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Conference of Appellate Technology Officials (CATO)
COURTS of LAST RESORT:
Supreme Court of the US;
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK (Civ Crim), OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX (Civ Crim), UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
See full list of appellate court web sites in the United States, including intermediate appellate courts.
THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 2-8, 2008 at the Rennaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, jointly hosted by Irene Bizzoso, Deputy Prothonotary
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 4-10, 2007 at the Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place, jointly hosted by the Clerks of Louisiana appellate courts
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, July 30-August 4, 2006 at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, hosted by Stephanie Lavake, Clerk, Texas Court of Appeals, Second District
THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, August 7-12, 2005, in Key West Florida, hosted by Tom Hall, Clerk of the Florida Supreme Court
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, August 8-13, 2004, at the Hilton Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by Marilyn May, Clerk of the Appellate Courts for the State of Alaska
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING, August 2-8, 2003, at the Holiday Inn Sunspree, Asheville, North Carolina, hosted by Christie S. Cameron, Clerk, North Carolina Supreme Court
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 4-8, 2002, at the Airport Hilton, Bloomington, Minnesota, hosted by Frederick K. Gritter, Clerk of the Appellate Courts and Supreme Court Administrator
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 5-10, 2001, at the Hyatt Newporter, Newport Beach, California, hosted by Joseph A. Lane, Clerk, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Daniel P. Potter, Chief Depoty Clerk, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, and Paul T. McGill, Assistant Clerk/Administrator, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 6-11, 2000, at the Savannah DeSota Hilton Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, hosted by Sherie M. Welch, Clerk, Supreme Court of Georgia and Kennth J. DeBlanc, Clerk, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit. Louisiana
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 8-13, 1999, at the Sheraton Hotel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, hosted by Howie Zibel, New Hampshire Supreme Court
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 8-14, 1998, at the Skamania Lodge in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, hosted by Scott Crampton, Director of Management Services, Oregon Supreme Court
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 3-7, 1997, at the Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama, hosted by Louise B. Livingston, Assistant Clerk, Alabama Supreme Court
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, August 4-9, 1996, at the Embassy Suites, Des Moines, Iowa, hosted by R. Keith Richardson, Clerk, Iowa Supreme Court
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING,
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, August 6-13, 1994 at the Sheraton Harbor Island, San Diego, California, hosted by Spehen M. Kelly, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District
TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING, August 1-6, 1993, at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, tennessee, hosted by A.B. Neil, Jr., Tenessee Supreme Court
NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 2-7, 1992, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., hosted by William S. Fulton, J.R., U.S. Army Court of Military Review
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 4-9, 1991, at the Marriott Pavilion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by Dierdre O'Meara Ahr Smith, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 5-10, 1990, at the Sheraton Tuscon, El Conquistador resort, Tuscon, Arizona, hosted by Joyce A. Goldsmith, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 6-11, 1989, at the Mills House, Charleston, South carolina, hosted by Reba D. Mims, South Carolina Court of Appeals
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 7-12, 1988, at the Colonial Inn, Helena Montana, hosted by Ethel M. Harrison, Montana Supreme Court
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 2-7, 1987, at the Parkview Hilton, Hartford, Connecticut, hosted by Frank Drumm and Susan Cormier
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 3-8, 1986, at the Hyatt regency, Austin, Texas, hosted by Tommy and Sharon Lowe, George and Mary Miller, and Troy Bennett
TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 4-9, 1985 at the Marriott's Griffin Gate, Lexington, Kentucky, hosted by John and Carla Scott, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Kentucky
ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 5-10, 1984 at the Marriott Airport, Seattle, Washington, hosted by John and Francine Champagne and Dick and Mary Lou Taylor
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 7-12, 1983 at the International Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted by Frans Labranche, Jr., Supreme Court of Louisiana
NINTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 1-6, 1982 at the Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, hosted by Jean M. Kennet, Supreme Judcial Court, Massachusetts
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 2-7, 1981 at the Americana Snow King, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, hosted by Rita White, Wyoming Supreme Court
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 24-28, 1980, at Disney World, Orlando, Florida, hosted by Raymond E. Rhodes, First District Court of Appeals, Florida
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, July 29-August 2, 1979 at the Doubletree Inn, Monterey, California hosted by Kevin Swanson, California Court of Appeal, Fifth District
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, August 13-17, 1978 at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan, hosted by Ronald L. Dzierbicki, Michigan Court of Appeals
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, July 31-August4, 1977 at the North Shore Hotel, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, hosted by Bill Young, Idaho Supreme Court
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING, August 1-5, 1976 at the Tarrytown Hilton, Tarrytown, New York, hosted by Hyman W. Gamso, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, July 16-19 1975 at the Little America, Flagstaff, Arizona, hosted by Mayann Hopkins, Supreme Court of Arizona
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, July 16-20, 1974 at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted by J.O. Sentell, Supreme Court of Alabama
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, August 2-4, 1973 at the Executive House and Dolly Madison House in Washington, D.C., hosted by Alexander L. Stevas and Claire M. Whitaker
The NCACC recognizes that participation from vendors is a critical part of the success of each annual meeting. A variety of levels of participation are available, as described in the general information sheet.
