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Vermont's
State Court Administrator Named Vice-Chair of
National Court Reform Organization and President of National Court
Association
Williamsburg,
VA
(August 10, 2007) – Vermont State Court Administrator Lee
Suskin has been named vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the
National Center for State Courts (NCSC). At the same time, Suskin also
was named president of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA),
a national organization that represents the top chief executives of the
courts of the 50 states and U.S. territories, and of which the National
Center serves as executive staff. Both positions are one-year terms. The
appointments were made during the National Center’s Board meeting and
COSCA’s annual meeting, July 28-Aug. 1 in Mackinac Island, Mich.
“We
are pleased that Lee has moved into a leadership
position with the National Center and in the nation’s court
community,” said NCSC President Mary McQueen. “Lee is an
outstanding leader and a positive force, and his knowledge and
experience are invaluable to the National Center.”
The
NCSC and COSCA has long benefited from Mr. Suskin’s leadership style.
For years, he has worked to promote key NCSC initiatives, namely in the
area of child welfare. Mr. Suskin co-chaired the 2005 National Judicial
Leadership Summit for the Protection of Children, which for the first
time brought together teams of court and child welfare agency leaders
from each state and territory together to identify the reforms needed to
place abused and neglected children permanently and safely into
homes.
Mr.
Suskin has been a member of the COSCA Board of Directors since 2001,
most recently serving as president-elect. He is co-chair of the joint
COSCA/Conference of Chief Justices’ Courts, Children & Families
Committee and a member and former chair of the COSCA Policy &
Liaison Committee.
In
1996, Mr. Suskin became Vermont’s state court administrator.
Previously he served as director of planning/development and then trial
court administrator for the Vermont Supreme Court.
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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National
Center
for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg,
VA
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