| The Journalists’ Handbook to the Courts in the District
of Columbia Project was undertaken by the Council for Court
Excellence and led by a distinguished group of journalists,
judges, court public information officers, and media attorneys.
They are:
Laura R. Handman, Co-chair*
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Eric N. Lieberman, Co-chair*
Vice President and Counsel
The Washington Post
Lanny A. Breuer, Co-chair
Covington & Burling
October 2007 – December 2008
Barry Coburn
Coburn & Coffman PLLC
Lucy Dalglish
Executive Director
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Jerald N. Fritz
Senior Vice President, Legal and
Strategic Affairs and General Counsel
Allbritton Communications Company
Leah H. Gurowitz
Director of Legislative, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs
District of Columbia Courts
Ronald C. Jessamy*
Law Office of Ronald C. Jessamy, PLLC
Lee Levine*
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP
The Honorable Lee F. Satterfield
Chief Judge
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Sheldon L. Snook
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Judge
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Arabella Teal*
Kurt Wimmer*
Covington & Burling
Editors:
Andrew J. Glass*, Contributing Editor, Politico
Jack Murphy, Executive Director, MDDC
Press Association
Project staff:
June B. Kress, Executive Director
Peter M. Willner, Senior Policy Analyst
*Member, Council for Court Excellence Board of
Directors
We are grateful to Leah Gurowitz, who suggested the idea
for this Handbook.
Thank you to former Council for Court Excellence interns
Lindsey Dempsey, Ryan Taylor, and Sierra Neudecker for their
contributions and research assistance. Thanks to Amanda Paloian
for fact-checking the Handbook.
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