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PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DELAWARE LAWYERS' RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Purpose: It is the purpose of the Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct to monitor these Rules, review the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and amendments or proposed amendments thereto, consider changes in the Delaware Lawyers' Rules where appropriate, draft changes suggested by the Committee and the Court, receive and consider comments from members of the Bar, Bench, and others, and consult with the Court from time to time.

Membership: The Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct consists of eleven or more members of the Bar who shall be appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court for staggered three year terms or such other terms as the Delaware Supreme Court may determine.

Liaison Justice: The Honorable Randy J. Holland

PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SUPREME COURT RULES

Purpose: The purpose of the Permanent Advisory Committee on Supreme Court Rules is to monitor these Rules, consider changes where appropriate, draft changes suggested by the Committee and the Court, receive and consider comments from members of the Bar, Bench and others and to consult with the Court from time to time. The Committee shall also have the power to make recommendations to the Court concerning the rules and practices of lower courts.

Membership: The Permanent Advisory Committee on Supreme Court Rules shall consist of nine or more members of the Bar who shall be appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court for three year, staggered terms or such other terms as the Delaware Supreme Court may determine.

Liaison Justice: The Honorable Myron T. Steele

Members:
Susan L. Parker, Esquire (Co-Chair)
Staff Attorney, Delaware Supreme Court
1st Term expires 10/12/11

John Williams, Esquire (Co-Chair)
Department of Justice
1st Term expires 10/12/11

Kevin M. Carroll, Esquire
Department of Justice
1st Term expires 9/28/10

Richard A. Forsten, Esquire
Saul Ewing LLP
1st term expires 9/28/12

Joel Friedlander, Esquire
Bouchard Margules & Friedlander PA
1st term expires 9/28/12

Andrea C. Rodgers, Esquire
Elzufon Austin Reardon Tarlov & Mondell PA
1st term expires 9/28/12

Mason E. Turner, Jr., Esquire
Prickett Jones Elliott PA
2nd Term expires 9/28/10

Nicole Marie Walker, Esquire
Office of the Public Defender
1st Term expires 9/28/10

James J. Woods, Jr., Esquire
James J. Woods, Jr. PA
2nd Term expires 9/28/10

Jeffrey A. Young, Esquire
Young & McNeilis
2nd Term expires 9/28/10

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PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DELAWARE UNIFORM RULES OF EVIDENCE

Purpose: The purpose of the Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Uniform Rules of Evidence is to monitor these Rules and legislation affecting these Rules, consider changes where appropriate, draft changes suggested by the Committee and the Court, receive and consider comments from members of the Bar, Bench, and others, and to consult with the Court from time to time.

Membership: The Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Uniform Rules of Evidence shall consist of nine or more members of the Bench and Bar appointed by the Delaware Supreme Court for staggered three year terms or such other terms as the Court may determine.

Liaison Justice: The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs

Members:
The Honorable T. Henley Graves (Co-Chair)
Resident Judge, Superior Court
Current Terms expires 5/15/08

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Esquire (Co-Chair)
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Current Term expires 5/19/09

The Honorable Bernard Balick
Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery (Retired)
Current Term expires 5/15/07

Douglas B. Catts, Esquire
Schmittinger & Rodriquez PA
Current Term expires 5/15/07

The Honorable Jan R. Jurden
Judge, Superior Court
Current Term expires 5/15/09

Edmund D. Lyons, Jr., Esquire
The Lyons Law Firm
Current Term expires 5/15/07

The Honorable William N. Nicholas
Judge, Family Court
Current Term expires 5/15/09

Bernard J. O'Donnell, Esquire
Office of the Public Defender
Current Term expires 5/15/08

Paula T. Ryan, Esquire
Department of Justice
Current Term expires 5/15/09

The Honorable Alex J. Smalls
Chief Judge, Court of Common Pleas
Current Term expires 5/15/07

Steven P. Wood, Esquire
Department of Justice
Current Term expires 5/15/08

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JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(Committee of the Court on the Judiciary)
http://courts.delaware.gov/jeac

Purpose: The purpose of the Judiciary Ethics Advisory Committee is to express, at the request of a judicial officer, the Committee's opinion, by the concurrence of a majority of its members, on proper judicial conduct with respect to the provisions of the Delaware Judges' Code of Judicial Conduct, the Code of Conduct for Law Clerks, and other judicial branch codes of conduct adopted by the Delaware Supreme Court.

Membership: The Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court for staggered terms of three years. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms. One member each shall be appointed from the Court of Chancery, the Superior Court, the Family Court, the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Court. The Chief Justice shall appoint a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court to serve as the administrative liaison between the Court on the Judiciary and the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.

Supreme Court Liaison: The Honorable Carolyn Berger

Members:
The Honorable Donald F. Parsons, Jr. (Chair)
Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery
2nd Term expires 7/31/10

The Honorable Richard F. Stokes (Vice Chair)
Judge, Superior Court
1st Term expires 7/31/10

The Honorable Mary M. Johnston
Judge, Superior Court
2nd Term expires on 7/31/10

The Honorable Robert B. Coonin
Judge, Family Court
2nd Term expires 7/31/10

The Honorable Michael K. Newell
Judge, Family Court
1st Term expires 7/31/10

The Honorable Charles W. Welch, III
Judge, Court of Common Pleas
1st Term expires 7/31/10

The Honorable Bonita N. Lee
Deputy Chief Magistrate, Justice of the Peace Court
2nd Term expires 7/31/10

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