NCSC Annual Report, 2018

N C NATIONAL CENTERC2018 SFOR STATE COURTS

ANNUAL REPORT Trusted Leadership. Proven Solutions. Better Courts.

The National Center for State Courts promotes the rule of law and improves the administration of justice in state courts and NCSC MANAGEMENT TEAM courts around the world. MARY C. McQUEEN President

ROBERT BALDWIN Executive Vice President & General Counsel

MICHAEL BUENGER Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

JEFF APPERSON Vice President, NCSC International

THOMAS CLARKE Vice President, Research & Technology

DANIEL J. HALL Vice President, Court Consulting Services

JOHN R. MEEKS Vice President, Institute for Court Management

JESSE RUTLEDGE Vice President, External Affairs

GWEN W. WHITAKER Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Finance and Administration

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 501 (C) (3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SUPPORTING NCSC, CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT (800) 616-6110 OR [email protected]. 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIR

4 IMPROVING PUBLIC TRUST & ACCESS

8 ENHANCING COURT SERVICES

10 EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS & THE PUBLIC

13 INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

14 NCSC BY THE NUMBERS

16 RECOGNIZING COURT LEADERS & SUPPORTERS

18 A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICES & JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE

19 GENERAL COUNSEL COMMITTEE

20 YOUNG LAWYERS COMMITTEE

21 LAWYERS COMMITTEE

22 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS

23 WARREN E. BURGER SOCIETY

24 FRIENDS OF THE COURT TABLE of CONTENTS

25 JOAN K. COCHET MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT FUNDING The National Center for State Courts was created by, and continues to be led by, TRIBUTES Cthe collective effort of the brightest and most innovative 26 HONORING SERVICE minds on issues and trends that impact justice. NCSC is governed by the 28 NCSC’S IMPACT Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators. We are closely aligned with 15 other national court associations. Our staff is comprised of specialists in economics, anthropology, political science, psychology, public policy and management, sociology, public and court administration, and the law. Each discipline contributes a unique perspective, but it’s the blend of these skills and knowledge that NCSC combines effectively to conduct meaningful research. 1 Board of Directors 2018–2019

CHAIR PAUL L. REIBER Chief Justice Supreme Court of Vermont VICE-CHAIR SALLY A. HOLEWA State Court Administrator Supreme Court of North Dakota CHAIR-ELECT MARK S. CADY Chief Justice Supreme Court of Iowa VICE CHAIR-ELECT J. JOSEPH BAXTER State Court Administrator Supreme Court of Rhode Island PRESIDENT MARY CAMPBELL McQUEEN National Center for State Courts

JEROME B. ABRAMS JIMMIE M. EDWARDS District Court Judge Director, Dept. of Public Safety Hastings, Minnesota St. Louis, Missouri FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT ELENA R. BACA MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON RUSSELL BROWN Paul Hastings Sr. Vice President & General Counsel ELENA BACA Los Angeles, California Eli Lilly and Company CALLIE DIETZ Indianapolis, Indiana MARY C. MCQUEEN JENNIFER D. BAILEY CHIEF JUSTICE PAUL REIBER Circuit Court Judge NATHAN L. HECHT SALLY HOLEWA Miami, Florida Chief Justice DEBORAH DANIELS Supreme Court of Texas LUTHER BATTISTE BARRY P. BARBASH STEPHANIE HESS Willkie Farr & Gallagher STEPHANIE E. HESS Washington, DC Deputy Administrative Director SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT Supreme Court of Ohio LUTHER J. BATTISTE, III BARRY BARBASH Johnson, Toal & Battiste GARY W. LYNCH JOSEPH BAXTER Columbia, South Carolina Judge, Court of Appeals CHIEF JUSTICE MARK CADY Springfield, Missouri JUDGE JENNIFER BAILEY RUSSELL R. BROWN, III JUDGE TOKO SERITA Court Administrator DAN MOZENA RANDALL EBNER Cleveland Municipal Court U.S. Ambassador (retired) Silver Spring, Maryland DEBORAH J. DANIELS THIRD ROW, FROM LEFT Krieg DeVault MAUREEN O’CONNOR CHIEF JUSTICE NATHAN HECHT Indianapolis, Indiana Chief Justice CHIEF JUSTICE MAUREEN O’CONNOR Supreme Court of Ohio JUDGE GARY LYNCH RUSSELL C. DEYO LAURIE DUDGEON Vice President & General Counsel (retired) ARTHUR W. PEPIN JUDGE JEROME ABRAMS Johnson & Johnson Director DAN MOZENA New Brunswick, New Jersey Administrative Office of CLIFF SLOAN the New Mexico Courts CALLIE T. DIETZ RUSSELL DEYO State Court Administrator THOMAS W. ROSS NOT PICTURED Administrative Office of the Washington State President, Volcker Alliance, Inc. Courts New York, New York JIMMIE EDWARDS MICHAEL HARRINGTON LAURIE K. DUDGEON TOKO SERITA ARTHUR PEPIN Administrative Director of the Courts Judge, Queens Criminal Court THOMAS ROSS Supreme Court of Kentucky Kew Gardens, New York TODD SMITH RANDALL M. EBNER CLIFFORD M. SLOAN Vice President & General Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Exxon Mobil Corporation Washington, DC Irving, Texas TODD A. SMITH 2 Power Rogers & Smith Chicago, Illinois Message from the President and Chair

President John F. Kennedy believed “Change is the law of life.” This is true for people and organizations like the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). To remain relevant, the courts, and NCSC, must adapt to changes in the world around them — particularly by improving their service and operations. “Change” was NCSC’s byword in 2018. You have probably noticed one obvious change — the new front page of our website. But there is even more change, or progress, going on behind the scenes at www.ncsc.org. In 2018 Michael Buenger, former state court administrator for Ohio, Missouri, and South Dakota, joined NCSC as our new Executive Vice President of Operations. His immediate focus is strengthening our relationships with senior congressional staff in Washington, D.C.; managing internal information systems; and developing national and international initiatives. We are pleased Mike has brought his experience not only as a state court administrator, but also as an international court consultant, who has helped improve the rule of law in eastern Europe and co-authored a book on American judicial power, to NCSC’s management team. Other senior management changes involved saying goodbye to Dr. Tom Clarke, Vice President of Research and Technology, who after 14 years at NCSC decided it was time to retire. As we thank Tom for his tremendous contributions to NCSC and the nation’s state court community, we congratulate Dr. Pam Casey who has been named Vice President of Research. Pam brings a wealth of experience to the position — she’s worked at NCSC for 32 years. During this time, she headed one of the first national projects on problem-solving courts, advanced work on court performance standards and measures, and led initiatives on public trust and confidence in the justice system and access to justice, to name a few. As much as NCSC embraces change, we never lose sight of our long-standing goal of helping courts confront pressing challenges in a rapidly changing society. Through our independent research and analysis, NCSC is: • Helping courts confront the epidemic of opioid use with a new online resource center; • Working with courts to defend against increasingly frequent

cyber attacks on vulnerable computer systems; and PRESIDENT MARY CAMPBELL McQUEEN • Evaluating and improving how courts handle domestic National Center for State Courts relations cases with the Family Justice Initiative. Another constant throughout NCSC’s 47 years of operation is our gratitude for the continuing and generous support of our friends and partners in the state CHAIR courts, our client associations, our private contributors, our law firms, our PAUL L. REIBER Chief Justice dedicated volunteers who serve on numerous advisory committees — Supreme Court of Vermont all of you who value and honor our nation’s state courts. To complete President’s Kennedy’s 1963 remarks on change, he said. “Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” Thank you for helping to make NCSC’s future so promising.

3 IMPROVING PUBLIC TRUST & ACCESS I INDIANA CHIEF JUSTICE LORETTA RUSH

4 State Courts’ Response to the Opioid Crisis

Last year, more Americans died of opioid overdoses than of breast cancer, gunshot wounds, or even car crashes. About 120 Americans per day died of opioid overdoses. “At some point, most opioid abusers end up in court. Perhaps they have been arrested for stealing to feed their habits or perhaps an agency has deemed them unfit parents,” said Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, co-chair of the National Judicial Opioid Task Force. “Whatever the reason, one fact remains: the state court justice system is now the primary referral source for addiction treatment in the country.”

This reality has put tremendous strain on our nation’s state courts, many of which have been overwhelmed by growing dockets and shrinking resources. “It takes an enormous amount of time to figure out what’s best for people who are addicted, how to care for their children, and what resources are available for them,” Chief Justice Rush said. “And those who are placed in a treatment program with court oversight may remain involved with the court for years.”

This led the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators to establish the National Judicial Opioid Task Force to find solutions. The task force, which is staffed by NCSC and funded by the State Justice Institute, made remarkable headway in 2018. Tennessee State Court Administrator Deborah Taylor Tate serves as co-chair with Chief Justice Rush.

The task force has developed an online resource center, which provides state courts an array of materials — policy recommendations, bench cards, webcasts, podcasts, white papers, and educational resources — to help courts respond to this crisis. There remains much work ahead, Chief Justice Rush said. The task force’s work continues through 2019.

NATIONAL JUDICIAL OPIOID TASK FORCE CO-CHAIRS CHIEF JUSTICE RUSH AND TENNESSEE STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE.

