffs (injured technology standards for jury “Over the past 20 to 30 years, CCJ, along persons, consumers) and those who more automation. The project has captured with lawyers, judges and the public, have often represent defendants (insurance the attention of the COSCA-NACM Joint become increasingly concerned about cost companies, businesses). Technology Committee, which is now and delay in civil litigation,” he said. The in the process of vetting them for main complaints focus on unnecessarily “Our members range from trial lawyers who national standards. It would be the first extensive discovery, uncertainty about represent either plaintiffs or defendants in time the Joint Tech Committee has used jury verdicts and judicial decision making, small-dollar, high-volume tort and contract its “Next Generation” approach on a and crowded dockets. “One of the cases, to those who handle large toxic-tort practical level. consequences is that civil trials—particularly and class-action litigation. We are fortunate to have lawyers who supervise hundreds jury trials—have declined, with more • The Center on Court Access to Justice of legal aid cases, as well as present or disputes being settled out of court or for All helps judges and courts advance former general counsel for Fortune 100 decided through arbitration or mediation.” access to justice, especially for poor corporations and national insurance and low-income individuals, by offering As a result, many courts have established companies. From the ‘court’ side, we resources on 15 strategies and technical pilot projects or made rule or case have experienced trial court judges and assistance. In 2013, the group hosted management changes to reduce cost and trial court administrators and several chief two webinars—“Ensuring the Right to improve the timeliness of the civil justice justices and state court administrators. We Be Heard for Self-Represented Litigants: system. This initiative will examine those will also draw on the expertise of several Judicial Curriculum” and “90-minute programs and evaluations, and start new law professors who have done research and Forms Development.” empirical research about civil litigation writing about the civil litigation process.” in a sample group of state trial courts. • NCSC and the Conference of Chief The initiative presents the opportunity not “Based on this work, we hope to provide Justices collaborated on State Supreme only to evaluate some of the civil justice courts around the country with guidelines, Courts, a book published in July 2013 to reform efforts and pilot projects underway, model rules, and procedures that have showcase the buildings and the stories but also to conduct original empirical been proven effective in reducing the cost of America’s courts of last resort. A research on civil cases in ten counties from and delays too often associated with civil digital version of the book, which can be around the country. litigation,” Chief Justice Balmer said. downloaded on an iPad, was released in November 2013.

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Strengthening the rule of law in Serbia is regulatory agencies are equally new NCSC is a global leader in court central to the country’s ability to become a and still finding their way in terms of management and administration member of the European Union. Now in its ensuring government transparency and third year, the objectives of Serbia JRGA accountability. We have been fortunate that services, working with justice are also to strengthen the independence our Serbian counterparts have embraced systems worldwide to modernize of the judiciary, and the administration project assistance and reform initiatives.” court operations to help courts of justice; to increase public awareness of reforms in the judicial sector; and to JRGA met its second-year implementation function more efficiently and strengthen the ability of key Serbian goals, including securing USAID approval transparently, to offer quality of the annual work plan, monitoring government agencies to detect and services that increase access to prevent corruption and fraud in the public and evaluating results and impact, and justice, and to respond effectively and private sectors. sequencing program assistance and services in a planned manner. As part of to community needs. The Serbia Judicial The project also is implementing a grants the project, NCSC installed more than • NCSC has implemented business Reform and Government program to strengthen civil society’s role $700,000 of IT equipment in the Appellate in the reform process. Through grant Misdemeanor Court and 44 Misdemeanor reengineering pilot court programs Accountability Project initiatives, non-governmental organizations Courts, as a foundation for automating in countries located in Africa, Central (Serbia JRGA) is the are able to advocate more effectively for the entire misdemeanor court system. America, Eastern Europe, and the largest rule-of-law project rule-of-law reform, serve as government Currently, Serbia JRGA is developing Middle East. watchdogs, and raise awareness in the fight a case management software system, currently being implemented • NCSC has designed and implemented against corruption. which will be tested and implemented in case management, case tracking, and by NCSC’s International the misdemeanor court system over the As the chief of party, Laurence Vetter case reporting systems in courts in Division. The project is next two years. Court automation is also advises USAID and other donors on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, supported by a multiyear training program funded by the United States program progress, results, and impact. and Indonesia. of judges and court staff to strengthen Vetter and his team work with counterpart Agency for International the capacity of the courts to modernize • NCSC has overseen the design, Serbian institutions and professionals on Development (USAID). JRGA court practices. renovation, and installation of institutional and systemic reforms. Over the is a five-year project, whose modern records management and IT/ course of three years, they have gained the Facility improvements, capacity building communications technology in judicial performance period ends in trust and respect of the Serbian institutions through continuous training, and court institutes and courts in Kosovo, Lebanon, May 2016. The project has to help them improve their performance automation go hand-in-hand with Mongolia, and Serbia and the delivery of government services changes to the legislative and regulatory approximately 25 employees to the public. framework, most notably the new Law and fields about 25 short- on Misdemeanors, which JRGA was “For a project this large and in a country instrumental in drafting and recently term experts. Laurence gearing up for a complex process of went into effect. JRGA is also working to accession to the European Union, it is a (“Larry”) Vetter is NCSC’s strengthen their capabilities for oversight challenging and delicate undertaking to chief of party in Serbia, and reporting on corruption, misuse of implement reforms in the judiciary and acting as the in-country public funds, violations related to political the executive branch agencies,” Vetter party financing, freedom of information, project team leader who said. “Our primary counterparts have and personal data protection. USAID, in its undergone substantial change in recent oversees the management of annual review, rated NCSC’s performance years. The misdemeanor courts joined the project staff, operations, in implementing Serbia JRGA as judicial system in 2010. The independent and programming. exceptional.

