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1 Headnotes 1 (1977)

handle is hein.barjournals/hdba0001 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW COURTS Waller Collie, Richard Geiger (Chair- man, New Laws and Constitutional Amendments Committee for 1977) and I met with Dallas County Commission ers David Pickett, Roy Orr and Jim Jackson, together with First Assistant District Attorney Doug Mulder, Judge R. T. Scales, Judge Bob Stinson, and Alex Bickley, C. A. Tatum, and Percy Goyne, representing the Citizens' Coun- cil, to discuss the need for new courts for Dallas County. Last year, the DBA Board of Direc- tors after much study by our appro- priate committees adopted a legislative program recommending 14 new courts to handle the increased litigation in Dallas County. Waller Collie outlined at this meet- ing the reasons why additional courts were needed. Doug Mulder, Judge Scales, Judge Stinson, Richard Geiger and Alex Bickley added their own thoughts and reasons. Cost of funding the courts was discussed, as well as space for the courtrooms. It was tentatively agreed subject to obtaining additional information, that all parties and organizations present would attempt to have the Legislature create the following courts: Effective September, 1977: two (2) Domestic Relations Courts, one (1) County Court at Law, two (2) County Criminal Courts, one(1) Juvenile Court, and the creation of two (2) special Criminal District Courts, hopefully to be funded by LEAA. These special courts were added at the request of Doug Mulder. Effective September of 1978: one (1) Domestic Relations Court, one (1) County Court at Law, one (1) County Criminal Court, one (1) Juvenile Court, and one (1) Criminal District Court. VOLUME 1 JANUARY 24, 1977 Effective September of 1979: one (1) Domestic Relations Court, one (1) County Criminal Court, and one (1) Criminal District Court. If the current Legislature will create all the courts but delay the effective date for some, there will be time to properly plan for future needs of the judiciary in Dallas County. BOND ELECTION During this same meeting, there was a discussion of the need for a County Bond Election to include funds for ad- ditional courthouse and jail facilities. Commissioner David Pickett asked me what the DBA's position would be on such an election and if the DBA would actively support such a bond election. I responded that there had been some discussion of the possible bond election by members of the Board of Directors and that I felt if the DBA was allowed to input into the manner and means for expenditure of the funds, I was sure the DBA would actively sup- port such a bond election. My feeling is that the courthouse is where most DBA members go while working in behalf of their clients. We have our own ideas as to needs of the courts. We have our own ideas as to the number of courts that are needed. We have our own ideas as to how certain aspects of the court- house should be utilized. So, if the Commissioners Court will allow the DBA, through its various committees, officers and directors, to input about the future facilities, then, the DBA should be willing to publicly support that which we had a constructive part in planning. (Continued on Page 5) President's Report headbo BS. NUMBER 1 This new, expanded newsletter of the Dallas Bar Association will be pub- lished once a month. The regular news- letter will be published every other week, except the week that the DB HEADNOTES is published. There are several reasons for this expanded newsletter and briefly, they are as follows: (1) Since a majority of the activities of the Dallas Bar Association now focus on Continuing Legal Education, the DB HEADNOTES can contribute to such CLE with articles of interest to DBA members that can be retained for reference. It is hoped that a convenient binder will be available. (2) With over 3,000 members, there is a need for more and better commu- nication between all facets of the DBA, its people and committees. (3) Legal articles and better com- munication of what the DBA is doing fits into my concept that the DBA should furnish as many benefits as possible to the members. (4) There are so many related organizations overlapping with DBA membership, I felt that DBA members would benefit by knowing what was going on with and by these other related organizations. This first issue was put together quite rapidly and there will be some slight changes in the format as we learn from our experience of this and future issues. If any of you have any ideas or suggestions to improve the DB HEAD- NOTES, please let me hear from you. Phil Burleson President, DBA

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