5 Families and Courts NCSC began a three-year project to help family courts operate more efficiently. The project, called the Family Justice Initiative, released a study in 2018 that concluded that the ways cases are managed are too complicated, and family courts do not have enough reliable data to effectively change the way they do things. The next step is to develop recommendations based on those findings, and then test them in four pilot project courts. CHIEF JUDGE ANNA BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY ANNA JUDGE CHIEF “This is an incredibly important initiative that I think will end up helping families solve some Connecting of their most difficult problems,” said Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark S. Cady, who Communities is leading a task force on the issue. “I’m happy to be a part of this, and I’m grateful that and Courts NCSC is spearheading this.” In recent years, the public’s perception of the courts has risen slightly, but not dramatically. The Community Engagement in the State Online Dispute Courts Initiative, staffed by NCSC, is working to change that. Chaired by Chief Judge of the Resolution: Coming to D.C. Court of Appeals Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, the initiative has identified several pilot projects a Computer Near You around the country that will create programs to try to improve trust between courts and It is not up for debate that courts can do a minority or low-income communities. The better job of using technology to help people initiative is taking the approach that making access the justice system. With online dispute smaller, incremental changes — for example, resolution (ODR), small-claims litigants can improving jury selection, — might lead to more use their computers or smart phones to file significant improvements in public trust. documents, communicate with other parties, and resolve their claims without entering With this approach, the initiative has launched a courtroom. the Public Engagement Pilot Project to build on information gathered from a three-city listening In the fall of 2018, Utah began the nation’s tour in which judges met with community first statewide ODR pilot project, which members to hear about their experiences NCSC is evaluating. with, and impressions of, the courts. Eleven “The vision of the Utah online dispute resolution themes surfaced during the listening tours — program is to narrow the access-to-justice divided into three categories — and will serve gap and to improve court services through as guidance for the pilot projects: issues based the creation of the first soup-to-nuts ODR on how judges make decisions; perceived court platform in the United States,” said unfairness in the court system; and outcomes Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas. of judicial decisions. THE SIX PILOT SITES INCLUDE “To date, the results • Administrative Office of the of the pilot have been Massachusetts Trial Court • Franklin County, Ohio Municipal Court very encouraging.” • Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Court UTAH JUSTICE DENO HIMONAS • Nebraska Supreme Court, Office of the State Court Administrator • Puerto Rico Judicial Branch • Texas Office of Court Administration 6 State of State Courts Quality Data = Some gains are being made in the court of Better Courts public opinion when it comes to the courts’ use of taxpayers’ dollars and the work ethic of court The National Court Open Data Standards employees, according to NCSC’s 2018 State of Project was launched to strengthen state State Courts survey. NCSC has commissioned courts’ ability to solve internal business this survey since 2014, with pollster GBA problems and to provide open, transparent, Strategies conducting 1,000 telephone and reliable data to court users. This project interviews with registered voters nationwide. plans to reduce the burden that external data requests place on courts. At the project’s core is Seventy-six percent of survey respondents developing uniform defi nitions for various case expressed support in their state courts in 2018 types. The project is expected to improve data — up from 71 percent in 2017. That increased integrity and usability. support resulted in higher marks from the public on a wide variety of attributes, including Court leaders are excited about the prospect a 12 percent increase in those saying that courts of how improved data will help courts. are a good investment of taxpayer dollars, and a Kim Nieves, a data specialist for the 7 percent increase in those who think of courts Pennsylvania Courts, said the “project will as places where people work hard. provide an invaluable resource for states “It is important for any entity to do a working to advance in areas, such as temperature check on itself, but it is particularly monitoring, evaluation, case management, and important for those of us in public service. resource allocation by developing a common It was fascinating to be a small part of the data language that is vetted by experts from survey process; of course, the real work across the country. begins with responsiveness to the identifi ed California Judge Brian McCabe said the project needs,” said Marcia Meis, Illinois State Court should resolve some long-standing challenges Administrator, who served on the project’s courts face. “Living and working in the Advisory Committee. information age has presented all of us Still, confi dence in how poor people and with unique challenges,” said Judge McCabe minorities are treated hasn’t substantially of Merced Superior Court. improved. “This narrative has done little to alleviate well-established concerns of bias, “For the court system, the challenge ineffi ciency, and a two-tiered justice system weighted against ‘regular’ people,” said is how to be more transparent, GBA Strategies. while preserving data integrity and, in some cases, confi dentiality. NCSC is at the forefront of this eff ort in collaboration with various interested entities. It is hoped the eff ort produces solutions that are both workable and worthy of the challenge.” JUDGE BRIAN McCABE

MARCIA MEIS MARCIA 7 ENHANCING COURT SERVICES E TEXAS CHIEF JUSTICE NATHAN HECHT

8 Texas and Other State Courts Develop Solutions to Fines & Fees

Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht was determined to right a wrong playing out in courts in Texas and nationwide: poor people being jailed because they cannot afford court fines and fees for minor offenses. “Jailing criminal defendants who cannot pay their fines and court costs keeps them from their jobs, hurts their families, makes them dependent on society, and costs the taxpayers money,” he said. “Most importantly, it is illegal under the United States Constitution.”

Chief Justice Hecht served on the National Task Force on Fines, Fees and Bail Practices, an initiative of the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators, which was staffed by NCSC. The task force worked for more than two years to find solutions to this issue. Good things are happening.

The Texas legislature passed a law that allows courts to determine a defendant’s ability to pay at an earlier point in the court process. For example, if a judge finds that a person cannot afford a $500 traffic ticket, but can afford $200, payment is made, and the case is resolved. Previously, defendants had to pay the $500 or they were likely jailed.

In the first full year since this law was enacted, Texas courts received an unexpected result: a 7 percent increase in collections. “Courts are collecting something rather than nothing,” said Texas State Court Administrator David Slayton, “and the negative impacts for defendants are much lower.”

OTHER MEASURES ARE WORKING Judges in Sacramento, California; Glen Falls, New York; and Athens, Ohio are referring people convicted of traffic-related offenses to use driving simulators, which teach drivers to detect hazards, parallel park, drive safely in bad weather, and learn the dangers of speeding and distracted driving. Those who pass 15 lessons have their traffic-related fines and fees reduced by as much as $500. The simulators were purchased with a grant from Selective Insurance, which is partnering with NCSC and working with the task force.

9 EDUCATING EPROFESSIONALS & THE PUBLIC

COURT ADMINISTRATOR JAIME BREW

1010 ICM Fellows Program Builds and Strengthens Professional Relationships

Like the majority of Houston area residents in August 2017, Jaime Brew was a nervous wreck as Hurricane Harvey dumped more than a year’s worth of rain on southeast Texas in just a few days.

“During the storm, I remember feeling a sense of hopelessness as I watched the flood waters getting closer and closer to the house,” said Brew, a member of the ICM Fellows Class of 2018. “At one point I did start to panic because I remembered I cannot swim.”

“I tried to keep my mind off what was going on outside my home by working on my ICM Fellows research paper,” added Brew, now the administrator for the Coppell Municipal Court, north of Dallas.

The Fellows Program is the highest and most rigorous certification program offered by ICM. Becoming an ICM Fellow is a multiyear, multistep process that nearly 1,300 court professionals from 47 states, the District of Columbia, and 11 countries have accomplished since 1970.

Brew credits the program with helping her “recharge her batteries” and find more purpose in her work. “I have worked in court administration for over 11 years and I must admit that around year 10, I was beginning to question whether or not what I was doing made a difference.”

During the residential phase of the program, when she was with the other Fellows candidates in Williamsburg, Virginia, Brew realized that others were dealing with the same challenges she faced.

“The ICM Fellows Program helped me to truly understand the EDUCATING importance of my job, helped me build stronger relationships with my judges, and I learned how to conduct proper research PROFESSIONALS to gather the data needed for evidence-based decision making.” As it turns out, Hurricane Harvey spared Brew and her family. & THE PUBLIC The floodwaters crept into her yard, but then subsided. The Institute for Court Management is the education arm of NCSC. It offers online courses to court employees seeking certifications, such as the Certified Court Executive and Certified Court Manager. ICM also runs our Fellows Program.

11 NCSC Video Explains State Courts ASSOCIATIONS NCSC provides education It’s understandable that most people don’t realize that 96 percent and conference services of all court proceedings take place in state courts. Many were never to the 8,200 members taught that the Founding Fathers created the judicial branch as the of the 17 court-related government’s third and equal branch. To help educate the public, associations we manage. NCSC produced an explainer video that helps the public understand CONFERENCE OF how courts work and how they are accountable. CHIEF JUSTICES (CCJ) “This is much needed to help with civics education efforts,” said Sharon CONFERENCE OF STATE Gladwell, communications director for the North Carolina Judicial Branch. COURT ADMINISTRATORS “I am going to recommend that we include this in our “toolkit” for our (COSCA) statewide Speakers Bureau.” AMERICAN JUDGES The brief video — 3 minutes and 35 seconds long — is available ASSOCIATION (AJA) free to schools, courts, and the public. Check it out at CONFERENCE OF COURT PUBLIC INFORMATION WWW.NCSC.ORG/EXPLAINER OFFICERS (CCPIO) COUNCIL OF CHIEF JUDGES OF THE STATE COURTS OF APPEAL HR Summit: Life Cycle (CCJSCA) COUNCIL OF LANGUAGE of Court Employees ACCESS COORDINATORS (CLAC) NCSC and the Conference of State Court Administrators hosted a Human I Resource Summit in Denver in which more than 100 court management COURT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY staff from around the country attended. The two-day summit titled, OFFICERS CONSORTIUM Employee Life Cycle, explored issues such as recruitment, retention, (CITOC) organizational development, and succession planning. Another HR INTERNATIONAL summit is scheduled for 2019. ASSOCIATION FOR COURT ADMINISTRATION (IACA) JOINT TECHNOLOGY eCourts 2018 Looked to COMMITTEE (JTC) Courts of the Future JUDICIAL FAMILY INSTITUTE NCSC hosted eCourts, one (JFI) of our two major technology NATIONAL ASSOCIATION conferences, in Las Vegas FOR COURT MANAGEMENT in mid-December. A record- (NACM) breaking crowd of more than NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1,000 people from around the FOR PRESIDING JUDGES AND COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS globe attended. The opening (NAPCO) session — Hair on Fire: Courts NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF in 2030 — set an innovative STATE JUDICIAL EDUCATORS tone for the rest of the (NASJE) conference by trying to predict NATIONAL ASSOCIATION what the courts might look OF WOMEN JUDGES like in 2030. One example: Will (NAWJ) we see virtual courthouses ten NATIONAL COLLEGE years from now? To view that OF PROBATE JUDGES session and others, go to the (NCPJ) eCourts website. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF APPELLATE COURT CLERKS (NCACC) E-COURTS.ORG NATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC FAIRNESS IN THE COURTS CORA THE ROBOT GREETS eCOURTS’ ATTENDEES (NCREFC) AND PROVIDES CONFERENCE INFORMATION.

