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ALASKA | Joint State-Federal Gender Equality Task Force

Co-Chairs
Judge James T. Singleton
US District Court
222 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99513
(907) 271-3198, Fax (907) 271-5564

Justice Dana Fabe
303 K Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907)264-0772, Fax (907) 271-5564

Contact
Stephanie J. Cole
Administrative Director
Alaska Court System
303 K Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-264-0547, Fax 907-264-0881

ARIZONA | Task Force has been disbanded

Contact:
Sharon Frye
State Bar of Arizona
111 West Monroe, Suite 1800
Phoenix, AZ 85003-1742
602-340-7302

ARKANSAS | Arkansas State Bar Committee on Opportunities for Women and Minorities in the Law

Co-Chairs:
Justice Robert L. Brown
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Justice Building
625 Marshal Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-6864

Sheila Campbell, Esq.
217 W. Second Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-4623

CALIFORNIA | Access and Fairness Advisory Committee of the California Supreme Court (Five subcommittees combined including the committee to implement the gender bias task force recommendations)

Contact:
Arlene Tyler, Esq.
Access and Fairness Advisory Committee
Staff Attorney
Administrative Office of the Courts
303 Second Street, South Tower
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-396-9128

COLORADO | The Permanent Committee on Gender & Fairness of the Colorado Supreme Court

Co-Chairs:
Justice Mary J. Mullarkey
Supreme Court of Colorado
2 East 14th Ave., Ste.
Denver, CO 80203
303-837-3771

James Benway, Court Administrator
Colorado Judicial Branch
1301 Pennsylvania St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
800-888-0001

CONNECTICUT | Gender, Justice and the Courts Implementation Committee

Co-Chairs:
Judge Francis X. Hennesy
Deputy Chief Court Administrator
Office of the Chief Court Administrator
Drawer N, Station A
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 548-2828

Judge Antoinette L. Dupont
Apellate Court
231 Capitol Street
Drawer D, Station A
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 566-7340

Judge Hennesey appointed Judge Moira Butler to oversee the Task Force work:
Judge Moira Butler
Affirmative Action Coordinator
Connecticut Judicial Branch
75 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106

DELAWARE | The Delaware Gender Fairness Task Force has been disbanded. The Final Report was published in August 1995 and the Supreme Court is considering an Implementation Committee

Contact:
Frannie Maguire
Judicial Educator
Administrative Office of the Courts
820 North French Street, 11th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-577-2480

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Task Force was disbanded in 1992 - now annual reports on implementation given. New Fairness and Access Committee formed by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration.

Chair, Judge Inez Reid
D.C. Court of Appeals
500 Indiana Ave., N.W. Sixth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20001
202-879-2726

FLORIDA | The Gender Bias Study Implementation Commission was established in 1990 and disbanded in 1996. Since then there have been a number of committees that were inactive due to lack of funding. The Chief Justice appointed a new committee with funding called The Supreme Court Committee on Fairness which covers gender, racial, ethnic, elder, and disability issues.

Chair, Miriam Singer
111 Northwest First Street
Suite 1710
Miami, FL 33128
305-375-4132

Contact:
Debbie Howells
Supreme Court Committee on Fairness
500 S. Duval Street
Tallahasee, FL 32399-1900
904-922-4370

GEORGIA | Supreme Court Commission on Equality implements the recommendations of both the gender bias and the race/ethnic bias task forces.

Chairperson:
Judge Carol W. Hunstein
Supreme Court of Georgia
523 State Judicial Building
Atlanta, GA 30334

Vice-Chairperson:
Linda A. Klein, Esq.
Gambrell & Stolz, LLP
Suite 4300, SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 221-6530

Program Director:
Chara F. Jackson, Esq.
Office of Commissions and Programs
244 Washington Street
572 State Office Annex
Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 463-6478 / FAX (404) 657-4213
jacksonc@mail.doas.state.ga.us

HAWAII | Supreme Court Committee on Gender and other Fairness - focuses on racial, ethnic and gender bias.

Contact:
L. Dew Kaneshiro
Project Director
PO Box 2560
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-522-6475

Idaho | Idaho Supreme Court Fairness and Equality Committee

Chair, Justice Linda Copple Trout
Supreme Court Building
451 West State Street
Boise, ID 83720
208-334-2207, fax 208-334-2616

Contact:
Patty Tobias
Court Administrator
451 West State Street
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0101
208-334-2246

ILLINOIS | Illinois Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts

Contact:
Judge Sheila Murphy
10640 S. Bell
Chicago, IL 60643
708-210-4170, fax 708-210-4441

INDIANA | State Bar committee recommended an implementation committee to the judiciary but nothing has been done so far in the courts.

