Since 2011, when it became apparent that unlimited sums of money could be spent on attack ads aimed at judges in elections, members of NAWJ decided to respond proactively, and thus the Informed Voters/Fair Judges Project was created. Now usually called IVP, this project has been the primary work of the Judicial Independence Committee from that time to the present. Among the first goals set by Judge Joan Irion, Justice Judith McConnell, and other early leaders of IVP, was to create educational materials for the public geared to a variety of age groups, to counter attacks on judges by providing accurate history and background information about the role of the Judicial Branch of our Constitutional democracy and the importance of independent and impartial courts to all of the people in America.
Hon Robin Hudson, North Carolina Supreme Court
Hon. Debra Stephens, Washington State Supreme Court
Hon. Judi Calhoun, Delaware Circuit Court #1
Ms. Jodi Cleesattle, California Department of Justice
Hon. Beverly Cutler, Alaska Court System, 3rd Judicial District
Hon. Karen Green, Massachusetts Superior Court, Retired
Hon. Sylvia Hanna, Tulare County Superior Court
Hon. Janine Highiet, Stanislaus Superior Court
Hon. Sandra Jenkins, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit
Hon. Kristen Lucena, Butte County Superior Court
Hon. Judith McConnell, California Court of Appeal
Hon. Bianka Perez, Supreme Court, Bronx County Civil Term
Annette Pitts, Justice Teaching Center for Civic Learning
Hon. Delissa (Lisa) Ridgway, U.S. Court of International Trade
Hon. Laura Seigle, Los Angeles Superior Court
Ms. Patricia Taitano-Valdovinos, San Diego County Primary Public Defender
Hon. Sherri Tibbe, 453rd District Court
Hon. Theresa Timlin, U.S. Department of Labor
Hon. Christine Walczyk, North Carolina, Wake County, 10th Judicial
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