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The resources available at ENEWSLETTERS ncsc.org often provide the initial @ the Center is a monthly publication point of contact between NCSC highlighting research, projects, and news and the state courts. Our website from NCSC. is a doorway that allows an online Connected follows the impact of new community of court practitioners, media on the courts. This newsletter consultants, and researchers to is a joint project between NCSC and the Conference of Court Public Information work together. Officers. In addition, NCSC has established a Gavel to Gavel is a blog and database that thriving social media network — nationally tracks state-by-state legislative activity that and internationally — of court professionals relates to the courts. Gavel to Gavel was and members of the public interested named by the ABA as a Top 100 Law Blog. in the everyday workings of our nation’s justice system. Federal Funding Report is issued monthly with information about funding NCSC.org launched the Social Media opportunities for the state courts. and the Courts Network, which compiles information on how courts are currently Jur-E-Bulletin is published weekly with jury using social media and provides resources news from state courts around the country. for courts just getting started. The network provides information on the impact of Judging Traffic provides information on social media on the courts, including the emerging topics, specialized traffic issues, impact on juries, judicial ethics issues, and and other information to help courts that HR and policy issues. specifically handle traffic cases. Justice Everywhere provides information for the international courts community.

State Courts and the Economy is an occasional enewsletter with information about state court budgets and resources.

Washington Update provides information on legislative activity that affects courts.

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WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST an overwhelmingly positive impact on the justice system — and in the lives of AWARD FOR JUDICIAL hundreds of families.”

EXCELLENCE In his remarks to the more than 250 Judge Jimmie Edwards of the 22nd Judicial attending the dinner ceremony, Judge Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri, received the Edwards said he was humbled by the award NCSC’s 2013 William H. Rehnquist Award but grateful for the attention it brings to for Judicial Excellence. One of the nation’s the importance education plays in the highest judicial honors, the Rehnquist lives of juveniles who have entered the Award is presented annually to a state court justice system. judge who exemplifies the highest level of “Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the judicial excellence, integrity, fairness, and 16th Chief Justice of the United States, professional ethics. Chief Justice of the often spoke about the need to choose United States John G. Roberts, Jr. hosted wisely, doing your job well, and service the dinner in the Great Hall of the Supreme to community. His words have given me Court and presented the award to strength and prideful resolve to continue Judge Edwards. my quest of hard work, fairness, judicial Among Judge Edwards’ many professional excellence and keeping children in school accomplishments, the one he’s most and out of court,” Judge Edwards said. recognized for is founding the Innovative “I know that with no education or job skills Concept Academy (ICA), a school dedicated children will likely face a life of cycling to changing the lives of juveniles in the through courtrooms and jail cells. Our justice system. Founded in 2009, ICA is school, the Innovative Concept Academy, the first community partnership school offers a chance to break that cycle … I’m in the country overseen by a judge. The not a professional educator, but I do know academy has received national recognition this: Without an enduring and relentless from the Wall Street Journal, NBC’s Today Every November, the National Center for State Courts hosts commitment to teaching America’s children Show, NPR, and the CBS Early Show. People judicial excellence events in Washington, D.C. to honor and the things they need to know to succeed, all Magazine named Judge Edwards one of its of our futures will be blighted.” to recognize court professionals who have demonstrated 2011 Heroes of the Year. outstanding achievements in judicial excellence and to extend “Judge Edwards has dedicated his career its appreciation to those who have supported NCSC through to keeping students in school and out contributions, volunteer work, and services. The 2013 events of the courtroom,” said NCSC President included the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence Mary McQueen. “His compassion, commitment, and determination are making dinner, hosted by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. at the Supreme Court; the Annual Justice Roundtable; Conversations with the Chief Justices; NCSC’s Recognition Judge Jimmie Edwards, left, receives the Rehnquist Award from Chief Justice of the United States Luncheon; and the induction of new members to the Warren E. John G. Roberts, Jr. Burger Society.