Contact:
Judge Patricia A. Riley
Indiana Court of Appeals
115 West Washington Street, Suite 1270
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3419
317-232-6902, fax 317-233-4627

IOWA | Supreme Court Monitoring & Implementation Committee of the Equality in the Court Task Force, established in 1995, reports back to:

Justice Louis Lovarato
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319

Chair, Inga Bumbar Langstron, Esq.
Asst. US Attorney
Room 286, US Courthouse Annex
110 E. Court Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309-2053
tel: 515-284-6257
fax: 515-284-6288

Staff Person:
David Boyd
Department of State Court Administration
Supreme Court Administrators Office
State Capitol, IA 50319
515-281-5241

KANSAS | Task Force is no longer in existence. Recommendations have been incorporated into Kansas Bar Association's strategic plan annually reviewed by Board.

Former Co-Chair of Kansas Bar Association Task Force on the Status of Women in the Profession:

Judge Mary Beck Briscoe
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
PO Box 1278
Topeka, KS 66603
913-232-0065

Contact:
Marcia Poell Holston
Executive Director
Kansas Bar Association
1200 S.W. Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612
913-234-5696

KENTUCKY | The Committee on Equality of Opportunities in the Profession, focuses on women and minorities in the court system.

Chair of Committee on Equality of Opportunities in the Profession
Jean Owen-Miller, Esq.
PO Box 712
Owensboro, Kentucky 42302
502-926-2626, fax: 502-926-2638

LOUISIANA | The Task Force on Women in the Courts makes recommendations to an Implementation Committee.

Chair of Task Force on Women in the Courts
Judge Miriam Waltzer
Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit
1515 Podras Street, 7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-592-0933

MAINE | Commission on Gender, Justice, and the Courts was disbanded after presenting its report in December 1996. Implementation has been assigned to the "Performance Council," a group already in existence within the courts.

Performance Council Contact:
James Blessner
Administrative Offices of the Courts
62 Elm Street, PO Box 4820
Portland, ME 04112-4820
(207) 822-0792

MARYLAND | Select Committee on Gender Equality of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Bar Association is an implementation committee.

Chair, Pam White, Esq.
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
120 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-1643
410-685-1120

Contact:
Deborah A. Unitus
Assistant State Court Administrator
Administrative Office of the Courts
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-974-2186

MASSACHUSETTS | Gender Equality Advisory Board implements the task force recommendations

Chair, Judge Linda E. Giles
Boston Municipal Court
Old Courthouse, Room 380
Boston, MA 02108
617-725-8378

Vice-Chair, Judge Karyn Scheier
Land Court Department, Old Courthouse
Boston, MA 02108
617-227-7470, fax 617-227-0451

Contact:
Lois Frankel
Human Resources Coordinator for Gender Issues
Supreme Judicial Court
2 Center Plaza, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
617-742-8383

MICHIGAN | Access to Justice Program - Michigan Supreme Court - has been active since 1989 in implementing recommendations of gender, race and ethnic bias task forces.

Contact:
Pamela Creighton
Coordinator of Access to Justice Program
Michigan Supreme Court
PO Box 30048
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-5596

MINNESOTA | Minnesota Fairness Implementation Committee

Chair, Hon. Esther M. Tomljanovich
Associate Justice
Minnesota Supreme Court
25 Constitution Avenue, Suite 425
St. Paul, MN 55155
612-296-2484, fax 612-282-5115

Contact:
Janet K. Marshall
Director of Research and Planning
State Court Administration
Minnesota Supreme Court
25 Constitution Avenue, Suite 120
St. Paul, MN 55155
612-297-7579

MISSOURI | Missouri Gender Fairness Implementation Committee. This is a joint committee of the Missouri Bar Association and the Missouri Supreme Court.

Co-Chairs:
Judge Patricia Breckenridge
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2970
816-889-3614, fax 816-889-3668

Judge William Ray Price, Jr.
Supreme Court Building
PO Box 150
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-751-4513, fax 573-751-2573

Kathlene S. Schoene, Esq.
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel, and Hetlage
24th Floor, 720 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-421-3850, fax 314-621-4834

Lawrence R. Tucker, Esq.
Armstrong, Teaftale, Schafly, and Davis
Suite 2000
2345 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-221-3420, fax 816-221-0786

Judge E. Richard Webber
US District Court
1114 Market Street, Room 260
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-539-6636, fax 314-539-3515

MONTANA | Gender Fairness Task Force

Chair, Klaus D. Sitte, Esq.
304 North Higgins
Missoula, MT 59802
406-543-8343, 800-666-6899, fax 406-543-8314

NEBRASKA | Gender Fairness Implementation Committee

Chair, Justice John M. Gerrard
Nebraska Supreme Court
PO Box 98910
Lincoln, NE 68509-8910
402-471-3736

Contact:
Judy Bond Zangari
Associate Administrator
Administrative Office of the Courts
1207 State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
402-471-2921

NEVADA | Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Bias in The Courts is charged with implementation as well.

