Conference of CHIEF JUSTICES Conference of STATE COURT ADMINISTRATORS 1997 Annual Meeting Cleveland, Ohio Conference of Conference of Chief Justices State Court Administrators Abrahamson, Shirley S. Wisconsin Baldwin, Robert N. Virginia Amestoy, Jeffrey L. Vermont Bauermeister, Mercedes M. Puerto Rico Anderson, E. Riley Tennessee Becker, Daniel Utah Andreu-Garda, Jose A. Puerto Rico Benedict, Jerry L. Texas Arnold, W. H. (Dub) Arkansas Berson, Steven V. Colorado Bell, Robert M. Maryland Broderick, Michael F. Hawaii Benham, Robert Georgia Buenger, Michael L. South Dakota Benton, Duane Missouri Byers, David K. Arizona Brock, David A. New Hampshire Cameron, Dallas A., Jr. North Carolina Callahan, Robert J. Connecticut Chenovick, Patrick A. Montana Calogero, Pascal E, Jr. Louisiana Ciancia, James J. New Jersey Carrico, Harry L. Virginia Click, Kingsley W. Oregon Carson, Wallace P., Jr. Oregon Cole, Stephanie J. Alaska Chapel, Charles S. Oklahoma Collins, Hugh M. Louisiana Durham, Barbara Washington Conyers, Howard W. Oklahoma Finney, Ernest A., Jr. South Carolina Dosal, Sue K. Minnesota F1aherj:y, John P. Pennsylvania Doss, Robert L., Jr. Georgia Franchini, Gene E. New Mexico Ferrell, Charles E. Tennessee Freeman, Charles E. Illinois Ferry, John D., Jr. Michigan George, Ronald M. California Gingerich, James D. Arkansas Hodge, Verne A. Virgin Islands Glessner, James T. Maine Hooper, Perry 0., Sr. Alabama Goodnow, Donald D. New Hampshire Kauger, Yvonne Oklahoma Greacen, John M. New Mexico Kaye, Judith S. New York Gregory, Frank W. Alabama Keith, A. M. (Sandy) Minnesota Groundland, Lowell L. Delaware Kogan, Gerald Florida Guerrero, Edward C. D. Northern Mariana Islands Kruse, E Michael American Samoa Hammond, Ulysses B. District of Columbia Lee, Dan M. Mississippi Harrall, Robert C. Rhode Island Mallett, Conrad L., Jr. Michigan Irwin, John J., Jr. Massachusetts Matthews, Warren W. Alaska Isaacs, Paul F. Kentucky McCormick, Michael J. Texas Johnson, Allen C. Wyoming McFarland, Kay Kansas Judson, Lilia G. (Acting) Indiana McGiverin, Arthur A. Iowa Larkin, Ronald L. Missouri Miller, Robert A. South Dakota Lippman, Jonathan New York Mitchell, Burley B., Jr. North Carolina Markert, George A. South Carolina Moon, Ronald T. Y. Hawaii McQueen, Mary Campbell Washington Moyer, Thomas J. Ohio Ment, Aaron Connecticut Phillips, Thomas R. Texas Moran, J. Denis Wisconsin Poritz, Deborah T. New Jersey Nelson, Keithe E. North Dakota Shearing, Miriam Nevada O'Brien, William J. Iowa Shepard, Randall T. Indiana Palmer, Kenneth R. Florida Siguenza, Peter Charles Guam Paopao, Eliu F. American Samoa Stephens, Robert E Kentucky Philyaw, Ted J. West Virginia Taylor, Marty W. K. Northern Mariana Islands Riggin, George B., Jr. Maryland Taylor, William A. Wyoming Rohrs, Georgia J. (Acting) Nevada Trout, Linda Copple Idaho Schillaci, Joseph A. Illinois Turnage, Jean A. Montana Schwartz, Howard P. Kansas VandeWalle, Gerald W. North Dakota Smith, Martin T. Mississippi Veasey, E. Norman Delaware Smith, Viola E. Virgin Islands Vollack, Anthony E Colorado Sobolevitch, Nancy M. Pennsylvania Wagner, Annice M. District of Columbia Steele, Joseph C. Nebraska Wathen, Daniel E. Maine Stover, Stephan W. Ohio Weisberger, Joseph R. Rhode Island Suskin, Lee Vermont White, C. Thomas Nebraska Tobias, Patricia Idaho Wilkins, Herbert P. Massachusetts Vickrey, William C. California Workman, Margaret L. West Virginia Zimmerman, Michael D. Utah Zlaket, Thomas A. Arizona CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES Board of Directors 1996..97 President Arthur A. McGiverin, Iowa President-elect Thomas R. Phillips, Texas First Vice President David A. Brock, New Hampshire Second Vice President James H. Brickley, Michigan Immediate Past President Thomas J. Moyer, Ohio Robert Benham, Georgia Judith S. Kaye, New York Robert A. Miller, South Dakota Randall T. Shepard, Indiana Gerald W. VandeWalle, North Dakota Michael D. Zimmerman, Utah