Rule 10.55 provides that the Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness must include representatives from the following categories:
- Appellate justice;
- Trial court judicial officer;
- Lawyer with expertise or interest in disability issues;
- Lawyer with expertise or interest in additional access, fairness, and diversity issues addressed by the committee;
- Lawyer from a trial court self-help center;
- Legal services lawyer;
- Court executive officer or trial court manager who has experience with self-represented litigants;
- County law librarian or other related professional;
- Judicial administrator; and
- Public member
The Chief Justice appoints two advisory committee members to serve as co-chairs. Each co-chair is responsible for leading the advisory committee's work in the following areas:
- Physical, programmatic, and language access; fairness in the courts; and diversity in the judicial branch; and
- Issues confronted by self-represented litigants and those of limited or moderate income, including economic, education, and language challenges.
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- Hon. Kevin C. Brazile, Co-chair, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Hon. Victor A. Rodriguez, Co-chair, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three
- Ms. Morgan Baxter, Deputy Court Executive Officer of Operations, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
- Hon. Jose S. Castillo, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One
- Hon. Monica R. Diaz, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
- Hon. Thomas A. Delaney, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three
- Hon. Rebekah Evenson, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
- Hon. Amy K. Guerra, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
- Hon. Clare Keithley, Assistant Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Butte
- Hon. Esther P. Kim, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Hon. Victoria Kolakowski, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
- Hon. Cynthia L. Loo, Commissioner of the Superior Court of California, County of Kern
- Ms. Shirley Luo, Program Manager, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
- Hon. Elizabeth G. Macias, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange
- Ms. Nina Magno, Managing Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
- Hon. Lia R. Martin, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Mr. Lawrence R. Meyer, Director, San Bernardino County Law Library
- Ms. Kemi Mustapha, Supervising Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
- Ms. Julie S. Paik (Ret.), City of Huntington Beach, Business Development
- Ms. Andrea Pella, Director of Prevention, Diversion and Re-Entry, San Diego County Public Safety Group
- Mr. Michael Powell, Court Executive Officer of the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo
- Hon. Michael Rhoads, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
- Ms. Fariba R. Soroosh, Division Director-Operations, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
- Hon. Terry T. Truong, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Hon. Laura R. Walton, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Hon. Julie Weng-Gutierrez, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
- Ms. Twila S. White, Attorney, Law Office of Twila S. White, Hermosa Beach
- Mr. Mitchell Kane Wunsh, Assistant Family Law Facilitator, Superior Court of California, County of Marin
CJER Advisory Committee Liaison
- Hon. Julie A. Palafox, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Criminal Law Advisory Committee Liaison
- Hon. Amy K. Guerra, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee Liaison
- Hon. Monica F. Wiley, Supervising Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Traffic Advisory Committee Liaison
Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee (TCPJAC) Liaison
- Hon. Jacqueline Jackson, Assistant Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) Liaison
- Hon. Amy K. Guerra, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno
Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) Liaison
- Ms. Chio Saephanh, Attorney, Center for Judiciary Education and Research, Judicial Council of California
Office of Governmental Affairs Liaison
- Ms. Heather Resetarits, Attorney, Governmental Affairs, Judicial Council of California
Judicial Council Staff to the Committee
- Ms. Cristina Resendiz-Johnson, Attorney, Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California
- Ms. Elizabeth Tam-Helmuth, Sr. Analyst, Center for Family, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California
- Ms. Amanda Morris, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California
Language Access Subcommittee
- Hon. Victor A. Rodriguez, Chair, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three
- Ms. Shirley Luo, Program Manager, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
- Ms. Julie S. Paik, Attorney, Orange County
- Ms. Fariba R. Soroosh, Supervising Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
Contact Information
Language Access Services
Ms. Elizabeth Tam-Helmuth, Subcommittee Lead Staff
elizabeth.tam@jud.ca.gov
The committee makes recommendations for improving access to the judicial system, fairness in the state courts, diversity in the judicial branch, and court services for self-represented parties. In addition to the duties described in rule 10.34, the committee must recommend to the Governing Committee of the Center for Judicial Education and Research, proposals for the education and training of judicial officers and court staff.
