In courthouses where electronic case filing (ECF) has been implemented, the once bustling clerk of court intake area has become a mere shadow of its former self – but not in a bad way. Can electronic case filing (ECF) similarly alter the clerk’s intake area in your courthouse?

The Washington, DC Metro system typically carries 700,000 weekday passengers, making it the second busiest rail system in the nation. As a result of a recent station fire, Metro announced a complete shutdown of the system during the weekday commute on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, to undergo an...

During my courthouse site assessments, the security personnel who accompany me often tell me that the facility used for unloading and loading transport vehicles at the prisoner entrance can be the weakest link in the chain of prisoner movements.

Moving a prisoner from the entrance to the...

I’ve posted about my attorney’s downtown Washington, D.C. law firm opening a satellite office specifically designed for mobility in northern Virginia.

This mobility-oriented law office, described in The Ruling is In, and Mobile Matters, continues to break the mold.

In a recent conversation, my...

Achieving fair and impartial results in the American judicial system is heavily dependent – perhaps principally dependent – on the collective wisdom of the jury. The environment provided by the jury deliberation room is an essential factor in supporting (or not supporting) the jury’s ability to...