Bill Raftery is a court research analyst with the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Virginia. His current work includes research on legislative-judicial relations, judicial selection, judicial conduct committees and court security; editing Gavel to Gavel, a weekly review of legislation in all fifty states affecting the courts; and preparation of the Court Statistics Project's annual publications Examining the Work of State Courts and State Court Caseload Statistics. He also serves on the editorial board of The Justice System Journal and was the editor of the National Association for Court Management's Court Security Guide.