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Conference of CHIEF JUSTICES Conference of STATE COURT ADMINISTRATORS 1999 Annual Meeting Williamsburg, Virginia Conference of Conference of Chief Justices State Court Administrators Abrahamson, Shirley S. Wisconsin Alben, James M. West Virginia Amestoy, Jeffrey L. Vermont Baldwin, Robert N. Virginia Anderson, E. Riley Tennessee Bauermeister, Mercedes M. Puerto Rico Andreu-Garda, Jose A. Puerto Rico Becker, Daniel Utah Arnold, W. H. (Dub) Arkansas Benedict, Jerry L. Texas Bell, Robert M. Maryland Berson, Steven V. Colorado Benham, Roben Georgia Broderick, Michael E Hawaii Blatz, Kathleen A. Minnesota Buenger, Michael L. South Dakota Brock, David A. New Hampshire Byers, David K. Arizona Callahan, Roben J. Connecticut Chenovick, Patrick A. Montana Calogero, Pascal E, Jr. Louisiana Clark, Cornelia A. Tennessee Carrico, Harry L. Virginia Click, Kingsley W. Oregon Carson, Wallace P., Jr. Oregon Cole, Stephanie J. Alaska Cruz, Benjamin J.E Guam Collins, Hugh M. Louisiana Demapan, Miguel S. Nonhern Mariana Islands Conyers, Howard W. Oklahoma Finney, Ernest A., Jr. South Carolina Dortch-Okara, Barbara A. Massachusetts Flaherty, John P. Pennsylvania Dosal, Sue K. Minnesota Freeman, Charles E. Illinois Ferry, John D., Jr. Michigan George, Ronald M. California Frierson, Rosalyn Woodson South Carolina Guy, Richard P. Washington Gingerich, James D. Arkansas Harding, Major B. Florida Glessner, James T. Maine Hendry, John V. Nebraska Goodnow, Donald D. New Hampshire Hodge, Verne A. Virgin Islands Greacen, John M. New Mexico Hooper, Perry 0., Sr. Alabama Gregory, Frank W. Alabama Howe, Richard C. Utah Hammond, Ulysses B. District of Columbia Kaye, Judith S. New York Hansen, Holly A. Wyoming Kruse, E Michael American Samoa Harrall, Robert C. Rhode Island Lambert, Joseph E. Kentucky Hollon, Steven C. Ohio Lehman, Larry L. Wyoming Judson, Lilia G. Indiana Matthews, Warren W Alaska Kavanau, Karen Nevada McCormick, Michael J. Texas Lambert, Cicely Jaracz Kentucky McFarland, Kay Kansas Lange, George, III Georgia McGiverin, Arthur A. Iowa Larkin, Ronald L. Missouri Miller, Roben A. South Dakota Leuba, Robert C. Connecticut Minzner, Pamela B. New Mexico Lippman, Jonathan New York Mitchell, Burley B., Jr. North Carolina McQueen, Mary C. Washington Moon, Ronald T. Y. Hawaii Moran, J. Denis Wisconsin Moyer, Thomas J. Ohio Nelson, Keithe E. North Dakota Mullarkey, Mary J. Colorado O'Brien, William J. Iowa Phillips, Thomas R. Texas Palacios, Margarita M. Northern Mariana Islands Poritz, Deborah T. New Jersey Palmer, Kenneth R. Florida Prather, Lenore L. Mississippi Paopao, Eliu E American Samoa Price, William Ray, Jr. Missouri Patt, Rick D. Mississippi Rose, Roben E. Nevada Riggin, George B., Jr. Maryland Shepard, Randall T. Indiana Ross, Thomas W. North Carolina Starcher, Larry V. West Virginia Schillaci, Joseph A. Illinois Strubhar, Reta M. Oklahoma Schwartz, Howard P. Kansas Summers, Hardy Oklahoma Smith, Viola E. Virgin Islands Trout, Linda C. Idaho Sobolevitch, Nancy M. Pennsylvania Turnage, Jean A. Montana Steele, Joseph c. Nebraska VandeWalle, Gerald W North Dakota Suskin, Lee Vermont Veasey, E. Norman Delaware Tobias, Patricia Idaho Wagner, Annice M. District of Columbia Tydingco, Daniel J. Guam Wathen, Daniel E. Maine Vickrey, William C. California Weaver, Elizabeth A. Michigan Webster, Lawrence P. Delaware Weisberger, Joseph R. Rhode Island Williams, Richard J. New Jersey Wilkins, Herbert P. Massachusetts Zlaket, Thomas A. Arizona CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES Board of Directors 1998..99 President David A. Brock, New Hampshire President-elect E. Norman Veasey, Delaware First Vice-President Gerald W. VandeWalle, North Dakota Second Vice-President Warren W. Matthews, Alaska Immediate Past President Thomas R. Phillips, Texas Pascal E Calogero, Jr., Louisiana Ernest A. Finney, Jr., South Carolina Daniel E. Wathen, Maine Annice M. Wagner, District of Columbia Joseph R. Weisberger, Rhode Island Thomas A. Zlaket, Arizona CONFERENCE OF STATE COURT ADMINISTRATORS Board of Directors 1998..99 President William C. Vickrey, California President-elect Howard W. Conyers, Oklahoma Immediate Past President Nancy M. Sobolevitch, Pennsylvania Mercedes M. Bauermeister, Puerto Rico David K. Byers, Arizona Kenneth R. Palmer, Florida George B. Riggin, Jr., Maryland Howard P. Schwartz, Kansas Patricia Tobias, Idaho National Center for State Courts 300 Newport Ave. (Zip Code 23185), P.O. Box 8798, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8798 (757) 259-1841, fax (757) 259-1520 The biographical listings in this membership directory reflect infcmnation available on August 1. 