Chair, Justice Charles Springer
Nevada Supreme Court
Capitol Complex
Carson City, NV 89710
702-687-5190, fax 702-687-8787

There is also a Nevada Commission for Women which has overlapping goals with the task force and a crossover in membership.

Chair, Nancy Erno
702-738-6781

NEW JERSEY | New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts

Chair, Judge Elaine Davis
Superior Court
595 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07002
201-795-6662

Contact:
Marylin C. Slivka
Administrative Office of the Courts
CDR Unit, CN-988
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-984-2172

NEW MEXICO | Committee on Women in the Legal Profession of the State Bar is an implementation committee that addresses some court related and substantive law issues, as well.

Co-Chairs:
Kimberly A. Schavey, Esq.
PO Box 14894
Albuquerque, NM 87191
505-323-8790, fax 505-275-3835

Robert M. St. John, Esq.
Rody, Dickason, Sloan, Akin, & Robb, P.A.
Albuquerque Plaza, Suite 2200
201 Third Street, N.W.
PO Box 1888
Albuquerque, NM 87103-1888
505 765-5900, fax 505-768-7395

NEW YORK | New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts

Chair, Judge Betty Ellerin
Appellate Division, 1st Department
27 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212-340-0457, fax 212-889-4412

Counsel, Jill Goodman, Esq.
80 Center Street, Room 502
New York, NY 10013
212-417-4605

NORTH DAKOTA | North Dakota Judicial System Gender Fairness Assessment Sub-Committee of the North Dakota Judicial Planning Committee will soon be disbanded and an Implementation Committee appointed.

Chair, Sarah Andrews Herman, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney
51 North Broadway, Suite 402
PO Box 1344, Fargo, ND 58107
701-235-6000

OHIO | Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio State Bar Association Joint Task Force on Gender Fairness has been disbanded.

Chair of now disbanded Joint Task Force on Gender Fairness:
Justice Alice Robie Resnick
Supreme Court of Ohio
2407 Edgehill Road
Toledo, OH 43615
614-466-3578

OREGON | Published in May 1998

Contact:
Debra Cohen Maryanov
Access to Justice Coordinator
Supreme Court Building
1163 State Street
Salem, OR 97301-2563
(503)986-5611
accesscomm@ojd.state.or.us/access
http://www.ojd.state.or.us/access

PENNYSYLVANIA | Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges/Pennsylvania Bar Association Joint Task Force To Ensure Gender Fairness in the Courts

Contact:
Bunny Baum
Director of Judicial Services
Administrative Offices of the Pennsylvania Courts
1515 Market St., #1428
Philadelphia, PA 19146
215-560-6325

PUERTO RICO | Puerto Rican Commission on Gender Bias in the Courts

Chair, Judge Jeanette Ramos-Buonomo
PO Box 191875
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-1875
787-281-0111, fax 809-653-5372

RHODE ISLAND | Rhode Island Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts

Chair, Associate Justice Hon. Francis J. Darigan, Jr.
Superior Court Licht Judicial Complex
250 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-277-3250

Contact:
Susan McCalmont
Assistant Administrator, Policy and Programs
250 Benefit Street, Room 705
Providence, RI 02903
401-277-2500

TEXAS | Gender Bias Implementation Committee

Chair, Hon.Barbara Rosenberg
3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1911
Dallas, TX 75219
214-443-8000

Contact:
Cynthia Spanhel
State Bar of Texas
PO Box 12987
Austin, TX 78711-2487
800-204-2222 ext. 2022

UTAH | Utah Gender Bias Implementation Committee

Chair, Judge Leslie A. Lewis
3rd Judicial District of Utah
240 E. 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-535-5474

VERMONT | Vermont Equal Access Committee

Co-Chairs:
Hon. Denise Johnson and Hon. James Morse
Vermont Supreme Court
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0801
802-828-3278

VIRGINIA | Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal System

Contact:
Martha McQuade, Esq.
McQuade & Hite
1414 Prince Street, Suite 375
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-548-4200

WASHINGTON | Supreme Court Gender and Justice Commission is an implementation committee.

Chair, Justice Richard P. Guy
Supreme Court of Washington
Temple of Justice Building
PO Box 40929
Olympia, WA 98504-0929
360-357-2041

Project Manager, Gloria Hemmen
Office of the Administrator of the Courts
1206 South Quince
Olympia, WA 98504
360-705-5290

WEST VIRGINIA | Implementation committee to be appointed by West Virginia Supreme Court.

Contact:
Mary Dorkin, Esq.
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
State Capitol
Charleston, WV 25305
304-558-0145 fax: 304-558-3815

WISCONSIN | Gender Neutrality Committee of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is an implementation committee.

Chair, Judge Thomas Kane
740 3rd Street
Wausau, WI 54403-4784
715-845-6404

Contact:
William Mann
Wisconsin Supreme Court
PO Box 1688
Madison, WI 53701-1688
608-266-6708 fax: 608-267-0980