Contact Persons by State

Alabama

K. David Sawyer, Esq.
Assistant Attorney
300 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

Phone
334/954-5040


david.sawyer@alacourt.gov

Website

Alaska

Brenda Aiken
Resource Development Officer
Alaska Court System
820 W. 4th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501

Phone
907/264-8266
Fax
264-0693

baiken@courts.state.ak.us

Website

Arizona

Carol Mitchell
Court Access Specialist
Administrative Office of the Courts
1501 W. Washington Street Suite 410
Phoenix, AZ  85007

Phone
602/452-3965 

cmitchell@courts.az.gov

Website

Arkansas

Mara Simmons
Foreign Language Interpreting
Program Coordinator
Administrative Office of the
Courts
625 Marshall Street
Justice Building, Suite 1100
Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone
501/682-9400
Fax
682-9410

mara.simmons@arkansas.gov

Website

California

Jacquie Ring
Debbie Chong-Manguiat, Sr. Administrative Coordinator
Executive Office Programs
Court Interpreters Program Unit
Judicial Council of CA
Administrative Office of the Courts
455 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102-3688

Phone
866/310-0689
Fax
415/865-4341

courtinterpreters@jud.ca.gov

Website

Colorado

Emy Lopez
Court Interpreter Program
Administrator
101 W. Colfax Avenue
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202

Phone
303/837-2326
Fax
877/606-5387

emy.lopez@judicial.state.co.us

Website

Connecticut

Scott A. Hartley
Deputy Director
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
90 Washington Street
3rd Floor
Hartford, CT 06106

Phone
860/706-5044
Fax
706-5088

scott.hartley@jud.ct.gov

Website

Delaware

Marie Perez-Chambers
Coordinator, Court Interpreter Program
500 N. King Street
Suite 11600
Wilmington, DE 19801

Phone
302/255-0166
Fax
255-2217

maria.perez-chambers@state.de.us

Website

District of Columbia

James W. Plunkett
Coordinator, Foreign Language
Interpreters
Superior Court of the District of
Columbia
500 Indiana Avenue N.W.
Clerk of Court Office, Rm. 3127
Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone
202/879-4828
Fax
737-0913

plunkettjw@dcsc.gov

Florida

Lisa Bell
Court Operations Consultant
Office of the State Courts
Administrator
Supreme Court Building
500 South Duval St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1900

Phone
850/922-5107
Fax
414-1342

BellL@flcourts.org

Website

Georgia

Linda Smith , Project Coordinator
Georgia Commission on Interpreters
Administrative Office of the
Courts
244 Washington Street, SW
Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30334-5900

Phone
404/657-4219
Fax
651-6449

linda.smith@gaaoc.us

Website

Hawaii

Debi S. Tulang-De Silva
Project Director Office on Equality and Access to the Courts
Judiciary, State of Hawaii
426 Queen Street , B17
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone
808/539-4860
Fax
539-4203

debi.s.tulang-desilva@courts.state.hi.us

Website

Idaho

Janica Saxton Bisharat
Administrative Office of the
Courts
451 West State Street (83702)
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0101

Phone
208/334-2246

jbisharat@idcourts.net

Website

Illinois

 

Phone
773/896-3210

Fax
869-3242

Website

Iowa

John Goerdt
Deputy State Court Administrator
1111 E. Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319

David Ewert
Testing Coordinator

Phone
515/281-6171
Fax
515/242-0014

Phone
515/281-8430

john.goerdt@iowacourts.gov

Website

dave.ewert@iowacourts.gov

Indiana

Camille T. Wiggins
Staff Attorney
Division of State Court Administration
30 S. Meridian Street
Ste 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone
317/232-2542
Toll Free
800/452-9963
Fax
233-6586

cwiggins@courts.state.in.us

Website

Kentucky

Ervin Dimeny
Manager, Court Interpreting
Court Interpreting Services
Administrative Office of the
Courts
100 Millcreek Park
Frankfort, KY 40601-9230

Phone
502/573-2350 ext 4238
Fax
573-0327

ervindimeny@kycourts.net

Website

Maryland

Ksenia Boitsova
Court Interpreter Progam Administrator
Program Services
Administrative Office of the Courts
2001-D Commerce Park Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone
410/260-3569
Fax
260-3570

Ksenia.boitsova@courts.state.md.us

Website

Louisiana



 

J. Richard Williams
Deputy Judicial Administrator
1600 N. 3rd Street, 4th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA  70802

Phone
225/382-3182

 

 rwilliams@lasc.org

 

 

Maine

Wendy F. Rau, Esq.
Director of Courts Operations
Cumberland County Courthouse
171 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Phone
207/287-3214
Fax
287-3213


wendy.rau@maine.gov

Website

Massachusetts

Gaye Gentes, Manager of Court
Interpreting Services
Office of Court Interpreting
Services
Administrative Office of the Trial Court
Two Center Plaza, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