16 NCSC INTRODUCES JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW MEDIA: THE IMPACT THE CHIEF JUSTICES ON JURISDICTION, For 2013’s Judicial Excellence Events, SERVICE, DISCOVERY, NCSC created a new format — AND TRIALS Conversations with the Chief Justices — which allowed general counsel from 2013’s Justice Roundtable brought together America’s leading corporations and lawyers the state chief justices, members of the from major law firms to exchange with state General Counsel Committee, and Lawyers chief justices views on the issues facing Committee for an interactive discussion the state courts. State chief justices on New Media: The Impact on Jurisdiction, assembled to engage in discussion and to Service, Discovery, and Trials. answer questions posed by attorneys To expand the national discussion of and general counsel. the impact of new media, the Justice Roundtable provided an interactive, moderated discussion using real-world problems. From jurisdiction to service of process to discovery to the actual trial, as litigants seek to use this information and these platforms, courts are being forced to deal with many novel issues. Judges and litigators must become more proficient to understand the constantly evolving social media technology. Litigators must do so just to meet the ethical requirements to clients and to manage those whom they work with in collecting and producing social media. While exercising the affirmative duty of zealous representation of clients, they must, at the same time, avoid the Starting lower left, then clockwise: Jack Balagia, ethical pitfalls of reaching too far to obtain vice president and general counsel, Exxon Mobil new media. Corporation, facilitates conversation with the chief justices; Chief Justice Michael Heavican (Nebraska) This session focused on raising awareness and Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye (California); Chief Justice Mary Russell (Missouri). and informing state chief justices, who oversee the rule-making authority in each state, and the leadership of the bar of the impact of new media on every phase of the trial process.

17 2013 general counsel committee

CO-CHAIRS Steven A. Bennett Kenneth V. Harkins Michael H. Lanza Thomas L. Sager Executive Vice President, General Executive Vice President & Executive Vice President Senior Vice President Counsel & Corporate Secretary General Counsel Global Claims, & General Counsel & General Counsel USAA Operations & Systems Selective Insurance Group, Inc. E. I. du Pont de Nemours Peter J. Beshar AIG Property Casualty David G. Leitch & Company Executive Vice President Michael J. Harrington Group Vice President Bradford L. Smith & General Counsel Senior Vice President & General Counsel Executive Vice President, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. & General Counsel Ford Motor Company General Counsel, Corporate Glenn E. Bost II Eli Lilly & Company William F. Lloyd Secretary, Legal and Senior Vice President Andrew D. Hendry General Counsel, Officers Corporate Affairs & General Counsel Chief Legal Officer & Secretary & Management Microsoft Corporation PPG Industries, Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Company Deloitte LLP David F. Snively S. Jack Balagia, Jr. Senior Vice President, Secretary Vice President & General Counsel Kim M. Brunner Martin L. Holton III Deborah P. Majoras & General Counsel Exxon Mobil Corporation State Farm Insurance Companies Executive Vice President, General Chief Legal Officer & Secretary (Retired) Counsel & Assistant Secretary Procter & Gamble Company Monsanto Company James B. Buda Reynolds American Inc. Raymond J. Manista, Jr. Frank L. Steeves Executive Vice President, Law and R. William Ide III Senior Vice President, General Executive Vice President, Secretary Public Policy Monsanto Company (Retired) Counsel & Secretary & General Counsel Caterpillar, Inc. McKenna, Long & Aldridge Northwestern Mutual Life Emerson Electric Company Suzanne F. Day Jeffrey W. Jackson Charles W. Matthews Jr. Jay B. Stephens Corporate Vice President, General Senior Vice President & Corporate Exxon Mobil Corporation (Retired) Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer General Counsel Counsel & Secretary Michael P. Millikin Raytheon Company The Lubrizol Corporation State Farm Insurance Companies Executive Vice President & Brackett B. Denniston III Mary K.W. Jones General Counsel Audrey Strauss Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Larry D. Thompson Senior Vice President Senior Vice President General Motors Company & Compliance Officer Executive Vice President, & General Counsel & General Counsel Bradford C. Nielson Alcoa Inc. Government Affairs, General Electric Company Deere & Company General Counsel, Global Litigation General Counsel & Corporate Russell C. Deyo Charles J. Kalil Shell International B.V. Michael H. Ullmann Secretary Vice President & General Counsel Johnson & Johnson (Retired) Executive Vice President, Law and Roderick A. Palmore PepsiCo, Inc. Johnson & Johnson D. Cameron Findlay Government Affairs, Executive Vice President, General Senior Vice President General Counsel & Counsel, Chief Compliance and Risk D. Wayne Watts MEMBERS & General Counsel Corporate Secretary Management Officer & Secretary Senior Executive Vice President Dow Chemical Company & General Counsel Ricardo A. Anzaldua Medtronic, Inc. General Mills AT&T Inc. Executive Vice President George S. Frazza James F. Kelleher R. Hewitt Pate & General Counsel Johnson & Johnson (Retired) Executive Vice President & Chief Vice President & General Counsel W. Wayne Withers MetLife, Inc. Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler Legal Officer Chevron Corporation Emerson Electric Company (Retired) Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Bryan Cave Robert A. Armitage Michael D. Fricklas Craig L. Rainey Eli Lilly and Company (Retired) Executive Vice President, General Janet L. Kelly Senior Vice President Senior Vice President, Legal, Michael S. Beckwith Counsel & Secretary & General Counsel General Counsel & Managing Counsel, Litigation, Viacom, Inc. Williams Partners GP Corporate Secretary US Upstream Jeffrey J. Gearhart ConocoPhillips Company Sharon R. Ryan Shell Oil Company Executive Vice President, Global Senior Vice President, General Governance & Corporate Secretary Counsel & Corporate Secretary Wal-Mart Stores International Paper Company

