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NOW,THEREFORE,itisORDEREDthattheTennesseeSupremeCourtϜCommitteetoImplementtheRecommendationsoftheRacialandEthnicFairnessCommissionandtheGenderFairnessCommission(hereinafter"theCommittee")beestablished. UnderthedirectionandsupervisionoftheSupremeCourt,theCommitteeshallbechargedwithplanning,overseeingandmonitoringtheimplementationoftherecommendationsoftheCommissions. Withoutlimitingthisgeneralcharge,theCourtspecificallyrequeststhattheCommitteereviewthereportsoftheCommissionsanddevelopaplanforimplementingeachrecommendation.TheplanshouldspecifythebodyresponsibleforsuchimplementationandofferguidancetotheCourt,theTennesseeGeneralAssembly,barassociations,lawfirms,lawschools, ;6= governmentagenciesandinstrumentalitieswithregardtoeffectivemeansofimplementingtheCommissions'recommendations,asappropriate.Further,theCommitteeshallestablishmeansformonitoringtheprogressmadebythevariousimplementingbodiesandshallreporttothisCourtbyApril1,1999,ofitsprogress. ThefollowingpersonsshallserveasmembersoftheCommitteeforitsinitialterm:̜(X@4T$4T$(ProfessorJudyCornettCollegeofLawUniversityofTennessee1404WestCumberlandAvenueKnoxville,TN379961810TheHon.ArthurBennettCriminalCourtofShelbyCounty201PoplarAvenueMemphis,TN381030 4 TheHon.MaryBethLeibowitz    CriminalCourt,6thJudicialDistrictCityCountyBuiding400MainAvenue,M60Knoxville,TN37902RandallD.Noel700BrinkleyPlaza80MonroeAvenueMemphis,TN38103MarciaE.Eason1000VolunteerBuilding832GeorgiaAvenueChattanooga,TN374022289TheresaPatterson46NorthThird,Suite725Memphis,TN38103MonteD.Watkins0 4 404JamesRobertsonParkway#2121    Nashville,TN372191505&  MarkBrown100WestSummitHillDriveKnoxville,TN379021025'20 4 TheHon.JohnJ.Maddux,Jr.    CircuitCourt,13thJudicialDistrict228EastBroadStreet,Room206Cookeville,TN385013366 95; TheHon.D.KellyThomas,Jr.CircuitCourt,5thJudicialDistrictBlountCountyCourthouse393CourtStreetMaryville,TN378045906JudyMedearisCircuitandGeneralSessionsCourtsHamiltonCountyCourthouseChattanooga,TN374020  p PatrickH.McCutchen,ExecutiveDirector T$T$ 0  p TennesseeDistrictAttorneyGenerals'Conference T$T$ 226CapitolBoulevard,Suite800Nashville,TN372430890C.PhillipBivensDistrictAttorneyGeneral115EastMarketStreetP.O.DrawerEDyersburg,TN380252005&  ArdenaJ.Garth0  p DistrictPublicDefender T$T$ 701Cherry,Suite300Chattanooga,TN374021910''IWilliamAndyHardinDistrictPublicDefendersConference1623ParkwayTowers404JamesRobertsonParkwayNashville,TN3724313500  p TheHon.ThomasL.Moore,Jr. T$T$ WeakleyCountyCourthouseP.O.Box546Dresden,TN382250546TheHon.NolanGoolsby1C07PutnamCountyJusticeCenter421EastSpringStreetCookeville,TN38501 95g &  TheHon.WalterWilliamsCityCourtofChattanoogaCourtsBuilding600MarketStreetChattanooga,TN374024233'J.DianeBradleyCecilL.HumphreysSchoolofLawUniversityofMemphis3715CentralAvenueMemphis,TN381520010D.DonWelchSchoolofLawVanderbiltUniversityNashville,TN3724000160 4 LutherE.Cantrell,Jr.    NashvilleSchoolofLaw2934SidcoDriveNashville,TN372043712DwightAaronsCollegeofLawTheUniversityofTennessee1505WestCumberlandAvenueKnoxville,TN379961810&  TheHon.KimMcMillanHouseofRepresentatives32LegislativePlazaNashville,TN37243'TheHon.CarolChumneyHouseofRepresentatives26LegislativePlazaNashville,TN37243 `'"% TheHon.JoeArmstrongHouseofRepresentatives25LegislativePlazaNashville,TN37243NeilGrayMcBrideRuralLegalServicesofTennessee226BroadwayP.O.Box5209OakRidge,TN378315209L.PatriciaMockLegalAidSocietyofMiddleTennessee111SouthSecondStreetClarksville,TN370403433LindaWarrenSeelyWestTennesseeLegalServices210WestMainStreetP.O.Box2066Jackson,TN383022066TheHon.HaywoodC.BarryJuvenileandGeneralSessionsCourts105EastHighStreetP.O.BoxF900Lebanon,TN370880900CynthiaMorin707SummerlyDriveNashville,TN37209DarleneBearden618WindsorGreenBoulevardGoodlettsville,TN37072 p&!I 54T$4T$X45 TheofficersoftheCommitteeshallbeitscochairpersonsandasecretary.TheCourtshallappointthecochairpersons;thesecretaryshallbeelectedbythemembersoftheCommitteeatitsfirstmeeting. TheCourtispleasedtoappoint   ProfessorJudyCornett   and H!  #   0   &MonteD.Watkins&',Esquire'(&0 4 404JamesRobertsonParkway#2121  T$ T$ Nashville,TN372191505&JudgeWalterWilliams(toserveascochairpersonsoftheCommittee. ThetermsoftheofficersandmembersoftheCommitteeshallexpireon ,September,+July+1,1999 .TheCourtmayextend,atitsoption,thetermsoftheofficersandmembersifitfeelsthattodosowouldbeinthebestinterestof justice. @83Y  TheCommitteeshallconveneatthecallofitscochairpersons,andshall adoptrulesofoperationconsistentwiththeprovisionsofthisOrder. MembersoftheCommitteeshallnotbecompensatedfortheirservicestotheCommission;provided,however,theymaybereimbursedfortravelandothernecessaryexpensesinaccordancewithregulationsadoptedbytheJudicialDepartment. TheAdministrativeOfficeoftheCourtshallprovidereasonablestaffsupporttotheCommittee. TheCommitteeisencouragedtoprepareandpresentinterimreportstotheCourtasnecessaryandpracticabletoassistinthetimelyimplementationoftherecommendationsoftheCommissionsandshallprepareaninitialreporttotheCourtnotlaterthaneighteenmonthsfromthedateofthisOrder.- ENTERthis򀀀dayof*August,*-..)July,)June,-1998.-   <      D T$T$MT$      <      D CHIEFJUSTICEE.RILEYANDERSON&     <      D T$T$MT$ $"    <      D JUSTICEFRANKF.DROWOTA,III'"{&   <      D T$T$MT$ P(#&    <      D JUSTICEADOLPHOA.BIRCH,JR.   <      D T$T$MT$ ,`'*    <      D JUSTICEJANICEM.HOLDER   <      D T$T$MT$ / +.    <      D JUSTICEWILLIAMM.BARKER