Brenda K. Uekert, Ph.D., is a Principal Court Research Consultant at the National Center for State Courts. Dr. Uekert has worked extensively in the areas of domestic violence, elder issues, and problem-solving courts and is currently directing several projects that provide technical assistance to improve state court responses to domestic violence. She is the founder and director of NCSC’s Center for Elders and the Courts—a national resource to the courts on aging issues, elder abuse, and guardianship.  Dr. Uekert is developing an elder abuse toolkit for the courts, an elder abuse curriculum for state judicial educators, and is staffing a project to update the National Probate Court Standards.  In addition, she works closely with the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Joint Task Force on Elder and the Courts. 

Dr. Uekert holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Syracuse University, a M.A. in Sociology from Syracuse University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.