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honor roll of contributors

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS

GIFTS OF $25,000+ Colgate-Palmolive Company Raytheon Company GIFTS UP TO $10,000 American International Group* Dow Chemical Company Selective Insurance ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly Company* Emerson Electric Company ** Shell Oil Company Marsh & McLennan Companies Exxon Mobil Corporation** Ford Motor Company * State Farm Insurance Procter & Gamble Company ** PepsiCo, Inc.* General Motors Company * Companies * Reynolds American, Inc. Johnson & Johnson ** Viacom, Inc. JAMES E. McMILLAN GIFTS OF $10,000 – $24,000 Liberty Mutual Insurance Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. AT&T * Companies AWARD ESTABLISHED Caterpillar Inc. Medtronic, Inc. Chevron Corporation ** Microsoft Corporation Matthew McMillan, son of NCSC technology guru and 24-year-employee, James “Jim” McMillan, announced at CTC 2013 a LAW FIRM CONTRIBUTORS generous $25,000 gift to NCSC in honor of his father that permanently endows the James E. McMillan Award. PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Hite Fanning & Honeyman Skadden Arps Slate Meagher $25,000+ & Rosati Hughes Hubbard & Reed & Flom Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Womble Carlyle Sandridge Hunton & Williams* Squire Sanders & Dempsey HONORARIA AND Paul Hastings & Rice Ice Miller Sulivan & Cromwell Janet Jenner & Suggs Taylor Pigue Marchetti & Blair MEMORIALS LEADERSHIP CIRCLE AMICUS CIRCLE Johnson & Bell Tucker Ellis The NCSC gratefully acknowledges the $10,000-$24,999 $3,000-$4,999 Jones Walker Tybout Redfearn & Pell following gifts made in honor and memoriam Venable Arnold & Porter Kelly Hart & Hallman Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy in 2013. Atlas Hall & Rodriguez Kramer Levin Naftalis & Ford In honor of Marcia Black and John White JUSTICE CIRCLE Barnes & Thornburg & Frankel Wright Lindsey & Jennings Steven D. Canterbury $5,000- $9,999 Baron & Budd Kramer Sopko & Levenstein Baker Botts Bryan Cave Kutak Rock UP TO $3,000 In honor of James E. McMillan Beck Redden Butler Snow Lane Powell Barrett & Gilman Matthew A. McMillan Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Campbell Campbell Edwards Leader & Berkon Center for Constitutional In memory of Katherine T. Wilke Cravath Swaine & Moore* & Conroy Lowenstein Sandler Litigation Linda R. Caviness Grant & Eisenhofer Cassem Tierney Adams Gotch McCarter & English Christian & Barton* Thomas Z. Wilke King & Spalding* & Douglas McGuireWoods* Dickie McCamey & Chilcote* Michael A. Zamperini and W.Clay Burchell Kirkland & Ellis* Chadbourne & Parke McMath Woods Kelley Drye & Warren Munger Tolles & Olson Dinse Knapp & McAndrew Miller Canfield McLane Graf Raulerson Nelson Mullins Riley Esdaile Barrett Jacobs Morris James & Middleton RESTRICTED FUNDING & Scarborough & Mone Nexsen Pruitt Pepper Hamilton Foundations Pepper Hamilton Frost Brown Todd Osborn & Maledon Pierce Atwood Casey Family Programs Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Gallivan White & Boyd Quarles & Brady Weil Gotshal & Manges John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Open Society Foundation Stark Williamson & Clausen Gray Ritter & Graham Reed Smith The Pew Charitable Trusts Thompson & Knight Greenberg Traurig Riccolo Semelroth & Public Welfare Foundation Wachtell Lipton Rosen Grossman LLP Henningsen The Retirement Research Foundation & Katz* Gursten Koltonow Gursten Rumberger Kirk & Cadwell Other Christensen & Raitt Segal Law Firm MidEast Educational & Training Services Hansen McClintock & Riley Shook Hardy & Bacon American Probation and Parole Association Haynes & Boone Sidley & Austin The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc *20-Year Donor LexisNexis **30-Year Donor National Drug Court Institute State Justice Institute 19

