Riyaz Samnani served as Project Consultant for the Court Compass project at IAALS. He compiled the database of court technology offerings in production or development around the country upon which this report is based. He also serves as IAALS’… MORE
Anna Carpenter is a professor of law at S.J. Quinney College of Law and project director for presidential initiatives for the University of Utah President’s Office. She founded Justice Lab, a legal clinic where students help client organizations… MORE
Alyx Mark is an assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University and an affiliated scholar of the American Bar Foundation and SoDA Labs at Monash University. Her research focuses on how institutions empower and constrain legal elites,… MORE
Randy Wagner is Administrative Director for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law. Randy has… MORE
Thomas A. Balmer has served as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court since May 1, 2012, and as a member of that court since 2001. Prior to his appointment, he was in private practice in Portland from 1982-93 and 1997-2001,… MORE
Laila is a Research and Program Associate in the Democracy Program, where she focuses on issues pertaining to fair and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Laila interned at Brooklyn Defender Services, where she… MORE
Douglas is Counsel at the Brennan Center, working primarily in the Democracy Program. Prior to the Brennan Center, he served as a Ford Foundation Public Interest Law Fellow at Advancement Project, a Research Fellow with the International Institute… MORE
Nicolle Schippers is the Associate General Counsel and Legal Industry Advocate at ARAG. Nicolle received her Bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University, and attended Drake University Law School… MORE
Diane M. Johnsen is a Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. She was appointed to the court in August 2006 by Governor Janet Napolitano.
Previously, she was a commercial litigation attorney at Munger,… MORE
Matthew Menendez serves as counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on fair and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, he was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP… MORE