12 INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

Helping a New NCSC International is a global leader in court management and administrative I Court System services, working with justice systems worldwide to modernize court operations Work Better in to help courts function more efficiently

MILLAN and transparently, offer quality services Trinidad and that increase access to justice and respond effectively to community needs.

JIM M c Tobago Over the years we have worked in more than 40 countries, implementing rule of Trinidad and Tobago experienced an increase in violent crimes among law initiatives. NCSC also works in the children at the turn of the last decade, and, like a lot of relatively areas of civil law, common law, sharia law, young nations, realized it couldn’t treat young perpetrators of and traditional settlement systems. crimes like adults. • NCSC’s International Division team “It is clear that the justice system and the traditional punitive has designed and implemented case management, case tracking, and approach have failed to deter our young people from the allure case reporting systems in courts in of a life of crime,” its judiciary admitted, so it would need to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, focus on rehabilitation. Nigeria, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, That increase in violent crime triggered a comprehensive law called and Indonesia. the Children Act 2012, an initiative called the Trinidad and Tobago • NCSC has overseen the design, Juvenile Court Project, and the country’s first two juvenile courts, renovation, and installation of which also handle children in need of supervision, and child care and modern records management and protection matters. NCSC, using part of a grant from U.S. Agency for IT/communications technology in International Development, is providing technical support so it can judicial institutes and courts in Kosovo, manage cases better. More specifically, NCSC developed the court’s Lebanon, Mongolia, and Serbia. cloud with an eye toward minimizing short- and long-term costs and • NCSC is working with the International enabling the court to continue to grow its case management system. Association for Court Administration, an organization with members “The cloud has allowed for the international development in 24 countries that promotes team to more easily share and manage the work via continual professional court management communication,” said Jim McMillan, NCSC principal court in emerging democracies. management consultant who made trips to Trinidad and Tobago. • In 2018 NCSC moderated the first- Since the courts opened in February and March of 2018, ever self-assessment for Colombia’s more than 1,000 individual cases — with a total of more than Constitutional Court — the same 20,000 documents — have been entered in its system. level as the U.S. Supreme Court.

13 NUMBER OF RESEARCH

DIVISION PROJECTS 56$16,823,242 AMOUNT OF FEDERAL AND FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR RESEARCH

BY THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES NCSC INTERNATIONAL

NUMBERS IS WORKING IN, FROM NICARAGUA TO NIGERIA, BOSNIA TO THE BAHAMAS25

NUMBER OF COURT-RELATED ASSOCIATIONS 158 SERVED BY NUMBER OF FULL-TIME NCSC IN NCSC EMPLOYEES 201817 11,029 NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS TO NCSC’S FLAGSHIP 3,815 NEWSLETTER @ THE CENTER THE NUMBER OF NCSC 14 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS +160 250 NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF NCSC’S LAWYERS NUMBER29 OF COURT APPROXIMATE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATORS NUMBER OF COUNSEL COMMITTEES COURT LEADERS WHO BECAME ICM WHO ATTENDED FELLOWS IN 2018 OUR NCSC JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE EVENTS IN NUMBER OF TIMES ICM WASHINGTON, D.C. +90 COURSES WERE HELD IN 2018

NUMBER OF NEW CONTRACTS SIGNED BY COURT CONSULTING SERVICES IN 2018 85$7,348,488 42 NUMBER OF STATES IN WHICH COURT CONSULTANTS WORKED IN 2018 1,500 NUMBER OF TIMES NCSC WAS 582 CITED IN STATE AND NATIONAL MEDIA NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO SUBMITTED ESSAYS FOR THE 2018 CIVICS EDUCATION ESSAY CONTEST 15 RECOGNIZING COURT LEADERS & SUPPORTERS R JUDGE ELIZABETH HINES

16 Judicial Excellence Events Rehnquist Award Recipient Elizabeth Hines

District Court Judge Elizabeth “Libby” Hines from Ann Arbor, Michigan, received NCSC’s 2018 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, one of the highest judicial honors in the country. While Judge Hines’ work is far-ranging, she is most recognized for her groundbreaking work in domestic violence.

Presented annually by the National Center for State Courts, the Rehnquist Award honors a state court judge who demonstrates the outstanding qualities of judicial excellence, including integrity, fairness, open-mindedness, knowledge of the law, professional ethics, creativity, sound judgment, intellectual courage, and decisiveness.

Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. presented Judge Hines the award during a ceremony in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court November 15. “To be recognized by NCSC for the work I have been privileged to do — and to meet the Chief Justice of the United States — is absolutely thrilling. Thank you to the National Center and Chief Justice Roberts for making me the happiest judge alive!” Judge Hines said at the dinner. JUDGE ELIZABETH HINES AND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR. Judge Hines’ work has shaped the way many courts handle domestic violence cases. In the early 2000s, she was appointed Annually, NCSC hosts to represent her court on an executive committee that managed judicial excellence a Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative sponsored by the events in Washington, U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, D.C. to honor and one of only three sites in the country selected to find what court to recognize court practices work best in domestic violence cases. This was a professionals who have demonstrated five-year-project, and today Judge Hines’ court serves as outstanding work. The a national resource for the handling of such cases. 2018 events included the “My interest in DV began when I was the prosecutor in charge William H. Rehnquist of cases in the juvenile court. There, I saw the harm to children Award Reception and growing up in a violent home. I also saw the resilience of Dinner, A Conversation children given support...I know that the orders I make in court with the Chief Justices, do not just affect the adult in front of me, they affect everyone the annual Justice in the home, so I’d better get it right. Thank you to the experts Roundtable, the at the National Center, the American Judges Association, the Recognition Luncheon, Center for Court Innovation, NCJFCJ, and the National Judicial and the induction of new College who help us get it right.” members to the Warren E. Burger Society. 17 A Conversation with Justice Roundtable the Chief Justices What are the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on the law? Participants of NCSC’s Justice Roundtable Preserving judicial independence took center stage engaged in a two-hour, in-depth conversation about what at the 2018 Conversation with the Chief Justices challenges AI might present for the legal profession. in Washington, D.C., in November. The Justice Roundtable, held each year in November in Fifteen chief justices lined the front of the room for an Washington, D.C. brings together more than 125 court open and candid discussion with more than 50 General leaders and legal experts associated with NCSC — chief Counsel and Lawyers Committee members invited to justices, judges, general counsel, lawyers, and business engage in this question-and-answer session. leaders — for a thought-provoking conversation in a The conversation continually circled back to recent private setting about an issue that is impacting the attacks on the judiciary and how lawyers and others country’s legal community. can help the judiciary combat them. Gary Marchant, an Arizona State University law professor, “This is a profound issue that is becoming a bigger moderated the discussion, led by a panel of experts problem,” said Iowa Chief Justice Mark Cady. “We, as representing IBM, the University of Toronto, and the chiefs, have an influence on our courts, but the issue Wilson Elser law firm. of judicial independence is something we really need The panelists and attendees discussed what lawyers a lot of help with.” and the courts should do if artificial intelligence and its Participants said this event was invaluable to them byproducts, such as autonomous vehicles and medical because it provided a free exchange of ideas and devices, do not work as intended and lead to harm — concerns outside of a courtroom — an opportunity everything from physical injury and discrimination to they do not often get. criminal acts and privacy breaches. Gillian Hadfield, a roundtable panelist and a professor of law and strategic management at the University of Toronto, predicted that “our conventional common law categories will have a difficult time” with artificial- intelligence-related cases, and that new technology CHIEF JUSTICE PAUL L. REIBER created by artificial intelligence will lead to new regulations and laws.

NEW MEXICO CHIEF JUSTICE JUDGE TOKO SERITA ROUNDTABLE PANELISTS, FROM LEFT: MICHAEL O’BRIEN, JUDITH K. NAKAMURA DONNA HADDAD, GILLIAN HADFIELD AND GARY MARCHANT 18 General Counsel Committee Members of the National Center for State Courts General Counsel Committee commit to heightening the visibility of the NCSC’s mission and to developing and implementing future NCSC programs. In addition to their financial support, each member of the committee provides important outreach to the justice, legal, and business communities.

