Message from the Chair

• Citation: Vol. 38 No. 1
• Publication year: 2016
• Author: Vanessa Kirker Wright
• topic: Business of Law,Civil Procedure,Public Sector Law

Message from the Chair

Vanessa Kirker Wright

Two years ago, the then-section chair (and current Advisor to Flexcom, Andrew Cain) used this column to discuss the woeful financial state of the courts. Since March, 2014, the financial picture for the courts has thankfully improved. We are not out of the woods, but there is a well-laid path toward restoring financial health to the courts. And much of that progress is due to the efforts of the attorneys of this state, and members of this section who made their voices heard.

Over the past three years, as practitioners we have suffered through slashed court budgets, long lines waiting for courtrooms and fewer and fewer courtroom staff...