Contact:
Lorri Montgomery
Director of Communications
National Center for State Courts
757.259.1525
lmontgomery@ncsc.dni.us
Corporations
and Law Firms Honored for
20 Years of Support to Justice Improvement Efforts
Williamsburg,
VA
( November 17, 2007) –
Five corporations and law firms were recognized Nov. 16 by the National
Center for State Courts as 20-year contributors to the National Center,
an organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice
through leadership to the state courts. Joining the more than 40 leading
American companies and law firms that have achieved this special
distinction are CIGNA Corporation, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Baker
& Daniels, Christian & Barton LLP, and Bingham & McCutcheon
LLP.
Resolutions
of Appreciation were presented to the 20-year contributors at a
recognition luncheon in Washington, D.C. George
S. Frazza, chair of the NCSC Board of Directors Development Committee,
and South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal,
president of the National Center for State Courts Board of Directors,
presented the resolutions.
The
NCSC, 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 NCSC, founded
in 1971 by the Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Justice of the
United States Warren E. Burger, provides education, training, and
technology, management, and research services to the nation’s state
courts. The NCSC also is taking the lead on several key issues facing
the justice system. For example, it has established a major civil
justice initiative, a multiyear 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 NCSC include
judicial selection reform and increasing citizen participation in jury
service.
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Center
for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg,
VA
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