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Richard E. Arnason Justice Center Lucy Fogarty, Deputy Executive Officer The Richard E. Arnason Justice Center, a new, state-of-the-art courthouse will be opening at the beginning of November. It will be located at 1000 Center Drive in Pittsburg, adjacent to the present courthouse at 45 Civic Avenue, which was built in 1957. Once the new courthouse is open, the present building will be demolished and additional parking provided in its place. The facility is named in honor of Judge Richard E. Arnason. Judge Arnason, now 88, retired as a judge in Contra Costa County in 1995 after 31 years. He later joined the State's Assigned Judges Program, and now presides over Department 28 in Martinez. Judge Arnason’s distinguished career has spanned more than sixty years in Contra Costa County where he has served as a leader over the Bar and Bench. It is the Court’s privilege to bestow this honor on a living judge who has dedicated his life and devoted a career to justice in serving this community – he truly is an American icon. This courthouse is the first trial court project in California funded entirely by State Trial Court Construction Funds, a significant change from previous county-funded courthouse projects. It is the first project planned, designed and built through a partnership between the trial court and the Administrative Office of the Courts. The State’s Judicial Council, the policymaking body of the Courts, in a cooperative effort with the City of Pittsburg entered into a land exchange agreement for the construction site of the new courthouse. Construction began April 2009, and has a scheduled occupancy target date of early November 2010. The Arnason Justice Center will be two stories plus a lower level that will house an arraignment courtroom and hold incustody defendants awaiting courtroom appearances.There will be seven courtrooms for Traffic, Criminal, Family Law and Juvenile matters. At 75,000 square feet, the building is 3 times larger than the existing courthouse. To better serve the community, there will be 15 customer service windows, a self-help/ library center with a children’s waiting area, a jury assembly room, attorney-client meeting rooms, and 280 parking spaces when the last phase of construction completes. The building is being built “Green” with current construction waste diverted from landfills at a current rate of 80 – 83%. The project managers are aiming for a Silver LEED certification form the USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council. Building materials throughout were selected for high-recycled content, renewable content, and durability. The project includes many other energy efficient and low environmental impact design and construction methods and materials. This project has been a true collaboration between the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Superior Court of Contra Costa County. u TOP LEFT: Architectual Rendering by HOK Architects; BELOW: Photo of Richard E. Arnason Justice Center, September 2010. 22 September 2010
2011 JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS Diana Becton Smith Presiding Judge Barry P. Goode Assistant Presiding Judge MARTINEZ WALNUT CREEK Criminal Trials Judge John W. Kennedy - Supervising Judge Susanne Fenstermacher Judge David B. Flinn Judge John T. Laettner Judge Leslie G. Landau Judge Thomas M. Maddock Judge Mary Ann O’Malley Judge Barbara Zúñiga Criminal Calendars Judge Brian Haynes - Felony Judge Clare Maier - Bray Judge Nancy Davis Stark -Annex Judge Richard E. Arnason - Probation Civil Judge Barry Baskin - Supervising Judge Steve K. Austin Judge Laurel S. Brady Judge Barry P. Goode - Complex Litigation Judge Cheryl Mills Commissioner Judith A. Sanders Probate Judge John H. Sugiyama Family Law Judge Joyce Cram - Supervising/ Family & Probate Judge Charles 'Ben' Burch - Family & Probate Trials Judge Jill Fannin Judge Penny M. Scanlon Judge Steve Treat Commissioner Josanna Berkow Commissioner Jeffrey D. Huffaker (Pittsburg) Juvenile Judge Lois Haight - Supervising Judge Judith Craddick (Martinez) Judge Barbara Hinton (Juvenile Hall) Judge Joni T. Hiramoto (Richmond) Judge Stephen F. Houghton (Pittsburg) Judge William M. Kolin - Supervising Judge Harlan Grossman Judge Bruce C. Mills Commissioner Joel Golub Commissioner Ronald K. Creighton (Concord) PITTSBURG Judge Lewis Davis - Supervising Judge Rebecca Hardie Judge George V. Spanos Judge Trevor S. White Commissioner Lowell Richards RICHMOND Judge Theresa J. Canepa - Supervising Judge Peter A. Berger Vacant Judge Ed Weil Commissioner Robert Broughton Contra Costa Lawyer 23
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