If you are interested in exposing your company to the decision makers in state and federal appellate courts then you don't want to miss the 2009 Vendor Expo on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at the Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn in Sacramento California. Please complete the Interest Form and return it to the Vendor Chair for 2009, Cynthia Rapp, Deputy Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, 1 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20543. You can also e-mail the form to cjrapp@supremecourtus.gov.
Our vendors are looking forward to meeting us all at the Vendor lunch on Wednesday, August 5 in Sacramento. Below is some information about our vendors who will be joining us.
WEST
We are very fortunate to have West, a Thomson Reuters business, joining us again. West delivers quality legal, regulatory and business information and innovative technology tools to manage it. In addition to being the home of Westlaw (online), West annually publishes over 66 million books and 500 CD-Rom libraries. West will be putting on a Showcase program entitled “Westlaw – Features, Content & Functionality.” For more information visit their website at www.west.thomson.com.
LEXIS
This year Lexis will again be a Partner for our conference. LexisNexis is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment. For more information visit www.lexisnexis.com.
BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS
BNA is the largest independent publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in business and government. They publish – in print and electronic formats – more than 350 daily, weekly, monthly, and up-to-the-minute news services covering the full range of legal, legislative, regulatory, and economic developments that impact the business environment around the nation and the world. See their web site at www.bna.com.
CASELOAD SOFTWARE
Joining us again this year will be CaseLoad Software. CaseLoad provides case management solutions to justice agencies throughout North America. Their vision is to provide customers with reliable, affordable open case management solutions. Some software vendors make you change the way you work in order to use their software. CaseLoad says, why change what works? myCaseLoad is a fully customizable case management solution that is accessed from your web browser. It works the way you work. For more information visit caseload.com.
COURTCALL
CourtCall will be joining us this year at our Vendor show. CourtCall originated the regularly scheduled, organized and voluntary method for attorneys to make appearances by teleconference for the Court, with no risk or expense, while reducing the cost of litigation and burdens on courtroom staff. CourtCall, LLC administers and promotes the entire program at its expense. Hundred of thousands of CourtCall Appearances have been in over 1,800 Courts around the country saving lawyers hundreds of thousands of hours and their clients millions of dollars. For more information visit their website at www.courtcall.com.
IMAGESOFT
ImageSoft will be putting on a Showcase program demonstrating what their company can do for the courts. ImageSoft provides document management and workflow solutions (ECM) that reduce costs and improve efficiency for the court, prosecutor and law enforcement. Most courts achieve a 30% productivity improvement and a 1 year ROI. Their web site www.imagesoftinc.com contains more information.
JUSTICE SYSTEMS INC.
Back for another year, Justice Systems Inc. will have a booth at our vendor show. Justice Systems has been the standard for integrated case management solutions for over 25 years. Full Court Appellate utilizes open-source web technology to produce a robust scalable and versatile case management system for the appellate courts. Go to their web site at www.justicesystems.com for more information.
LT COURT TECH LLC
Joining us for another year at the vendor show and also hosting a showcase program is LT Court Tech LLC. They are known for Integrated Case Management, E-Filing and Document Management for Appellate Courts. For more information visit their website at www.LT-Holdings.com.
Here is a list of helpful links to additional information.