STATE JUDICIAL
PROFILES
BY COUNTY
2019-2020
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WHAT LIES AHEAD
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USLAW NETWORK STATE JUDICIAL PROFILE BY COUNTY
USLAW is your home field advantage. The home field advantage comes from
knowing and understanding the venue in a way that allows a competitive
advantage – a truism in both sports and business. Jurisdictional awareness is
a key ingredient to successfully operating throughout the United States and
abroad. Knowing the local rules, the judge, and the local business and legal
environment provides our firms’ clients this advantage. USLAW NETWORK bring
this advantage to its member firms’ clients with the strength and power of a
national presence combined with the understanding of a respected local firm.
In order to best serve clients, USLAW NETWORK biennially updates its county-
by-county jurisdictional profile, including key court decisions and results that
change the legal landscape in various states. The document is supported by
the common consensus of member firm lawyers whose understanding of each
jurisdiction is based on personal experience and opinion. Please remember
that the state county-by-county comparisons are in-state comparisons and not
comparisons between states. There are a multitude of factors that go into such
subjective observations that can only be developed over years of experience and
participation. We are pleased on behalf of USLAW NETWORK to provide you with
this jurisdictional snapshot.
The information here is a great starter for discussion with the local USLAW
member firm on how you can succeed in any jurisdiction. This conversation
supplements the snapshot because as we all know as with many things in life,
jurisdictions can change quickly. Please use this document as a way to begin
exploring the benefits of an ongoing relationship with USLAW.
Editors
Jeffrey Y. Choi
Snyder Burnett Egerer, LLP
5383 Hollister Ave., Suite 240
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
805.692.2800
jchoi@sbelaw.com
USLAW NETWORK, Inc. • 3111 N. University Drive, Suite 400 • Coral Springs, FL 33065 (800) 231-9110 • www.uslaw.org
Clarice Spicker
Jones Skelton & Hochuli, PLC
40 North Central Avenue
Phoenix AZ 85004
602.263.1700
cspicker@jshfirm.com
Alabama ................................... page 1
Alaska ...................................... page 2
Arizona ..................................... page 3
Arkansas ................................... page 4
California .................................. page 5
Colorado ................................... page 6
Connecticut ............................... page 7
Delaware .................................. page 8
Florida ...................................... page 9
Georgia ....................................page 10
Hawaii .....................................page 11
Idaho .......................................page 12
Illinois .....................................page 13
Indiana ....................................page 14
Iowa ........................................page 15
Kansas .....................................page 16
Kentucky ..................................page 17
Louisiana .................................page 18
Maine ......................................page 19
Maryland ..................................page 20
Massachusetts ..........................page 21
Michigan ..................................page 22
Minnesota ................................page 23
Mississippi ...............................page 24
Missouri...................................page 25
Montana...................................page 26
Nebraska .................................page 27
Nevada ....................................page 28
New Hampshire .........................page 29
New Jersey ..............................page 30
New Mexico .............................page 31
New York .................................page 32
North Carolina ...........................page 33
North Dakota .............................page 34
Ohio ........................................page 35
Oklahoma .................................page 36
Oregon .....................................page 37
Pennsylvania ............................page 38
Rhode Island .............................page 39
South Carolina ..........................page 40
South Dakota ............................page 41
Tennessee ................................page 42
Texas ......................................page 43
Utah ........................................page 44
Vermont ...................................page 45
Virginia ....................................page 46
Washington ..............................page 47
West Virginia ............................page 48
Wisconsin ................................page 49
Wyoming ..................................page 50
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