CO-CHAIRS RANDALL M. EBNER Vice President & General Counsel EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION CHARLES J. KALIL RANDALL M. EBNER Executive Vice President, Law & Government MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Randy Ebner, vice president and Senior Vice President & General Counsel DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (RETIRED) ELI LILLY AND COMPANY general counsel of Exxon Mobil JAMES F. KELLEHER Corporation, has developed a Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer COMMITTEE LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY national reputation for his ROBERT A. ARMITAGE MICHAEL H. LANZA long-standing commitment ELI LILLY AND COMPANY (RETIRED) Executive Vice President, General Counsel to the work of the country’s & Chief Compliance Officer S. JACK BALAGIA JR. SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP state courts. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (RETIRED) THOMAS C. LEIGHTON “I’ve spent much of my career as JANET LANGFORD CARRIG Vice President of Legal Editorial Operations a litigator in various state court Senior Vice President, Legal, Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary General Counsel & Corporate Secretary THOMSON REUTERS systems throughout the United CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (RETIRED) DAVID G. LEITCH States. In that time, I’ve found CHRISTA A. D’ALIMONTE Global General Counsel that the stronger and better Executive Vice President, BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION General Counsel & Secretary functioning a state court system VIACOM, INC. DEBORAH P. MAJORAS is, the more it can provide a Chief Legal Officer & Secretary JENNIFER M. DANIELS PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY critical, efficient, and fair forum Chief Legal Officer & Secretary COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY CHARLES W. MATTHEWS JR. for dispute resolution.” EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (RETIRED) RUSSELL C. DEYO Ebner also is a champion of JOHNSON & JOHNSON (RETIRED) DAVID R. MCATEE Senior Executive Vice President NCSC, serving as co-chair of D. CAMERON FINDLAY & General Counsel the General Counsel Committee Senior Vice President, AT&T INC. General Counsel & Secretary and Board member. Through ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY STEPHEN McMANUS his commitment, Exxon Mobil Senior Vice President & General Counsel IVAN K. FONG STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE continues its support of NCSC’s Senior Vice President, INSURANCE COMPANY work into a fourth decade. Legal Affairs & General Counsel 3M COMPANY R. HEWITT PATE Vice President & General Counsel “The National Center for State STACY L. FOX CHEVRON CORPORATION Courts provides a strong, non- General Counsel & Secretary DOWDUPONT BARBARA A. POLLACK politicized vehicle to help ensure Vice President, Legal & General Counsel access to justice, efficiencies GEORGE S. FRAZZA Space and Airborne Systems JOHNSON & JOHNSON (RETIRED) RAYTHEON COMPANY in state court systems, and the BRADLEY M. GAYTON J. JEFFERY RABORN promotion and protection of the Group Vice President, Executive Vice President, Law & External rule of law,” he said. Chief Administrative Affairs & General Counsel Officer & General Counsel REYNOLDS AMERICAN, INC. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SANDRA PHILLIPS ROGERS “The Center also CRAIG B. GLIDDEN Group Vice President, General Counsel, Executive Vice President Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary helps underscore & General Counsel TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. GENERAL MOTORS SHARON R. RYAN BRETT J. HART Senior Vice President, General Counsel the importance of Executive Vice President, & Corporate Secretary General Counsel & Corporate Secretary INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC. maintaining an BRADFORD L. SMITH ANDREW D. HENDRY President & Chief Legal Officer COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (RETIRED) MICROSOFT CORPORATION independent and MICHAEL J. HOLSTON MICHAEL H. ULLMANN Senior Vice President, Vice President & General Counsel unbiased judiciary.” General Counsel & Secretary JOHNSON & JOHNSON GENERAL ELECTRIC JEANNE E. WALKER R. WILLIAM IDE III Senior Counsel, Business Advisor to MONSANTO COMPANY (RETIRED) General Counsel & Global Litigation FRANK R. JIMENEZ SHELL OIL COMPANY Vice President, General Counsel ARLENE ZALAYET & Secretary Senior Vice President & General Attorney RAYTHEON COMPANY LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP 19 Young Lawyers Committee Lawyers Committee members’ firms are encouraged to mentor a young attorney to serve on the Young Lawyers Committee. The Young Lawyers Committee membership brings a unique perspective to the dialogue with state court leaders who are helping to improve court operations through the changing landscape of litigation.

CHAIRS JACOB M. HEATH ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE BRANDON HECHTMAN WICKER SMITH BRIAN T. KIOLBASA LANE POWELL MONICA C. SEGURA RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL STEVEN A. LOPEZ GIBBS LAW GROUP F. JAMES ALEXANDRA AUSTIN ZACHARY M. MANDELL NEXSEN PRUET MANDELL SCHWARTZ & BOISCLAIR ROBINSON JR. A. MATTISON BOGAN COLIN F. PETERSON Jim Robinson, an active member NELSON MULLINS ROBINS KAPLAN of NCSC’s Lawyers Committee MOLLY Q. CAMPBELL MATTHEW PIERCE and a 2018 Burger Society REED SMITH GORDON TILDEN THOMAS CORDELL recipient, is recognized for being CLAY M. CARLTON DANIEL PRINCE a defender of state courts. MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS PAUL HASTINGS YVONNE W. CHAN ALEX B. ROBERTS The Kansas attorney, who GOODWIN PROCTER BECK REDDEN specializes in business law said HEATHER SOUDER CHOI CHRISTOPHER A. ROJAO he views the courts as “a priceless BAKER BOTTS MCCARTER & ENGLISH constitutional gift.” To Robinson, MICAH J. FINCHER SARAH MOTLEY STONE JONES WALKER WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON the courts are defined by ideas — “fair and impartial courts, CAROLINE B. GIORDANO MACKENZIE S. WALLACE MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK & STONE THOMPSON & KNIGHT not under the thumb of the government’s political branches, not beholden to party interests and public opinion and solely accountable to the Constitution and the rule of law” — that must be taught to each generation. A senior partner with Hite, Fanning & Honeyman, Robinson is “greatly concerned about politically motivated, and increasingly strident, attacks highlighting a few unpopular state court decisions. Those attacks undermine courts’ legitimacy.” Robinson has encouraged members to take an active role in protecting state judiciaries from unfair political attacks. He has worked closely with Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss to build support for his state’s judicial system, where he has witnessed escalating tensions between the legislature and the judiciary. Robinson has worked to build FROM LEFT relationships between court SARAH STONE leaders and the legal profession MONICA SEGURA BRANDON HECHTMAN and cultivate a broad-based MICAH FINCHER coalition. He and others met MOLLY CAMPBELL with lawmakers, launched public JACOB HEATH education campaigns, and CHRISTOPHER ROJAO organized a high-profile, pro- retention campaign in 2016 for five Kansas Supreme Court justices 20 who were on the ballot. All five won. Lawyers Committee The National Center for State Courts Lawyers Committee members dialogue with state court leaders and actively participate in the development and implementation of programs and initiatives that support NCSC’s mission to serve the courts.

CHAIRS RICHARD W. CLARY CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE C. MITCHELL BROWN NELSON MULLINS W. THOMPSON COMERFORD JR. COMERFORD & BRITT KATHLEEN FLYNN PETERSON ROBINS KAPLAN MICHAEL A. COOPER SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LAWYERS COMMITTEE BUSINESS MEETING ATTENDEES, FROM LEFT MEMBERSHIP CHAIRS SALLY R. CULLEY JIM ROBINSON, KANSAS CHIEF JUSTICE LAWTON NUSS, RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL WAYNE MASON, AND MOLLY CAMPBELL ROBERT E. MALONEY JR. LANE POWELL MARK A. CUNNINGHAM JONES WALKER ALAN E. MANSFIELD EDWARD W. MULLINS JR. GREENBERG TRAURIG NELSON MULLINS (RET.) BARTHOLOMEW J. DALTON DALTON & ASSOCIATES JOSEPH R. MARCONI JOHNSON & BELL ROBERT H. ALEXANDER JR. CHRISTINA U. DOUGLAS ALEXANDER ATTORNEYS WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON JAMES C. MARTIN REED SMITH PAUL ALSTON MELODY H. EAGAN DENTONS LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE WAYNE B. MASON DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH “Courts are a priceless D. LEON ASHFORD LEWIS S. “MIKE” EIDSON HARE WYNN NEWELL & NEWTON COLSON HICKS & EIDSON LETITIA A. MCDONALD KING & SPALDING CURTIS H. BARNETTE BRUCE W. FELMLY constitutional gift.” SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER MCLANE MIDDLETON DONNA M. MELBY & FLOM (RET.) PAUL HASTINGS JIM ROBINSON PETER J. FLOWERS G. MICHAEL BARNHILL MEYERS & FLOWERS DREW J. MIROFF WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON ICE MILLER RICHARDS H. FORD LISA BLUE BARON WICKER SMITH MICHAEL J. MUELLER BARON & BLUE HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH MARK W. GARRIGA PAUL A. BARRETT BUTLER SNOW ANDRE M. MURA BARRETT & GILMAN GIBBS LAW GROUP DANIEL J. GERBER HUNTER M. BARROW RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL GARY P. NAFTALIS CHRISTIAN D. SEARCY THOMPSON & KNIGHT KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA RICHARD C. GODFREY BARNHART & SHIPLEY DAVID J. BECK KIRKLAND & ELLIS PATRICK S. NOLAN BECK REDDEN QUARLES & BRADY EUGENE A. SCHOON STEPHEN E. GOLDMAN SIDLEY AUSTIN VAN H. BECKWITH ROBINSON & COLE CHARLES M. NOTEBOOM BAKER BOTTS NOTEBOOM — THE LAW FIRM ROBERT SHLACHTER MAURICE B. GRAHAM STOLL BERNE LOKTING SHLACHTER MARK A. BEHRENS GRAY RITTER & GRAHAM GARETH W. NOTIS SHOOK HARDY & BACON MORRISON MAHONEY MICHAEL W. SMITH NINA M. GUSSACK CHRISTIAN & BARTON PAUL D. BEKMAN PEPPER HAMILTON THOMAS C. O’BRIEN BEKMAN MARDER & ADKINS MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK & STONE TODD A. SMITH ROBERT L. HAIG POWER ROGERS & SMITH SHEILA L. BIRNBAUM KELLEY DRYE & WARREN MICHAEL L. O’DONNELL DECHERT WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL JENNIFER L. SPAZIANO WILLIAM HAWAL SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM DAVID A. BLEDSOE SPANGENBERG SHIBLEY & LIBER TERRENCE O’TOOLE PERKINS COIE STARN O’TOOLE MARCUS & FISHER MYRON T. STEELE KAREN G. JOHNSON-MCKWAN POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON BILL BLOSS ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE RONALD L. OLSON KOSKOFF & BIEDER MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON DAVID S. STEUER KARA M. KAPKE WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI ROBERT M. BROCHIN BARNES & THORNBURG THEODORE B. OLSON MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER T. SCOTT STEWART MICHAEL A. KELLY OGLETREE DEAKINS MATTHEW W. BROUGHTON WALKUP MELODIA KELLY JENNIFER L. PARENT GENTRY LOCKE & SCHOENBERGER MCLANE MIDDLETON KENNETH M. SUGGS JANET JENNER & SUGGS DAVID L. BROWN MICHAEL F. KINNEY MICHAEL G. PATTILLO JR. HANSEN MCCLINTOCK & RILEY CASSEM TIERNEY ADAMS MOLOLAMKEN SAMUEL L. TARRY GOTCH & DOUGLAS MCGUIREWOODS WALTER H. BUNDY ROBERT S. PECK BUNDY MCDONALD JAMES K. LEADER CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL MATTHEW J. THARNEY LEADER & BERKON LITIGATION MCCARTER & ENGLISH ELIZABETH J. CABRASER LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN BURTON LEBLANC VANESSA SORIANO POWER JEFFREY I. TILDEN & BERNSTEIN BARON & BUDD STOEL RIVES GORDON TILDEN THOMAS CORDELL COLIN F. CAMPBELL RICHARD H. LEVENSTEIN JOHN T. PRISBE MARK TRACHTENBERG OSBORN MALEDON NASON YEAGER GERSON WHITE & LIOCE VENABLE HAYNES AND BOONE JAMES M. CAMPBELL MICHAEL P. MAGUIRE F. JAMES ROBINSON JR. BRADISH J. WARING CAMPBELL EDWARDS & CONROY MICHAEL MAGUIRE & ASSOCIATES HITE FANNING & HONEYMAN NEXSEN PRUET KENNETH S. CANFIELD PATRICK MALONE JOSEPH F. SAVAGE JR. DANIEL E. WATHEN DOFFERMYRE SHIELDS CANFIELD PATRICK MALONE & ASSOCIATES GOODWIN PROCTER PIERCE ATWOOD & KNOWLES MARK S. MANDELL WILLIAM SAVITT DAN K. WORTHINGTON DAVID E. CHRISTENSEN MANDELL SCHWARTZ & BOISCLAIR WACHTELL LIPTON ROSEN & KATZ RAMON WORTHINGTON CHRISTENSEN LAW 21 The National Center for State Courts is pleased to express our deep appreciation for the generosity of these corporations and law firms. 2018 HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS

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GIFTS OF $25,000+ LEADERSHIP CIRCLE HELI LILLY AND COMPANY* GIFTS OF $10,000–$24,999 W EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION** COLSON HICKS EIDSON GRAY RITTER & GRAHAM KIRKLAND & ELLIS* GREENBERG TRAURIG GIFTS OF $10,000–$24,999 PAUL HASTINGS HANSEN MCCLINTOCK & RILEY 3M COMPANY HARE WYNN NEWELL & NEWTON AT&T** JUSTICE CIRCLE HAYNES AND BOONE CHEVRON CORPORATION** GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999 HITE FANNING & HONEYMAN DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY* BECK REDDEN HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH* FORD MOTOR COMPANY CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE* ICE MILLER GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY* GENTRY LOCKE JOHNSON & BELL MERCK & COMPANY GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER JONES WALKER LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES KING & SPALDING* KOSKOFF & BIEDER RAYTHEON COMPANY LEADER & BERKON KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP MICHAEL MAGUIRE & ASSOCIATES KRAMER SOPKO & LEVENSTEIN SHELL OIL COMPANY* MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON LANE POWELL STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES* NELSON MULLINS* LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION PEPPER HAMILTON MANDELL SCHWARTZ & BOISCLAIR TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA REED SMITH MCCARTER & ENGLISH VIACOM ROBINS KAPLAN MCGUIREWOODS* SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK & STONE GIFTS UP TO $10,000 BARNHART & SHIPLEY OGLETREE DEAKINS COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY THOMPSON & KNIGHT ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY WALKUP MELODIA KELLY OSBORN & MALEDON PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY** & SCHOENBERGER PATRICK MALONE & ASSOCIATES REYNOLDS AMERICAN WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH PERKINS COIE & ROSATI POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON RAMON WORTHINGTON AMICUS CIRCLE ROBINSON & COLE GIFTS OF $3,000–$4,999 RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL BAKER BOTTS SHOOK HARDY & BACON BUTLER SNOW SIDLEY AUSTIN CAMPBELL CAMPBELL EDWARDS SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM & CONROY SPANGENGBERG SHIBLEY & LIBER CASSEM TIERNEY ADAMS GOTCH STARN O’TOOLE MARCUS & FISHER & DOUGLAS STOEL RIVES CHRISTENSEN LAW STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER COMERFORD & BRITT VENABLE DALTON & ASSOCIATES WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON DECHERT DENTONS GIFTS UP TO $2,999 DOFFERMYRE SHIELDS CANFIELD BARRETT & GILMAN & KNOWLES CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH CHRISTIAN & BARTON* GIBBS LAW GROUP MCLANE MIDDLETON GOODWIN PROCTER PIERCE ATWOOD GORDON TILDEN THOMAS CORDELL

