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Lorri Montgomery
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National Center for State Courts
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Superior
Court Presiding Judge Joins
Board of National Center Reform Organization
Williamsburg,
VA (Aug. 6, 2007) – Presiding Judge Barbara Rodriguez Mundell,
Maricopa County (Arizona) Superior Court, recently joined the Board of
Directors for the National Center for State Courts, a non-profit
organization that serves as a leader and a resource for the nation’s
state courts. She will serve a three-year term.
“We
are very pleased that Judge Mundell has agreed to join The National
Center’s board,” said Mary McQueen, president of The National
Center. “She is an outstanding leader, and her knowledge and
experience are invaluable to the National Center. Judge Mundell knows
firsthand the importance of the work of America’s state courts, and
she supports the mission of The National Center as the preeminent
national court reform organization.”
Upon
her appointment Judge Mundell said, “The National Center is a
wonderful resource to courts and judges around the country. I look
forward to doing my best to assist in developing new court programs and
initiatives that assure the timely, fair, and impartial administration
of justice.”
A
Superior Court judge since 1991 and presiding judge since 2005, Judge
Mundell previously served as commissioner of the Superior Court in
Maricopa County and administrative law judge for the Arizona Industrial
Commission. She is a member of the American Bar Association and serves
on the Arizona Supreme Court Code of Judicial Conduct Task Force. She
has served on a number of Arizona Supreme Court committees, including
the committee on Keeping the Record and the Fiduciary Advisory
Committee. She is also past chair of the Commission on Judicial Conduct
and a past president of the Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association.
The
National Center, 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
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 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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Center
for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg,
VA
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