Town Hall Meetings

After consulting with the Bankruptcy Law Section Board of Directors and given the importance of getting input from our customers, Chief Judge Starzynski initiated meetings with practitioners. The purpose of these meetings is to allow practitioners to talk or ask about anything that goes on in the courthouse or Clerk's Office. Norman H. Meyer, Jr., Clerk of Court, or Margaret Grammer Gay, Chief Deputy Clerk, will also attend the meetings.

The first Town Hall meeting took place July 9th, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. and lasted about 60 minutes. The meeting was in the Animas Courtroom in Albuquerque. Selected sites around the state (Farmington, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Roswell, etc.) joined via telephone for broad participation. The Chief Judge chaired the meeting, with the goal of letting everyone fully express his or her thoughts about whatever issue the attorney thought important. Another Town Hall meeting was held in November, 2004. Considering the fact that the Year in Review functions, in part, as a town hall meeting, we plan to have only one Town Hall Meeting per year, in the fall. This is a time for us to listen to you and respond to your questions.