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The National Center for State Courts
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Lorri Montgomery
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The National Center for State Courts
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L. Joseph Loveland Joins
Lawyers Committee of National Court Reform Organization

Williamsburg, VA (March 8, 2004) – L. Joseph Loveland, partner with King & Spalding LLP, has joined the National Center for State Courts’ Lawyers Committee, which involves prominent practicing attorneys in the National Center’s work and programs. Committee members serve in a leadership role with a commitment to support the National Center’s mission, to actively participate in outreach to the bench, bar and the legal community, and to encourage support for the National Center’s programs and initiatives. Inaugural meetings were held recently in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco in conjunction with the midyear meeting of the Conference of Chief Justices.

Loveland’s membership succeeds that of his colleague Byron Attridge, a partner at King & Spalding, who served as chair of the Lawyers Committee from 1997 – 2002. Loveland, a member of the bars of Texas and Georgia, focuses on complex business and class actions litigation from his offices in Atlanta and Houston. His clients have included Chevron Texaco Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, General Electric Company, and Miller Brewing Company. Loveland graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School. He has served on King & Spalding’s Policy Committee and as chair of the firm’s Litigation Department.

The National Center for State Courts, headquartered in Williamsburg, Va., is a non-profit court reform organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice by providing leadership and service to the state courts. The National Center, founded in 1971 by the Conference of Chief Justices and former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, provides education, training, and technology, management, and research services to the nation’s state courts. The National Center also is taking the lead on several key issues facing the justice system. For example, it has established a major civil justice initiative, a multi-year project that is examining best practices in civil case management and how complex litigation procedures can be improved. Other national initiatives being driven by the National Center include judicial selection reform and increasing citizen participation in jury service.

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