CONFERENCE OF STATE COURT ADMINISTRATORS Board of Directors 1996..97 President Hugh M. Collins, Louisiana President-elect Nancy M. Sobolevitch, Pennsylvania Vice President William C. Vickrey, California Immediate Past President Mary Campbell McQueen, Washington Howard W. Conyers, Oklahoma Lowell L. Groundland, Delaware Ulysses B. Hammond, District of Columbia Kenneth R. Palmer, Florida George B. Riggin, Jr., Maryland Stephan W. Stover, Ohio 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 information available on July 7,1997. The information was gathered with the assistance of the members of the Conference ofChief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators. PERRY O. HOOPER, SR. Chief Justice Hooper took office in 1995. Staff attorney, Supreme Coun 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); Alabama International Airpon Authority (board member and secretary); Policy Forum on Litigation and Regulatory Reform Commmittee. Attended Birmingham Southern College; graduated from University of Alabama with degrees in commerce and law. Married, four children, six grand­ children. Supreme Coun of Alabama 300 Dexter Avenue Mongtomery, 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 Coun Operations Division, 1981-85. Director, Research, Planning, and Development Division, 1979-81. Montgomery County coun adminis­ trator, 1977-79. Principal: Opelika High School, Opelika, Alabama, 1969-77; Mobile Middle School, Mobile, Alabama, 1968-69. Assisanr 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 Coun 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 [email protected] ·WARREN W MATIHEWS Chief}ustice Matthews has served on the supreme coun 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 Committee. B.A., Stanford University, 1961. J.D., Harvard University Law School, 1964. Born April 5, 1939. Married, two children. Supreme Coun of Alaska 303 K Street Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 264-0618 Fax (907) 264-0878 ALASKA STEPHANIE J. COLE Administrative Director of the COUTTS Cole took office in 1997. Deputy director of Alaska Coun System, 1983-97. Assistant attorney general/supervising attorney, Alaska Depanment of Law, 1980-82. Director of legal education and information, Alaska Court System, 1977-80. Private practice, 1976-77. Master/coun attorney, Alaska Court System, 1975-76. B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1971. J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1975. M.RA., University of Alaska, 1993. Fellow (Award of Merit), Institute for Coun Management, 1994. Born July I, 1949. Alaska Court System 303 K Street Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 264-0547 Fax (907) 264-0881 [email protected] E MICHAEL KRUSE ChiefJustice Kruse was appointed to the High Court of American Samoa by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior on November I, 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 Universiry 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 E PAOPAO Court Administrator/ComptrolIer Paopao assumed his duties with the High Court of American Samoa on September 29, 1991. Hospital administrator, LBJ Hospital (the only medical/hospital faciliry in the Territory of American Samoa), 1982-91. Federal grants administrator, Department of Treasury, Amercian Samoa Government, 1970-81. B.A. (science and finance), Chadron State College, Nebraska, 1971. MEet (secondary education administration), Brigham Young University, Utah, 1975. 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 Chief}ustice Ziaket assumed his duties in 1997, having previously served as vice chief justice in 1996; he has served on the supreme coun bench since 1992. Private practice: Ziaket & Ziaket, 1982·92; Slutes, Estes, Ziaket, Sakrison & Wasley, 1973·82; Estes, Browning, Maud and Ziaket (later Estes & Ziaket), 1970·73; Maud & Ziaket, 1968·70; Lesher, Scruggs, Rucker, Kimble & Lindamood (Tucson), 1965·68. Member: