Special Task Force on Court/Community Outreach

The Judicial Council Special Task Force on Court/Community Outreach was appointed by Chief Justice Ronald M. George in 1997 and charged with the following tasks:

PURPOSE:

  • To conduct fact-finding efforts;
  • To identify areas of needed community outreach in California and agencies or groups with which the courts could collaborate if they choose to develop a court/community outreach program;
  • To identify any applicable ethical constraints that would affect the involvement of individual judges and court staff in community outreach programs and activities;
  • To identify the role the Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts should play in supporting court/community outreach efforts, including the development of public information materials for use by judges and court staff in community outreach efforts;
  • To develop recommendations for standards of judicial administration, rules of court, or other guidelines for development of court/community outreach programs;
  • To produce a handbook that will serve as a resource directory for model court/community outreach programs and a guide for developing such programs; and
  • To conduct at least two regional training programs to train court personnel in creating and administering community outreach programs.
 
ROSTER:

HON. VERONICA S. MCBETH, CHAIR
Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court

HON. GAIL ANDREA ANDLER
Judge of the Superior Court of California,
County of Orange

MR. MARK ARNOLD
Public Defender
California Public Defenders Association

MS. JEAN ASKHAM
President
League of Women Voters of Orange County

MR. ERNEST "CHUCK" AYALA
Chairman, State Legislative Committee
American Association of Retired Persons

MR. MICHAEL BAYNE
Assistant Court Executive Officer
Superior Court of California, County of Riverside

MR. LARRY B. BOLTON
Chief Counsel and Deputy Director, Legal Division
California Department of Social Services

MR. BRENT BRAUN
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation

MS. MARY JANE BURKE
Marin County Superintendent of Schools
Marin County Office of Education

HON. CHARLES W. CAMPBELL, JR.
Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California,
County of Ventura

HON. LAWRENCE W. CRISPO
Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court

MS. TRISA EDMONSON
Youth Member

MR. JOSE OCTAVIO GUILLEN
Executive Officer
Superior Court of California, County of Napa

HON. SUSAN Y. ILLSTON
District Judge, U.S. District Court

MS. MARTHA I. JIMENEZ
Managing Attorney, Public Advocates, Inc.
Executive Director
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

HON. NAPOLEON A. JONES
District Judge, U.S. District Court

MS. LISA KARPLUS
General Counsel, Coalition for Justice

MS. JESSICA LEE
Trial Court Administrator
Rio Hondo Municipal Court

MS. ABBY J. LEIBMAN
Executive Director
California Women's Law Center

HON. RUDOLPH R. ("BARRY") LONCKE
Judge of the Superior Court of California,
County of Sacramento

MS. BONNIE LONG-OLIVER
Operations Administrator
Parole and Community Services Division
Department of Corrections

MR. FRED MAIN
Vice President and General Counsel
California Chamber of Commerce

MR. PAUL MARIGONDA
Assistant District Attorney
District Attorneys Association

HON. PATRICK J. MORRIS
Judge of the Superior Court of California,
County of San Bernardino (Central District)

MR. JOSEPH A. MYERS
Executive Director
National Indian Justice Center

HON. RAMONA GODOY PEREZ
Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal
Second Appellate District, Division Five

HON. DARRELL W. STEVENS
Judge of the Superior Court of California,
County of Butte

DR. GERALDINE WASHINGTON
President, Los Angeles Branch
NAACP

MS. PAULINE WEAVER
Alameda County Public Defender's Office

MR. MICHAEL YAMAMOTO
Attorney at Law
Horikawa, Ono, and Yamamoto

 
JUDICIAL COUNCIL LIAISON

HON. MICHAEL B. ORFIELD
Judge of the San Diego Municipal Court

 
CJER LIAISON

HON. IRMA J. BROWN
Judge of the Compton Municipal Court

 
AOC STAFF:

MS. SHELLEY STUMP
Staff Coordinator

MS. KATY LOCKER
Staff Analyst

 

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