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FROM LEFT JUDGE STEPHEN BAKER Vermont Chief Justice Paul L. Reiber, president of the RETIRED NEW YORK CHIEF JUDGE JONATHAN LIPPMAN Conference of Chief Justices and chair of the National MARY MCCLYMONT Center for State Courts’ Board of Directors, inducted F. JAMES ROBINSON JR. Wfive individuals in the Warren E. Burger Society, which NOT PICTURED S. JACK BALAGIA JR. GRAY RITTER & GRAHAM honors those who have volunteered their time, talent GREENBERG TRAURIG and support to the National Center in exceptional ways. HANSEN MCCLINTOCK & RILEY HARE WYNN NEWELL & NEWTON THE 2018 HONOREES: VERNE A. HODGE RICHARD DE J. OSBORNE LINWOOD HOLTON LOUISE M. PARENT HAYNES AND BOONE Hon. Stephen H. Baker, judge in the Superior HITE FANNING & HONEYMAN R. WILLIAM IDE III GEORGE T. PATTON JR. JAMES R. JAMES WILLIAM G. PAUL HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH* Court of Shasta County, California WALLACE B. JEFFERSON ROBERT S. PECK ICE MILLER S. Jack Balagia Jr., retired vice president and EILEEN A. KATO CHARLES H. PELTON JOHNSON & BELL general counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation NICHOLAS DEB. KATZENBACH* ELLEN ASH PETERS JONES WALKER JOHN F. KAY JR.* THOMAS R. PHILLIPS KOSKOFF & BIEDER Hon. Jonathan Lippman, retired Chief Judge JUDITH S. KAYE* JOHN H. PICKERING* KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL of the New York State Court of Appeals INGO AND SUSAN L. KEILITZ LYLE REID KRAMER SOPKO & LEVENSTEIN ELISABETH H. KIEL WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON* LANE POWELL Mary E. McClymont, retired president and chief HENRY L. KING* SALLY M. RIDER LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE AUGUSTUS B. KINSOLVING* WILLIAM L. ROBERTS JR. MANDELL SCHWARTZ & BOISCLAIR executive officer of the Public Welfare Foundation MICHAEL H. LANZA F. JAMES ROBINSON JR. MCCARTER & ENGLISH F. James Robinson Jr., senior partner with Hite, HARRY O. LAWSON* WM. T. “BILL” ROBINSON III* MCGUIREWOODS* JACQUELINE AND ROBERT* LEWIS JOHN H. ROCKWELL* MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK & STONE Fanning & Honeyman in Wichita, Kansas JONATHAN LIPPMAN KALISTE J. SALOOM JR. L. JOSEPH LOVELAND JR. KARL J. SANDSTROM OGLETREE DEAKINS The Burger Society is named for the former Chief ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE EDWARD W. MADEIRA JR. CHARLES R. SCHADER Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who helped found NANCY MARDER JOHN G. SCRIVEN OSBORN & MALEDON MARK D. MARTIN RANDALL T. SHEPARD PATRICK MALONE & ASSOCIATES NCSC in 1971. The induction ceremony took place at CHARLES W. MATTHEWS JR. LARRY AND DALE SIPES* PERKINS COIE a luncheon on Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C. ROBERT B. MCCAW CHESTERFIELD SMITH * POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON MARY E. MCCLYMONT ARTHUR H. SNOWDEN II RAMON WORTHINGTON EDWARD B. MCCONNELL* MYRON T. STEELE ROBINSON & COLE ARTHUR A. MCGIVERIN ROBERT F. STEPHENS* RUMBERGER KIRK & CALDWELL MEMBERS OF THE WARREN E. BURGER SOCIETY VINCENT L. MCKUSICK* GEORGE A. STINSON* SHOOK HARDY & BACON ROBERT A. ARMITAGE ELIZABETH J. CABRASER TIMOTHY FLANIGAN MARY C. MCQUEEN RONALD J.* & SIDLEY AUSTIN R. BYRON ATTRIDGE SHEILA CALABRO EDITH FOSTER DANIEL J. MEADOR* KATHERINE N. STUPAK SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM STEPHEN H. BAKER ALAN CARLSON GEORGE S. FRAZZA MANUEL A. MEDRANO STEPHEN D. SUSMAN SPANGENGBERG SHIBLEY & LIBER S. JACK BALAGIA JR. HARRY L. CARRICO* ROSALYN W. FRIERSON-SMITH DONNA M. MELBY ROBERT B. TAYLOR STARN O’TOOLE MARCUS & FISHER ROBERT N. BALDWIN LINDA R. CAVINESS WILLIAM H. GATES III E. LEO MILONAS SANDRA A. THOMPSON STOEL RIVES CURTIS H. BARNETTE WINSLOW CHRISTIAN* VERNON M. GEDDY JR.* WILLIAM BLAIR MITCHELL* JEAN H. TOAL STOLL BERNE LOKTING & SHLACHTER DOROTHY T. BEASLEY MICHAEL V. CIRESI RONALD M. GEORGE THOMAS J. MOYER* GERALD W. VANDEWALLE VENABLE DAVID J. BECK HUGH M. COLLINS JAMES D. GINGERICH EDWARD W. MULLINS JR. E. NORMAN VEASEY DANIEL J. BECKER MICHAEL A. COOPER RICHARD C. GODFREY BARBARA R. MUNDELL WILLIAM C. VICKREY WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON ROBERT M. BELL THEODORE H. CURRY II THOMAS A. GOTTSCHALK G. THOMAS MUNSTERMAN SYLVIA H. WALBOLT SHEILA L. BIRNBAUM JOHN J. CURTIN JR.* JOHN M. GREACEN JANICE T. MUNSTERMAN ROGER K. WARREN GIFTS UP TO $2,999 DAVID BOIES PAUL J. DE MUNIZ MAURICE R. GREENBERG GAYLE A. NACHTIGAL WILLIAM K. WEISENBERG BARRETT & GILMAN BOBBE J. BRIDGE JUDE DEL PREORE JOE R. GREENHILL WILLIAM H. NEUKOM BRENDA A. WILLIAMS CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION MURRAY H. BRING KENNETH T. DERR ROBERT L. HAIG CHARLES M. NOTEBOOM W. WAYNE WITHERS* CHRISTIAN & BARTON* JOHN T. BRODERICK JR. JAN AIKMAN DICKSON SOPHIA H. HALL DOROTHY A. O’BRIEN ROBERT A. ZASTANY SR. MCLANE MIDDLETON THOMAS C. BROWN JR. SUE K. DOSAL JAMES R. HANNAH* D. DUDLEY OLDHAM GUY A. ZOGHBY* PIERCE ATWOOD KIM M. BRUNNER RICHARD W. DUESENBERG HOWELL T. HEFLIN* THEODORE B. OLSON MICHAEL L. BUENGER HALIBURTON FALES II* ANDREW D. HENDRY DWIGHT D. OPPERMAN* DAVID K. BYERS THEODORE J. FETTER JANE A. HESS* BETTY W. OSBORNE

* Deceased 23 The Friends of the Court program provides an opportunity for those who care about the NCSC’s mission to make a personal financial contribution in support of NCSC’s work and programs. These contributions enable NCSC to provide quality training and education, independent research, and to promote awareness of issues surrounding the administration of justice. The National Center gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who made a gift in 2018.

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GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE HOWARD H. BERCHTOLD SUZANNE H. STINSON MILTON L. MACK STEPHANIE E. DUNN ELENA R. BACA THE BLAND FAMILY DANIEL H. STRAUB DEBORAH A. MASON JOSEPH ESPOSITO DAVID J. BECK CHARITABLE FUND ROBERT J. TORRES JAMES E. MCMILLAN PATRICIA EVANS DEYO FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND RUSSELL R. BROWN WILLIAM C. VICKREY LORRI W. MONTGOMERY GIUSEPPE M. FAZARI RANDALL M. EBNER STEPHEN G. CRANE ALVIN WEISS RONALD T. MOON KYLE FIELDS RICHARD C. GODFREY DONALD CULLEN GWEN M. WHITAKER MARLA S. MOORE SUSAN FORMAKER FJUDY & MICHAEL HARRINGTON THERESA EWING BARBARA R. MUNDELL GEORGE GASPAROVIC FAMILY FOUNDATION THOMAS A. GOTTSCHALK GIFTS OF $100–$249 DAMIAN G. MURRAY JAMES A. GAZELL SIMON M. LORNE JOHN M. GREACEN MARGARET R. ALLEN GAYLE A. NACHTIGAL STEPHEN GOLDSPIEL DONNA M. MELBY SOPHIA H. HALL HENRY D. ATKINSON NEIL NESHEIM JON R. GRAY THEODORE B. OLSON PAULA HANNAFORD-AGOR DAVID BALL D. DUDLEY OLDHAM ROCIO GUZMAN THE SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION NATHAN L. HECHT DAVID BARTEE BRIAN J. OSTROM JENNIFER L. HAIRE SALLY A. HOLEWA PAUL P. BIEBEL LARRY P. POLANSKY BARBARA HARCOURT GIFTS OF $2,500–$4,999 EILEEN A. KATO EPHANIE A. BLAIR VINCENT J. POPPITI C. KELLEHER HARDIN JOHN R. MEEKS KEVIN J. BOWLING CAROLYN PROBST NIKKI HARRIS BARRY P. BARBASH JOHN D. MINTON KAREN L. PROCHNIEWSKI MARK I. HARRISON CURTIS H. BARNETTE MARIA BREWER G. T. MUNSTERMAN ANDREW BROWN STUART RABNER ROSS HICKS BOBBE J. BRIDGE THOMAS R. PHILLIPS VANCE W. RAYE BARBARA HOLMES MICHAEL V. CIRESI EDWARD R. BRUNNER PAUL L. REIBER LEONORA BURGER MARCUS REINKENSMEYER PEGGY HORA GEORGE S. FRAZZA JOHN F. SURBECK JUDITH RESNIK KELLY HUTTON JAMES D. GINGERICH PAUL J. BURKE ROBERT D. WESSELS PAMELA BURTON WILLIAM L. ROBERTS CRAIG JOHNSON ANDREW D. HENDRY THOMAS Z. WILKE DAVID B. ROTTMAN MATTHEW KLEIMAN JAMES C. MARTIN MARK S. CADY CHELSEA WOODALL PONDA A. CALDWELL JUDY K. RUPP SONYA KRASKI THOMAS W. ROSS YVONNE N. SALOOM GREGORY A. LAMBARD PATRICIA A. STANLEY CHARLES F. CAMPBELL GIFTS OF $250–$499 WILLIAM C. CARPENTER RICHARD L. SAMSEL OWEN LOKKEN MYRON T. STEELE JEFF SCHRADE LA TIA W. MARTIN GERALD W. VANDEWALLE JANET E. BARTON IDA K. CHEN MERCEDES BAUERMEISTER EDWARD C. CLIFTON TOKO SERITA HELEN DIANA MCSPADDEN NANCY M. SILLERY AARON MENT GIFTS OF $1,000–$2,499 JOHN J. BAXTER RICHARD R. CLIFTON THOMAS C. BROWN HUGH M. COLLINS ALAN SLATER ARMANDO MONTANO RONALD B. ADRINE ROSS B. BUCHANAN JOHN E. CONERY DEBORAH W. SMITH GARY MURPHY JEFF A. APPERSON SHEILA CALABRO THOMAS CURTIS STACEY A. SMITH EUGENE J. MURRET ROBERT A. ARMITAGE RONALD D. CASTILLE HILDA CUTHBERTSON DAVID C. STEELMAN LAWRENCE G. MYERS STEPHEN H. BAKER JANET G. CORNELL RENEE DANSER LEE SUSKIN MICHAEL NEUREN ROBERT N. BALDWIN KATHERINE A. DABNEY DIANE C. DEAL NORA E. SYDOW RICHARD NEWMAN MICHAEL L. BUENGER CALLIE T. DIETZ THOMAS G. DIBBLE MARCI K. TAETS BRIAN M. O’LEARY LINDA R. CAVINESS JOSE F. DIMAS SUSANNE DIPIETRO SUZANNE K. TALLARICO BRENDA G. OTTO DEBORAH J. DANIELS LAURIE K. DUDGEON SUE K. DOSAL SAMUEL L. TARRY MATTHEW PENDY ALICIA DAVIS WILLIAM H. EDINGTON LEONARD P. EDWARDS FRANCIE TEER MARCOS PORTA JIMMIE M. EDWARDS MARY FAIRHURST JULIA EDWARDS-MCDANIEL ALAN J. TOMKINS RICHARD L. PRICE GORDON M. GRILLER DAVID E. GILBERTSON KIM A. FOSTER BONNIE TOWNSEND JANET REID ROBERT L. HAIG KEITH GOEHRING ROSALYN FRIERSON-SMITH MARK A. WEINBERG SHELLEY R. ROCKWELL PAMELA Q. HARRIS DANIEL J. HALL ANNETTE FRITZ WILLIAM K. WEISENBERG LAURA E. ROTH MICHAEL G. HEAVICAN JAMES M. HARRIS KEM T. FROST MARK WENGER SHANNON ROTH ELIZABETH P. HINES STEPHANIE E. HESS VALERIE F. GARDNER JAMES T. WORTHEN RALPH TIMOTHY RUSSELL R. WILLIAM IDE III TIMOTHY M. HUGHES CYNTHIA L. GARNER MICHAEL A . ZAMPERINI THOMAS SCHEUERMANN F. DALE KASPAREK JR. TED M. KERR RONALD M. GEORGE JAQUELINE SILBERMANN INGO & SUSAN KEILITZ TONNY A K. KOHN GARY HASTINGS GIFTS UP TO $99 CARLA SMITH GARY W. LYNCH BARRY MAHONEY KRISTIAN HEDINE ALICE ALLRED LINDA R. SOLES MARY C. MCQUEEN JAMES F. MCHUGH MARY E. HENRY SYLVIA BACON HARVEY E. SOLOMON CHARLES H. PELTON NORMAN H. MEYER MARTA E. HERNANDEZ DOUGLAS R. BEACH SHAUNA M. STRICKLAND JOAN ROBINSON JACK B. MIDDLETON RICHARD B. HOFFMAN TERESA A. BEAUDET CHARLOTTE K. SUGG JESSE RUTLEDGE GREGORY E. MIZE ROB HOFMANN JOANN BENNETT JOHNNY TSE ERNIE SEGO MAUREEN O’CONNOR MARY T. HOGAN CHRISTOPHER R. BOWEN JEANINE D. TUCKER CLIFFORD M. SLOAN SARAH E. PARKER SATOSHI ITO VIRGINIA R. BROWN NICOLE WATERS WILLIAM G. PAUL ROBER T S. PECK L. M. JACOBS DAVID A. CABLE CHERYL L. WRIGHT MILLIE WEST ZYGMONT A. PINES BLAKE P. KAVANAGH ALAN CARLSON SUE P. YANG NIAL RAAEN ELIZABETH KEEVER PAUL D. CARRINGTON CHANG-MING YEH GIFTS OF $500–$999 RONALD ROBIE WILLIAM G. KELLY PAMELA CASEY JAN AIKMAN & BRENT DICKSON CHARLES R. SCHADER ELISABETH H. KIEL PATRICIA A. CHAUVIN JENNIFER D. BAILEY RICHARD SCHWERMER LAURA G. KLAVERSMA FRED CHEESMAN MARY ELLEN BARBERA RANDALL T. SHEPARD JACK KOMAR DENISE O. DANCY LUTHER J. BATTISTE DENNIS J. SMITH BARBARA LYNN LAVOLIA E. DUNCAN

24 Every effort has been made to list current and accurate information. If you see an error or omission we would like to hear from you at [email protected]. TRIBUTES The National Center for Joan K. Cochet Memorial Scholarship State Courts gratefully acknowledges the following Joan Cochet worked at NCSC for 10 years, during which time she touched the honor & memorial gifts lives of many with her gracious and generous spirit. Joan worked closely with received in 2018. STEPHANIE E. DUNN court leaders, members of the nation’s court associations, and Fellows of the JOSEPH ESPOSITO In honor of James C. Drennan, PATRICIA EVANS Institute for Court Management at the National Center for State Courts. GIUSEPPE M. FAZARI UNC School of Government DIANE C. DEAL KYLE FIELDS Her service represented the highest ideals of the Center. The scholarship was SUSAN FORMAKER In honor of Callie T. Dietz GEORGE GASPAROVIC named in her honor to help deserving students achieve the status of ICM HON. MARY E. FAIRHURST JAMES A. GAZELL Fellow — the highest level of ICM’s certifi cation program. In honor of Mary C. McQueen STEPHEN GOLDSPIEL MILLIE WEST JON R. GRAY The National Center would like to recognize the following individuals ROCIO GUZMAN In memory of Donald M. Dietz JENNIFER L. HAIRE who made a gift in 2018 to the Joan K. Cochet Memorial Scholarship. CALLIE T. DIETZ BARBARA HARCOURT In memory of Chief Justice C. KELLEHER HARDIN ROBERT N. BALDWIN PATRICIA EVANS LORRI W. MONTGOMERY DEBORAH W. SMITH Ernest A. Finney Jr. NIKKI HARRIS DOUGLAS R. BEACH THERESA EWING MARLA S. MOORE LINDA R. SOLES HON. ROSALYN W. FRIERSON-SMITH MARK I. HARRISON HOWARD H. BERCHTOLD GIUSEPPE M. FAZARI EUGENE J. MURRET SUZANNE H. STINSON ROSS HICKS In memory of Geoff Gallas KEVIN J. BOWLING GORDON M. GRILLER LAWRENCE G. MYERS DANIEL H. STRAUB SONYA KRASKI BARBARA HOLMES ANDREW BROWN SALLY A. HOLEWA NEIL NESHEIM BONNIE TOWNSEND PEGGY HORA JANET G. CORNELL KELLY HUTTON BRIAN M. O’LEARY JOHNNY TSE In memory of Maurice D. Geiger KELLY HUTTON RICHARD B. HOFFMAN DONALD CULLEN F. DALE KASPAREK JR. MATTHEW PENDY NICOLE WATERS CRAIG JOHNSON In memory of B. Lois Hueholt MATTHEW KLEIMAN HILDA CUTHBERTSON BLAKE P. KAVANAGH KAREN L. PROCHNIEWSKI MARK WENGER BARBARA HOLMES SONYA KRASKI RENEE DANSER SONYA KRASKI JUDY K. RUPP ROBERT D. WESSELS GREGORY A. LAMBARD THOMAS G. & GREGORY A. LAMBARD JESSE RUTLEDGE CHELSEA WOODALL In memory of Joseph F. Quinn OWEN LOKKEN SANDRA K. DIBBLE JOHN R. MEEKS CHARLES R. SCHADER CHARLES R. SCHADER LA TIA W. MARTIN SUE K. DOSAL GREGORY E. MIZE JEFF SCHRADE In memory of Hon. HELEN DIANA MCSPADDEN Kaliste J. Saloom Jr. AARON MENT YVONNE N. SALOOM ARMANDO MONTANO GARY MURPHY In memory of Louise Sonet EUGENE J. MURRET Project Funding PATRICIA & RICHARD EVANS LAWRENCE G. MYERS In memory of William L. Taylor MICHAEL NEUREN FOUNDATIONS OTHER THOMAS SCHEUERMANN RICHARD NEWMAN BRIAN M. O’LEARY CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS ALBERTA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE In memory of Daniel Valluzzi DAVID C. STEELMAN BRENDA G. OTTO JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MATTHEW PENDY JPB FOUNDATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY In memory of Katherine T. Wilke MARCOS PORTA LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION FUTURES, INC. W. CLAY BURCHELL RICHARD L. PRICE MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION CENTER FOR COURT INNOVATION LINDA R. CAVINESS THOMAS Z. WILKE JANET REID OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. SHELLEY R. ROCKWELL MICHAEL A. ZAMPERINI PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION COFFEY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED LAURA E. ROTH SHANNON ROTH THE ASIA FOUNDATION DAI GLOBAL RALPH TIMOTHY RUSSELL THE KRESGE FOUNDATION DELOITTE TOUCHE M.E. THOMAS SCHEUERMANN THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS IJIS INSTITUTE JAQUELINE SILBERMANN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE CONSORTIUM GOVERNMENT CARLA SMITH JUDICIARY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO LINDA R. SOLES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS MILLENNIUM DPI PARTNERS Established by the National Center HARVEY E. SOLOMON BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COURT MANAGEMENT for State Court in honor of its four SHAUNA M. STRICKLAND presidents, Edward B. McConnell, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT CHARLOTTE K. SUGG OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME Larry L. Sipes, Roger K. Warren, and JOHNNY TSE PROFESSIONALS Mary C. McQueen, the Presidents OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN JEANINE D. TUCKER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES Legacy Society recognizes donors who NICOLE WATERS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NIGERIA NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL have included the National Center CHERYL L. WRIGHT FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES for State Courts in their estate plans SUE P. YANG NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) PAE LABAT-ANDERSON through a bequest or other planned gift. CHANG-MING YEH STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE SEARCH, THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR These generous demonstrations U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS of support have prompted the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE SOCIETY OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS establishment of a society that BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW INTERNATIONAL recognizes and celebrates donors who ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS THE URBAN INSTITUTE provide legacies to help the National BUREAU OF NEAR EAST AFFAIRS THOMSON REUTERS Center for State Courts to fulfi ll its BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR U.S. EMBASSY OF PANAMA mission to improve the administration of justice through leadership and BUREAU OF COUNTERTERRORISM UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME service to courts. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS ZYGOS CONSULTING 25 HONORING SERVICE Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education HMarilyn Cover, executive director of Oregon’s Classroom Law Project, received the 2018 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education. Cover was selected for determination, creativity, leadership, and reach. “Her impact on students and teachers — as well as judges, legislators, and other elected officials — extends far beyond her home base in Oregon, where she and a handful of lawyers, teachers, and judges started what is now the Classroom Law Project (CLP) in the early 1980s,” former Oregon Chief Justice Thomas Balmer said in his nomination letter. CLP includes classroom instruction, teacher training, mock trials, and courtroom visits. Cover’s commitment to civics education spans four decades and has impacted thousands of students. She successfully convinced Oregon governors and legislators to enact a state law that designates the first Friday in December as Oregon Civics Day for Teachers. Cover’s commitment to civics education spans four decades and has impacted thousands of students. Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration Maureen E. Conner, Ph.D., professor emerita at Michigan State University, received the 2018 Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration. “Maureen has provided much-needed vision and strong leadership in judicial administration. She has done so in a highly collaborative, forward-looking manner, creating strong organizational partnerships to further the professional development of judicial officers and court managers,” said one of her nomination letters, signed by more than 16 members of court associations. Conner joined Michigan State University in 1991 where she created a knowledge base for judicial branch education. She launched and led the Master of Science degree and two certificate programs in judicial administration. G. Thomas Munsterman Award for Jury Innovation Pat Young, former Alaska jury coordinator, was the 2018 recipient of NCSC’s G. Thomas Munsterman Award for Jury Innovation, which recognizes state and local courts or individuals that have made significant improvements or innovations in jury procedures, operations, and practices. Young was recognized for demonstrating exceptional leadership and project management skills to bring together levels of the court system to implement jury management innovations. She played a key role in encouraging the court system to develop jury videos and was instrumental in creating a juror services web page. She also developed judicial training on juror utilization. 26 2018 Distinguished NCSC 2018 Staff Awards Service Awards THE STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARD recognizes the employee whose work has significantly contributed NCSC annually presents a handful of Distinguished to the fulfillment of NCSC’s mission. The recipient Service Awards to court leaders who have made consistently produces a high quality of service that significant contributions to the justice system. enhances our reputation and earns the support and trust of all segments of the court community. CURRENT OR FORMER STATE APPELLATE COURT JUDGE • Jennifer Elek, Senior Court Research Associate • Hon. Maite Oronoz Rodriguez, Chief Justice HONORING SERVICE of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court JEANNE A. ITO AWARD acknowledges an employee • Hon. Rhys Hodge, Chief Justice of the who has worked at NCSC for five years or less and Virgin Islands Supreme Court who exemplifies the same traits as Jeanne Ito, who developed a reputation for innovation, initiative and CURRENT OR FORMER STATE TRIAL COURT JUDGE enthusiasm during her five years at NCSC. • Hon. Duane Slone, Fourth Judicial District, • William Gale, Program Manager Eastern Tennessee