2013 lawyers committee

CO-CHAIRS Mark A. Behrens Sally R. Culley Judy Simmons Henry Joseph Marconi Shook Hardy & Bacon Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell Wright Lindsey & Jennings Johnson & Bell Michael J. Bidart Mark A. Cunningham Lawrence T. Hoyle James C. Martin Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley Jones Walker Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Reed Smith Sheila L. Birnbaum John J. Curtin, Jr. Lamont A. Jefferson Mary Massaron Ross Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Bingham McCutchen Haynes & Boone Plunkett Cooney Rolin P. Bissell Thomas H. Dahlk Raoul Kennedy Wendy D. May Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor Kutak Rock Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer C. Mitchell Brown Frank J. Daily Henry L. King Michael X. McBride Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Quarles & Brady Davis Polk & Wardwell Connell Foley David L. Brown Stephen C. Dillard Michael F. Kinney James B. McMath John H. Martin Hansen McClintock & Riley Fulbright & Jaworski Cassem Tierney Adams Gotch & McMath Woods Thompson & Knight Russell Budd Allyson B. DiRocco Douglas Manny Medrano Baron & Budd Morris James James B. Kobak, Jr. Medrano & Carlton Colin F. Campbell Douglas S. Eakeley Hughes Hubbard & Reed Donna M. Melby Osborn Maledon Lowenstein Sandler William M. Lafferty Paul Hastings James M. Campbell Bruce W. Felmly Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell Jack B. Middleton Campbell Campbell Edwards & McLane Graf Raulerson & Middleton David C. Landin McLane Graf Raulerson & Middleton Conroy Richards H. Ford Hunton & Williams Honorable E. L. Milonas Otis Carroll Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford W. Mark Lanier Pillsbury Winthrop Ireland Carroll & Kelley George S. Frazza The Lanier Law Firm Michael Mone, Sr. Jan M. Carroll Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Mary Nold Larimore Esdaile Barrett Jacobs & Mone Robert S. Peck Barnes & Thornburg Mark Garriga Ice Miller Edward W. Mullins, Jr. Center for Constitutional Litigation Honorable John H. Cayce, Jr. Butler Snow James K. Leader Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Kelly Hart & Hallman Daniel J. Gerber Leader & Berkon Gary P. Naftalis MEMBERS David E. Christensen Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell Richard H. Levenstein Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Stewart D. Aaron Gursten Koltonow Gursten Richard C. Godfrey Kramer Sopko & Levenstein Charles M. Noteboom Arnold & Porter Christensen & Raitt Kirkland & Ellis L. Joseph Loveland, Jr. Noteboom – The Law Firm Mary E. Alexander Richard Clary Thomas A. Gottschalk King & Spalding Gareth W. Notis Mary Alexander & Associates Cravath Swaine & Moore Kirkland & Ellis Patricia Lowry Morrison Mahoney Curtis H. Barnette Curt W. Clausen William H. Graham Squire Sanders & Dempsey Thomas C. O’Brien Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Stark Williamson & Clausen Connoll Foley (Retired) Edward W. Madeira, Jr. Miller Canfield G. Michael Barnhill Anne E. Cohen Maurice B. Graham Pepper Hamilton Theodore B. Olson Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Debevoise & Plimpton Gray Ritter & Graham Robert E. Maloney, Jr. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Paul A. Barrett Michael A. Cooper Stuart M. Grant Lane Powell Ronald L. Olson Barrett & Gilman Sullivan & Cromwell Grant & Eisenhofer Alan E. Mansfield Munger Tolles & Olson Martine M. Beamon Molly H. Craig Stanley M. Grossman Greenberg Traurig Bruce R. Parker Davis Polk & Wardwell Hood Law Firm Grossman LLP L. Gino Marchetti, Jr. Venable David J. Beck Gray T. Culbreath Robert L. Haig Taylor Pigue Marchetti & Blair Beck Redden Gallivan White & Boyd Kelley Drye & Warren

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Kathleen F. Peterson Stuart H. Singer Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Boies Schiller & Flexner EDWARD W. MULLINS, JR. John C. Phillips, Jr. Michael W. Smith RECEIVES JOHN Phillips Goldman & Spence Christian & Barton PICKERING AWARD Alan I. Raylesberg Louis M. Solomon Chadbourne & Parke Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft In honor of John H. Pickering and his Harry M. Reasoner Jennifer L. Spaziano dedication to the mission of NCSC, an Vinson & Elkins Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom award was created to recognize a Lawyers B. Wilson Redfearn David Sterling Committee member who has professionally Tybout Redfearn & Pell Baker Botts and personally contributed to the Center Phillip E. Reeves David S. Steuer in a significant way. It’s not an annual Gallivan White & Boyd Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati award, but rather only presented when John L. Riccolo Esq. Kenneth M. Suggs there’s an overwhelmingly deserving Riccolo & Semelroth Janet Jenner & Suggs recipient. Edward W. Mullins, Jr., counsel for Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough F. James Robinson, Jr. Matthew Tharney Hite Fanning & Honeyman McCarter & English in Columbia, South Carolina, is such a Mullins also embraced an issue the recipient. A member of the National Wm. T. “Bill” Robinson, III Honorable E. Norman Veasey Lawyers Committee cares deeply about Frost Brown Todd Weil Gotshal & Manges Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) Lawyers — civics education — and turned it into Committee since 2005, Mullins has made Deborah Russell Sylvia H. Walbolt a nationwide effort. Mobilizing Lawyers McGuireWoods Carlton Fields Jorden Burt such an impact during this time that the Committee members from several states, Lawyers Committee has grown significantly Mullins was able to disseminate NCSC’s Jay G. Safer Bradish J. Waring — in part by his recruiting efforts — and Locke Lord Nexsen Pruet educational graphic novels, Justice Case established its first-ever national project. Files, to public schools around the country. Benjamin C. Sasse Daniel E. Wathen The project was first rolled out in his home Tucker Ellis Pierce Atwood Mullins’ relentless support of the NCSC state of South Carolina. “We became the William Savitt Honorable Peter D. Webster started when he became a member of template that many other states now have Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Carlton Fields Jorden Burt the NCSC Board of Directors, where he and still use in schools for civics education,” Lisa A. Schmidt Jeffrey T. Wiley witnessed the positive impact that NCSC Mullins mentions proudly. Richards Layton & Finger Dickie McCamey & Chilcote assistance has on state courts, which in turn Eugene A. Schoon Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. can directly affect law firms. Throughout the course of his membership Sidley Austin Potter Anderson & Corroon with the Lawyers Committee, Mullins “NCSC provides best practices in court Susan C. Sears Dan Worthington suggested that his firm turn to NCSC as administration and gives courts the Littler Mendelson Atlas Hall & Rodriguez a resource. “NCSC gave members of our opportunity to learn successes from other firm insight on major issues South Carolina Scott S. Segal state courts,” Mullins said.”If courts don’t The Segal Law Firm courts were dealing with.” He adds, progress, it affects a law firm’s practice.” “The Lawyers Committee provides my Samuel W. Silver In South Carolina, for example, NCSC Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis colleagues with the opportunity to network provided guidance and best practice advice with leaders in the court community.” John M. Simpson at the beginning of the state’s technology Fulbright & Jaworski initiative. “Thanks to NCSC, and the help of the Lawyers Committee, South Carolina courts are one of the leaders in court technology,” he explains.

21 2013 young lawyers committee

The Young Lawyers section Selim K. Fiagome Patrick S. Nolan Michael Ruttinger Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer Quarles & Brady Tucker Ellis of the Lawyers Committee Susan M. Hannigan Oderah Nwaeze Darin M. Sands provides an opportunity Richards Layton & Finger Grant & Eisenhofer Lane Powell for attorneys who are 40 Thomas W. Hazlett David D. O’Brien Allan A. Thoen or younger or who have 10 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Miller Canfield Pepper Hamilton Brandon Hechtman Jason Penn Gary Tulp years or less of practice Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford Janet Jenner & Suggs McCarter & English to participate on behalf James B. Hood W. Duffie Powers Nicholas M. Tyler of their firm in furthering The Hood Law Firm Gallivan White & Boyd Tybout Redfearn & Pell the mission of the National Seth M. Kruglak Tommy Preston, Jr. Anna H. Upton Chadbourne & Parke Nexsen Pruet Anna H. Upton, PC Center for State Courts. William H. Mack Daniel Prince Rana J. Wright Phillips & Paolicelli Paul Hastings Reed Smith CO-CHAIRS Colleen M. Mallon Alex Roberts Evan Young Venable Beck Redden & Secrest Baker Botts Cristina Alonso Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Andre Mura Center for Constitutional Litigation

MEMBERS Adrienne L. Baker Wright Lindsey & Jennings Hunter M. Barrow Thompson & Knight A. Mattison Bogan Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Victoria H. Buter Kutak Rock Lauren F. Carmody Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell Christina U. Douglas Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Dan Epstein Cassem Tierney Adams Gotch & Douglas

Front row: Oderah Nwaeze, Gary Tulp, Elizabeth Brown, Andre Mura, Cristina Alonso, Daniel Prince, Allyson DiRocco. Back row: Evan Young, Brandon Hechtman, Duffie Powers, Adrienne Baker, Darin Sands.

22 Warren E. Burger Society NCSC awards

More than 130 state court judges, chief Robert A. Armitage SANDRA DAY justices, attorneys, and general counsel Eli Lilly & Company (Retired) attended NCSC’s Annual Recognition McLean, Virginia O’CONNOR AWARD Luncheon in which NCSC honored those who David J. Beck Margaret E. Fisher, court program analyst have supported its mission of improving Beck Redden & Secrest with the Washington State Administrative the administration of justice. As part of the Houston, Texas Office of the Courts and Distinguished luncheon, new members are inducted into Practitioner in Residence at the Seattle the Warren E. Burger Society. Sheila L. Birnbaum University School of Law, was named the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 2012-2013 recipient of NCSC’s Sandra New York, New York Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement 2013 WARREN E. BURGER of Civics Education. The award honors an Linda R. Caviness SOCIETY INDUCTEES organization, court, or individual who has National Center for State Courts (Retired) promoted, inspired, improved, or led an Williamsburg, Virginia We are pleased to welcome our 2013 innovation or accomplishment in the Warren E. Burger Society inductees. These Nancy S. Marder field of civics education related to the individuals were honored for volunteering Chicago-Kent College of Law justice system. Margaret E. Fisher their time, talent, and support to NCSC Chicago, Illinois in an exceptional manner at the NCSC’s Annual Recognition Luncheon. They join WARREN E. BURGER a distinguished group of more than 100 society members. AWARD David K. Byers, director of the Administrative Office of the , was named the 2013 recipient of the Warren E. Burger Award for excellence in court administration, one of the highest awards presented by NCSC. As Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Byers manages and administers a court system that employs 10,000 people and operates in more than 200 locations. David K. Byers

