Access to Justice Commission - CT Judicial Branch

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Committee Members
Justice William H. Bright, Jr., Chair, Connecticut Supreme Court Hon. Walter Spader, Presiding Judge, Superior Court Hon. Christine Rapillo, Presiding Judge, Superior Court Hon. Karen DeMeola, Superior Court Judge Hon. Cecil Thomas, Superior Court Judge Hon. Elizabeth Stewart, Superior Court Judge Atty. Jamey Bell, Executive Director, Greater Hartford Legal Aid Hon. Marshall K. Berger, Jr. (Ret.), Pullman & Comley Atty. Tanya Bovée, Jackson Lewis Atty. Travis Claxton, Mediation Specialist Mr. Patrick J. Deak, Deputy Director, Court Operations Deputy Dean Fiona Doherty, Yale Law School Ms. Alejandra Donath, Program Manager, Limited English Proficiency Atty. Tais C. Ericson, Executive Director, Court Operations Division	Dean Brian Gallini, Quinnipiac University School of Law Atty. Ed Heath, Robinson + Cole Ms. Krista Hess, Director, Court Operations Ms. Claudia Beth Jalowka, Deputy Director, Law Librarian Ms. Dawn LaValle, Director, Connecticut State Library Ms. Sandra LugoGines, Program Manager, Americans with Disabilities Act Atty. Benjamin Nissim, The Hartford Atty. Moy Ogilvie, McCarter & English Prof. Rachel Reeves, University of Connecticut School of Law Atty. Rose Ann Rush, Court Management Specialist Atty. Sandra San-Emeterio Fair, Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Atty. James T. Shearin, President, Connecticut Bar Association Atty. Jennifer Shukla, Director of Access to Justice Initiatives, Connecticut Bar Association

Dean Brian Gallini, Quinnipiac University School of Law
Atty. Ed Heath, Robinson + Cole
Ms. Krista Hess, Director, Court Operations
Ms. Claudia Beth Jalowka, Deputy Director, Law Librarian
Ms. Dawn LaValle, Director, Connecticut State Library
Ms. Sandra LugoGines, Program Manager, Americans with Disabilities Act
Atty. Benjamin Nissim, The Hartford
Atty. Moy Ogilvie, McCarter & English
Prof. Rachel Reeves, University of Connecticut School of Law
Atty. Rose Ann Rush, Court Management Specialist
Atty. Sandra San-Emeterio Fair, Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut
Atty. James T. Shearin, President, Connecticut Bar Association
Atty. Jennifer Shukla, Director of Access to Justice Initiatives, Connecticut Bar Association

Meeting Notice: The next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. , at 225 Spring Street in Wethersfield, 4th floor, room 4B. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Judicial Meetings YouTube page. If you need an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please email the committee's support staff at AccessToJustice@jud.ct.gov before June 20, 2025.