The Committee shall continue to develop the College’s expertise and suggested approaches to the significant issues that will affect the administration of justice and the Rule of Law in a post-pandemic world, including developments that will enhance the just, speedy and inexpensive resolution of disputes. These efforts will include (1) gathering information from sources in Canada and the United States, and identifying “best practices” and evolving court rules, such as those related to technological and case management modifications to the court systems of both nations, particularly those related to the discovery and trial aspects of criminal and civil cases, and oral arguments in the appellate courts; and (2) updating, as appropriate, the interim guidance documents prepared by the Task Force on Advocacy in the 21st Century.
The latest work completed by the Committee is available below.
Guidelines and Other Papers Created by the Committee
Committee Members
Mona T. Duckett, K.C.
Chair
Dawson, Duckett, Garcia & Johnson
Edmonton, AB
M. Bryan Slaughter
Vice Chair
Michie Hamlett, LLC
Charlottesville, VA
James O. Broccoletti
Member
Zoby, Broccoletti & Normile, PC
Norfolk, VA
John A. Day
Member
Law Offices of John Day, P.C.
Brentwood, TN
Sandra A. Forbes
Member
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Toronto, ON
Nancy Gertner
Member
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Brian J. Gover
Member
Stockwoods LLP
Toronto, ON
Melinda Haag
Member
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
San Francisco, CA
David C. Harris
Member
Court of Appeal for British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Nan M. Horvat
Member
Polk County Attorney's Office-Justice Center
Des Moines, IA
Roslyn J. Levine, K.C.
Member
Barbara M. G. Lynn
Member
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Dallas, TX
Frank Marrocco
Member
Superior Court of Justice
Toronto, ON
Sharon L. McCarthy
Member
Kostelanetz LLP
New York, NY
Thomas M. Melsheimer
Member
Winston & Strawn LLP
Dallas, TX
Kathryn N. Nester
Member
Nester Lewis PLLC
Salt Lake City, UT
Guy J. Pratte
Member
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON
Claire J. Rauscher
Member
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Charlotte, NC
Lou Anna Red Corn
Member
Paul Mark Sandler
Member
Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler
Baltimore, MD
Leon F. Spies
Member
Spies & Pavelich Attorneys At Law
Iowa City, IA
Sylvia H. Walbolt
Member
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Tallahassee, FL
Douglas R. Young
Member
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
San Francisco, CA
Jack Zouhary
Member
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Toledo, OH
Cheryl A. Bush
Regent
Bush Seyferth PLLC
Troy, MI