{"id":190888,"date":"2025-04-18T13:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/ode-to-d-c-superior-courtroom-clerks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:13:53","slug":"ode-to-d-c-superior-courtroom-clerks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=190888","title":{"rendered":"Ode to D.C. Superior courtroom clerks"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jada Aristilde, one of my favorite courtroom clerks, has left the building.<\/p>\n

Ms. Aristilde leaned over to me in courtroom 314 earlier this week after my case was called to tell me that that was her last day.\u00a0 She will be devoting herself full time to her practice as a realtor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have told this story before but I will say it again:\u00a0 When Mani Golzari and I transitioned to D.C. from the Philadelphia public defender\u2019s office many years ago around the same time, we both thought we had died and gone to heaven.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was an enormous difference between the Philly and D.C. court systems.\u00a0 And this difference applied to the courtroom clerks.<\/p>\n

In Philadelphia, we had to deal with the likes of \u201cFat Danny\u201d who used to make us wait to check in until after he finished his game of solitaire on the computer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was the petty and vindictive pair of April and Effi who ruled the domestic violence courtroom with an iron hand.\u00a0 Woe to the private counsel who took too long conferring with a client or who otherwise crossed either one of them. \u00a0Of course, their threat to call the offending lawyer\u2019s case last on the docket held no sway with the public defenders.\u00a0 We were there until the last case was called anyway.<\/p>\n

This was in marked contrast to the courtroom clerks at D.C. Superior Court<\/a>. Without exception, the clerks in the District treat us and our clients with the utmost courtesy and respect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I cannot imagine the courtroom clerks have an easy job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For one thing, they are dealing with many things at the same time: They are manning the phones.\u00a0 They are calling the cases.\u00a0 They are checking for next available court dates.\u00a0 And they are inputting data in to the docket to make sure that the record is accurate and complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More importantly, they are dealing with a group of very pushy and vocal lawyers who are eager to get their cases called so that they can go on to their next courtroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I always position myself so that I am directly in the clerk\u2019s line of vision.\u00a0 We lawyers do not like to wait.\u00a0 We get aggravated when one of our colleagues takes up too much of the court\u2019s time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My favorite clerks are the ones who keep us informed of the status of the docket.\u00a0 Stay in the room, they will tell us.\u00a0 We are about to call your case.\u00a0 Or:\u00a0 This will be a while.\u00a0 You might want to handle matters in other courtrooms first.<\/p>\n

Although there are typically two clerks in the courtroom, I have noticed that Jada Aristilde always worked the room alone.\u00a0 This must have been a testament, an acknowledgment by her supervisors, as to her professionalism and efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will miss Ms. Aristilde.\u00a0 We can only wish her well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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