G. THOMAS Munsterman Award for Jury Innovation. MUNSTERMAN AWARD The Munsterman Award recognizes states, local courts, organizations, or individuals The National Center for State Courts that have made significant improvements or From left: NCSC President Mary McQueen, Linda Caviness, Chief Justice Michael Heavican, selected Michael Garrahan, plans and innovations in jury procedures, operations Sheila Birnbaum, Robert A. Armitage, and Nancy Marder. programs specialist for the New Jersey and practices. Garrahan played a critical Administrative Office of the Courts, role in redeveloping New Jersey’s jury as the recipient of the 2013 G. Thomas system for almost 20 years.

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2013 friends of the court

$5,000 OR MORE $500 – $999 Paul L. Reiber Jarret W. Hann Alan Slater Lavolia Duncan David J. Beck Jeff Apperson David B. Rottman J. Mark Hayes II Deborah K. Smith Keith R. Fisher Elizabeth J. Cabraser Dwight W. Clark Charles R. Schader E. Hank Heidt Stacey Smith Carol R. Flango Russell C. Deyo Paul J. De Muniz Dennis Smith Marta E. Hernandez Merri Souther Wyatt Cindy Garner George S. Frazza Brent Dickson & Norman E. Veasey Stephanie Hess Myron T. Steele James A. Gazell Richard C. Godfrey Jan Aikman Dickson Alvin Weiss Richard B. Hoffman Daniel H. Straub * Stephen Goldspiel Simon M. Lorne Theresa Ewing * Robert D. Wessels Mary T. Hogan John F. Surbeck Jr. Beverly Goodman Donna M. Melby Kay Farley Brenda A. Williams Steven C. Hollon Lee Suskin Carola Green Theodore B. Olson Paula Hannaford-Agor Gwen W. Williams Satoshi Ito Nora Sydow Jennifer Haire Todd A. Smith Jim Hannah W. Wayne Withers L. M. Jacobs Suzanne Tallarico Nikki Harris Elizabeth P. Hines Robert A. Zastany Charles V. Johnson Francie Teer Mark I. Harrison $2,500 – $4,999 Wallace B. Jefferson Elizabeth Keever John “Steve” Tuttle David J. Hayward S. Jack Balagia, Jr. Lynn R. Johnson $100 – $249 Barbara C. Kelly William C. Vickrey Karen Hepfler * Curtis Hank Barnette Manny Medrano Carl Baar William G. Kelly Gary R. Wade Shirley M. Hufstedler Michael A. Cooper Gregory E. Mize David Bartee Ted M. Kerr Kent Wagner Christine Iverson Patricia Lowry Suzanne H. Stinson K. Kent Batty Henry L. King Eric T. Washington Craig Johnson Marla S. Moore Katherine & Ronald J. Stupak Rebecca W. Berch Phillip Knox Lawrence P. Webster Carla Jones Peggy A. Quince Roger K. Warren Howard H. Berchtold, Jr. Jack Komar Mark A. Weinberg Paul Julien Wm. T. “Bill” Robinson Thomas Z. Wilke Ephanie A. Blair Denise Lundin * William K. Weisenberg Georgiana Lau Patricia Stanley William Bodkin Brian Lynch James T. Worthen W. P. Lemmond, Jr. $250 – $499 David K. Boyd John C. Martin Cheryl L. Wright Denise Lundin $1,000 – $2,499 Mercedes M. Bauermeister Robert C. Broomfield Deborah A. Mason Michael A. Zamperini La Tia W. Martin Stephen H. Baker David V. Brewer Paul J. Burke John O. Mirick Robert A. Zastany * Diane M. Matousek Robert N. Baldwin Michael L. Buenger Pamela Burton Lorri Montgomery Elliott Zide James Maxeiner Bobbe J. Bridge Sheila Calabro Charles F. Campbell Ronald T. Moon James E. McMillan Linda Caviness Alan Carlson Steven D. Canterbury Jacqueline M. Mullen UP TO $99 Helen Diana McSpadden Alicia Davis Ronald D. Castille Avern Cohn Damian G. Murray Alice Alfred Aaron Ment Gordon M. Griller Joan K. Cochet Hugh M. Collins Eugene J. Murret Judith Amidon Mayra Miranda Robert L. Haig Stephen G. Crane Mickey Collins Gayle A. Nachtigal Sylvia Bacon Michael Neuren Pamela Q. Harris Donald Cullen Janet G. Cornell Richard Newman Daniel J. Becker Brian M. O’Leary Michael G. Heavican Katherine A. Dabney Denise O. Dancy Michael Newmeister Christopher G. Bleuenstein Linda D. Perkins R. William Ide III William H. Edington James Davis NJP Litigation Consulting Amber L. Britton Shelley R. Rockwell Steven Jahr Victor E. Flango Diane C. Deal Stevan Northcutt Virginia Brown Deirdre Roesch Justice Systems, Inc. David Gilbertson Jose F. Dimas Michele Oken ** Cameron S. Burke Ralph Timothy Russell F. Dale Kasparek, Jr. William H. Graham Patricia Duggan Brian J. Ostrom William C. Carpenter, Jr. Anthony B. Sciarretta Susan and Ingo Keilitz Daniel J. Hall Toni J. Engle Brenda Otto Paul D. Carrington January F. Serda Alphonse F. La Porta Sophia H. Hall Joseph P. Farina Pamela L. Petrakis Pamela Casey David Shakes Edward W. Madeira, Jr. James M. Harris Timothy F. Fautsko Gordon P. Peyton Victoria S. Cashman Shauna M. Strickland Nancy Marder Eileen A. Kato Files & Brasuell ** Earl J. Picard Patricia A. Chauvin Charlotte K. Sugg James C. Martin Neal B. Kauder Kim Foster Zygmont A. Pines Fred Cheesman Marci K. Taets Mary C. McQueen Alexander M. Keith Rosalyn W. Frierson Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer Charles R. Cloud Valerie Tagliareni Charles H. Pelton Gerald A. Marroney Valerie F. Gardner Ronald Robie J. Peter Coolsen Michael Tardy Sherry Radack John Meeks Ronald M. George W. Terry Ruckriegle Martha J. Coonrod Raymond W. Taylor Jesse Rutledge Norman H. Meyer, Jr. Keith Goehring Mary R. Russell Greg Cowan Jeanine D. Tucker Larry D. Thompson Edward W. Mullins, Jr. Donald D. Goodnow Richard L. Samsel Tricia Crozier Georgia Vagenas Gerald W. VandeWalle Barbara R. Mundell John M. Greacen Lee F. Satterfield Amy M. Davenport Konstantina Vagenas Theodore R. Newman, Jr. Michael A. Griebel Thomas E. Schulz Thomas G. Dibble Tania Wasser ** Robert S. Peck Patricia W. Griffin Norma L. Shapiro William F. Dressel Pamela Wood Nial Raaen Gordon M. Griller * Nancy Sillery Fernande R. Duffly Chang-Ming Yeh *Denotes gift for ICM Gordon R. Hall Dean Duncan Hiller B. Zobel **Denotes gift for Graphic Novel Project 24 2013 NCSC STAFF DALE A. SIPES MEMORIAL AWARDS PRESIDENT’S AWARD Award created in 2005 to recognize an Each year, the NCSC presents awards that individual or a team who is responsible for recognize employee excellence. an extraordinary project or activity, which improved service to the state courts and STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARD enhanced the reputation of NCSC. Recognizes an employee whose work has significantly contributed to the Tina Vagenas fulfillment of NCSC’s mission and enhanced Director/Chief Counsel, Language Access the organization’s reputation through to Justice Initiatives demonstrated expertise, professionalism, ROBERT W. TOBIN ACHIEVEMENT and commitment. AWARD Chuck Campbell Recognizes excellence and achievement Publication Specialist by staff who worked on the best NCSC product produced that year. Bob Tobin was JEANNE A. ITO AWARD a long-time NCSC staff member who retired Recognizes an employee who embodies the in 2005. standards set by the late Jeanne Ito, who The mission of the National Center for State Courts is Toni Engle in only five years with NCSC developed to IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE through a reputation for innovation, initiative, Administrative Manager enthusiasm, and the highest standards of LEADERSHIP and SERVICE to state courts, and courts Jennifer Haire ethical behavior. around the world. Director, Association & Conference Deborah Smith Services Senior Knowledge and Information Alisa Kim Services Analyst Program Specialist

FLORENCE A. MCCONNELL AWARD Amy McDowell Recognizes an employee who, like the late Education Program Manager Florence McConnell, interacts with the courts and fellow employees in a way that Mayra Miranda creates an atmosphere of trust and respect. Program Specialist

Toni Grainer Tiffany Mitchell Education Specialist Senior Administrative Specialist

KATHERINE T. WILKE MEMORIAL Lorri Montgomery Director, Communications SCHOLARSHIP Award presented to an employee who Joanne Richardson is pursuing higher or continuing education Senior Program Manager and who, like the late Katherine Wilke, demonstrates a constant effort to Stacey Smith improve professionally. Executive Assistant to the President

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