1999. The information was gathered with the assistance of the members of the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators. PERRY O. HOOPER, SR. ChiefJustice Hooper took office in 1995. Staff Attorney, Supreme Court of Alabama; elected Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, 1964; reelected, 1970; elected Circuit Judge of the Fifteenth judicial Circuit, 1974 (Presiding judge, 1978); private law practice, 1983-95. Elected to Republican National Committee, 1972; reelected every four years since then. Member: Capital City Kiwanis Club (Past President); Alabama Probate Judges Association (President, 1971). Attended Birmingham Southern College; graduated from University of Alabama with degrees in commerce and law. Married, four children, seven grandchildren. Supreme Court of Alabama 300 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104-3741 (334) 242-4599 Fax (334) 242-4483 ------ALABAMA FRANK W GREGORY Administrative Director of Courts Gregory took office in October 1995. Director, Alabama Judicial College, 1985-95. Director, State Court Operations Division, 1981-85. Director, Research, Planning, and Development Division, 1979-81. Montgomery County Court Administrator, 1977-79. Principal: Opelika High School, Opelika, Alabama, 1969-77; Mobile Middle School, Mobile, Alabama, 1968-69. Assistant Principal, john Shaw High School, Mobile, Alabama, 1966 68. Teacher: Davidson High School, Mobile, Alabama, 1965-66; Bessemer High School, Bessemer, Alabama, 1963-65. Member: National Association for Court Management; National Association of State Judicial Educators. B.A. and M.A., University of Alabama. Born October 21, 1939. Married, one child. Administrative Director of the Courts 300 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104-3741 (334) 242-0300 Fax (334) 242-2099 E-mail: [email protected] Home page: www.alacourt.org WARREN W. MATTHEWS ChiefJustice Matthews has served on the Supreme Court since 1977 and previously served as Chief Justice from 1987 to 1990. Private practice (Anchorage), 1965-77. Chairman, Alaska Judicial Council, 1987-90. Past member, Alaska Sentencing Commission, 1990-93; Board of Governors, Alaska Bar Association; Alaska Bar Ethics and Unauthorized Practices Committee; Supreme Coun Criminal Rules Revision Comminee. B.A., Stanford University, 1961. J.D., Harvard University Law School, 1964. Born AprilS, 1939. Manied, two children. Supreme Coun of Alaska 303 K Street Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 264-0618 Fax (907) 264-0768 E-mail: [email protected] Home page: www.alaska.net/-akctlib/homepage.htm ALASKA STEPHANIE J. COLE Administrative Director of the Courts Cole took office in 1997. Deputy Director of Alaska Coun System, 1983-97. Assistant Attorney General/Supervising Attorney, Alaska Department of Law, 1980-82. Director of Legal Education and Information, Alaska Court System, 1977-80. Private practice, 1976-77. Master/Court Attorney, Alaska Coun System, 1975-76. B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1971. J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1975. M.F.A., University of Alaska, 1993. Fellow (Award of Merit), Institute for Coun Management, 1994. Alaska Coun System 303 K Street Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 264-0547 Fax (907) 264-0881 E-mail: [email protected] F. MICHAEL KRUSE Chief Justice Kruse was appointed to the High Court of American Samoa by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior on November 1, 1988. Associate Justice, 1987·88. General practice of law, American Samoa, 1975-87. Judge Pro Tempore, District Court, American Samoa, 1980 85. Member: American Samoa (Past President) and District of Columbia bar associations. B.A., LL.B., Victoria University (New Zealand). Master of Comparative Law, American Practice, George Washington University National Law Center. Born January 27, 1948. Married, three children. The High Court of American Samoa Courthouse P.O. Box 309 Pago Pago, AS 96799 011 (684) 633-1410 Fax 011 (684) 633-1318 AMERICAN SAMOA ELIU F. PAOPAO Court Administrator High Court of American Samoa P.O. Box 309 Pago Pago AS 96799 011 (684) 633·1150 Fax 011 (684) 633-1318 THOMAS A. ZLAKET ChiefJustice Zlaket assumed his duties in 1997, having previously served as Vice ChiefJustice in 1996; he has served on the Supreme Court bench since 1992. Private practice: Zlaket & Zlaket, 1982-92; Slutes, Estes, Zlaket, Sakrison & Wasley, 1973-82; Estes, Browning, Maud and Zlaket (later Estes & Zlaket), 1970-73; Maud & Zlaket, 1968-70; Lesher, Scruggs, Rucker, Kimble & Lindamood (Tucson), 1965-68. Member: American, Pima County, and Maricopa County bar associations; American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); American Bar Foundation (Fellow); Arizona Bar Foundation (Founding Fellow); American Board of Trial Advocates; Arizona College ofTrial Advocacy; University of Arizona Law College Association; Arizona Law Review Association; American Judicature Society. Awards: Member of the Year, State Bar of Arizona, 1991; Outstanding Graduate Award, University of Arizona College of Law, 1989; Contributions