Magazine Archive

  • Contra Costa County Superior Court
  • January 2025
Accomplishments and New Faces of the Court

In the terms of my two most recent predecessors as Presiding Judge, we were in the throes of the COVID pandemic. We implemented the Odyssey system and the direct calendar for felonies. COVID remains an issue, but nothing like it was. Odyssey has now expanded into all of the divisions of the court and staff...

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  • CCCBA
  • January 2025
2025, a Year of Change, Advancement & Efficiency

It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating a new century (party like it’s 1999!) and here we are, a quarter of the way through it already. Welcome 2025! CCCBA is facing a year that will bring change, advancement, and much needed efficiency. With the challenges of diminishing engagement, rising costs of doing business,...

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  • Contra Costa County Superior Court
  • January 2025
Have You Seen the New Hi-Tech Courtrooms?

“Our new hi-tech courtrooms have allowed the court to seamlessly conduct hybrid hearings,” states Supervising Judge Danielle Douglas. This past year the court endeavored to equip courtrooms in the Spinetta Family Law and Wakefield Taylor courthouses with state-of-the-art technology and will be doing the same for the Bray and Annex Courtrooms in 2025! The incorporation...

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  • Contra Costa County Superior Court
  • January 2025
The Success of E-Filing at the Court and a Few Facts

E-Filing at the Superior Court of Contra Costa County went live on June 18, 2022, and has been incredibly successful.  At each of our court locations we are dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and accessibility of our legal processes.  E-Filing is available 24 hours, 7 days a week, for filings that comply with Standing Order...

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