STATE-LEVEL COURT ADMINISTRATOR OR EMPLOYEE FLORENCE MCCONNELL AWARD honors former • Kevin Iwerson, Chief Information Officer, employee Florence McConnell. This award goes to the Idaho Judicial Branch employee whose interaction with the courts and with TRIAL COURT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR fellow employees creates an atmosphere of trust and • Theresa Ewing, Fort Worth, Texas Municipal respect. The recipient not only maintains a high level Court Director of professional performance but also is supportive of colleagues in their personal challenges. INDIVIDUAL NOT EMPLOYED BY THE COURTS • Nikiesha Cosby, Association Manager • Katherine Alteneder, Executive Director of the Self Represented Litigants Network ROBERT W. TOBIN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes excellence and achievement by staff who worked on an exceptional product. Bob Tobin was a long-time employee who retired in 2015. THE VIZ-A-THON TEAM • Natasha Anderson, Program Specialist • Brandan Collins, Web Architect • Kathryn Genthon, Senior Court Research Analyst • Kathryn Holt, Senior Court Research Analyst • Diana McSpadden, IT Development Manager • Olivia Underwood, Court Research Analyst • Brittney Via, Court Research Analyst

DALE A. SIPES MEMORIAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD Named after former NCSC employee Dale Sipes, this award recognizes an individual who is responsible for an extraordinary project or activity that improved service to the state courts and enhanced NCSC’s reputation. • Stacey Smith, Executive Assistant to the President FROM LEFT CHAIR OF THE NCSC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF VERMONT PAUL REIBER PUERTO RICO CHIEF JUSTICE MAITE ORONOZ RODRIGUEZ CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS RHYS HODGE

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Helping Courts Cope • NCSC researchers helped North Carolina with Natural Disasters develop requirements for a new case N management system that is expected to save court employees time and reduce Recent natural disasters have highlighted the data entry errors. The next step is for North need for courts to better prepare for, and Carolina to select a case management respond to, emergencies. With a grant from the system vendor that understands the needs State Justice Initiative, NCSC has embarked on of the courts. the Continuity of Operations Planning Project to help courts affected by natural disasters • An NCSC report gave jury managers more have relevant and up-to-date resources to more information about how to accommodate effectively function during a natural emergency jurors with disabilities. The report or disaster. The project has identified four summarized the Americans With Disabilities initiatives to be completed by the end of 2019: Act and other disability statutes as well as the numerous types of disabilities, and the • Study lessons learned from recent natural technological advances to assist courts in disasters/emergencies for courts helping those with disabilities. • Provide direct COOP planning technical • NCSC provided a first-of-its-kind resource assistance to states/territories affected for judges that focused on professional • Update existing NCSC COOP materials and growth. The information in the report, develop new technical content Elements of Judicial Excellence: A Framework to Support the Professional • Modernize and upgrade the NCSC COOP Development of State Trial Court Judges, Online Planning Guide and template is based on more than 100 hours of interviews with Illinois circuit court judges, 24 hours of focus-group discussions, Viz-a-thon Brings State and follow-up surveys. The State Justice Institute funded the project. Court Organization • The Kansas Supreme Court in 2018 used a compensation study done by NCSC to to Life try to convince state lawmakers to raise NCSC hosted the first court-related data the salaries of court employees. The study visualization contest, which we called State found that some court employees are paid Court Viz-a-thon. In all, 80 people entered, 18 percent below market level. The State taking a massive amount of data about the Justice Institute helped finance the study. state court system and creating eye-pleasing • The courts can be hectic places, and court and intuitive data visualizations. NCSC plans to employees often don’t have the luxury of use concepts from the winning visualizations to thinking long-term, so NCSC in 2018 started improve the data charts in the Court Statistics a project to peer into the future and try to Project, a vast trove of state court caseload data determine how the courts will be impacted from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico by technological innovations, demographic and Guam. shifts and other factors. 28 Conference of Chief Justices NCSC is governed, in part, by the Conference of Chief Justices, who gathered for their midyear meeting in Florida. The attending members include: RESOURCES State Court Organization, ncsc.org/sco presents detailed comparative data about how state trial and appellate courts are organized and administered in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands. Topics range from the types of courts established in each state to specific aspects of law or procedure.

The 2018 edition of Trends in State Courts reported on how courts are meeting the changing needs of society. The articles examined what courts are doing — or need to do — to confront issues such as drug abuse, human trafficking and immigration enforcement.

In 2018, our Joint Technology FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT Committee published MINNESOTA CHIEF JUSTICE LORIE GILDEA NEVADA CHIEF JUSTICE MARK GIBBONS several interesting research NEW HAMPSHIRE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT LYNN papers to help guide the VERMONT CHIEF JUSTICE AND PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES PAUL REIBER courts. A few titles include SOUTH CAROLINA CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD BEATTY Social Media Marketing for ALABAMA CHIEF JUSTICE TOM PARKER Courts, When Might Blockchain CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS RHYS HODGE Appear in Your Court, and SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT Marketing a Court Website. INDIANA CHIEF JUSTICE LORETTA RUSH ILLINOIS CHIEF JUSTICE LLOYD KARMEIER NCSC produces numerous NEW MEXICO CHIEF JUSTICE JUDITH NAKAMURA court-related newsletters. OHIO CHIEF JUSTICE MAUREEN O’CONNOR @ the Center, our flagship PUERTO RICO CHIEF JUSTICE MAITE ORONOZ RODRIGUEZ ARKANSAS CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP newsletter, went from monthly IDAHO CHIEF JUSTICE ROGER BURDICK to weekly in 2018. Other newsletters include Gavel to THIRD ROW, FROM LEFT Gavel, Connected, Judging INCOMING MISSOURI CHIEF JUSTICE GEORGE DRAPER III Traffic, Jur-E Bulletin and Court MISSOURI CHIEF JUSTICE ZEL FISCHER Tech Bulletin, which State Tech MARYLAND CHIEF JUDGE MARY ELLEN BARBERA magazine recognized as one of RHODE ISLAND CHIEF JUSTICE PAUL SUTTELL OREGON CHIEF JUSTICE MARTHA WALTERS 30 must-read state and local DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHIEF JUDGE ANNA BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY IT blogs from 2018. ARIZONA CHIEF JUSTICE SCOTT BALES NEBRASKA CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HEAVICAN NCSC produces a monthly GUAM CHIEF JUSTICE KATHERINE MARAMAN podcast, Court Talk, which discusses societal issues and BACK ROW, FROM LEFT how they relate to the courts. MASSACHUSETTS CHIEF JUSTICE RALPH GANTS FLORIDA CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES CANADY TENNESSEE CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFREY BIVINS IOWA CHIEF JUSTICE MARK CADY KANSAS CHIEF JUSTICE LAWTON NUSS UTAH CHIEF JUSTICE MATTHEW DURRANT NORTH DAKOTA CHIEF JUSTICE GERALD VANDEWALLE TEXAS CHIEF JUSTICE NATHAN HECHT NCSC.ORG

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