Phone
617/878-0343
Fax
367-9293

gaye.gentes@jud.state.ma.us

Website

Michigan

Sharon Fox
Interpreter Program Coordinator
Office of the State Court
Administrator
925 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48915

Phone
517/373-6670
Fax
373-8740

foxs@courts.mi.gov

Website

Minnesota

Polly Ryan
Court Services at Minnesota State Court
Administrators Office
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651/215-9468

Fax
296-6609

polly.ryan@courts.state.mn.us

Website

Mississippi

Lisa Counts
Administrative Office of Courts
P.O.Boz 117
Jackson, MS 39202

Phone
601/576-4632
576-4639

lcounts@mssc.state.ms.us

Website

Missouri

Lynette Ricks
Access to Justice Specialist
Access to the Courts
2112 Industrial Drive (65109)
PO Box 104480
Jefferson City, MO 65110-4480

Phone
573/526-8870
Fax
522-6086

lynette.ricks@courts.mo.gov

Website

Nebraska

Sheryl Connolly
Administrative Office of the Courts/Probation
State Capitol Building
Room 1220
14th and J Sts. (ZIP 68509)
PO Box 98910
Lincoln, NE 68509 -8910

Phone
402/471-2671
Fax
471-2197

sconnolly@nsc.state.ne.us

Website

Nevada

Andrea Krlickova
Nevada Supreme Court/AOC
200 Lewis Avenue, 17th Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Phone
702/486-9332

akrlickova@nvcourts.nv.gov

Website

New Hampshire Donald D. Goodnow, Director
Administrative Office of the Courts
Two Charles Doe Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone
603/271-2521

aoc@courts.state.nh.us

Website

New Jersey

Brenda Carrasquillo
Court Executive
Language Services Section
Administrative Office of the
Courts
PO Box 988
Trenton, NJ 08625-0988

Phone
609/984-5024
Fax
633-7142

Brenda.Carrasquillo@judiciary.state.nj.us

Website

New Mexico

Pamela Sanchez
Administrative Office of the
Courts
Supreme Court Building
Rm. 25
237 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Phone
505/827-4822
Fax
827-4824

aocpjs@nmcourts.com

Website

New York

Sandra Bryan, Coordinator
Court Interpreting Services
Office of Court Administration
NYS Unified Court System
25 Beaver Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10004

Phone
646/386-5670
Fax
212/428-2696

courtinterpreter@courts.state.ny.us

Website

North Carolina

Brooke Bogue
Manager, Interpreting Services
Court Programs and Management Services Division
Administrative Office of the Courts
P.O. Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602

Phone
919/890-1213
Fax
788-5323

Brooke.A.Bogue@nccourts.org

Website

North Dakota    

Rodney Olson
Unit Administrator
Administrative Office of the Courts
PO Box 2806
Fargo, ND  58108

Phone
701/451-6940

rolson@ndcourts.gov

Website

Ohio

Bruno Romero
Program Manager Interpreter
Services
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Phone
614/387-9403
Fax
387-9409

romerob@sc.ohio.gov

Website

Oregon

Kelly Mills
Program Manager
Office of the State Court
Administrator
Supreme Court Building
1163 State St.
Salem , OR 97310-0260

Phone
503/986-7004
Fax
986-5859

kelly.mills@ojd.state.or.us

Website

Pennsylvania

Osvaldo Aviles
Interpreter Program
Administrator
1515 Market St.
Suite 1414
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone
215/560-6300
Fax
560-5492

osvaldo.aviles@pacourts.us

Website

South Carolina

Desiree Allen
Interpreter Manager
1015 Sumter St., Ste. 200
Columbia, SC 29201

Phone
803/734-1800

dallen@sccourts.org

Website

Tennessee

Mary Rose Zingale
Court Services Director
Tennessee Supreme Court
Administrative Office of the
Courts
511 Union Street
Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37219

Phone
615/741-2687
Fax
741-6285

mary.rose.zingale@tncourts.gov

Website

Texas

Ray Pizarro
Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation
920 Colorado
Austin, TX 78701

Phone
512/463-4190
Fax
463-1512

ray@license.state.tx.us

Website

Utah

Rosa P. Oakes
Administrative Office of the
Courts
PO Box 140241
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0241

Phone
801/578-3828
Fax
578-3843

rosao@email.utcourts.gov

Website

Vermont

Laura Dolgin
Progam Manager
Office of the Court Administrator
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0701

Phone
802/828-0576
828-3457

laura.dolgin@state.vt.us

Website

Virginia

Charlene M. Lamb
Foreign Language Services Coordinator
Department of Judicial Services
Office of the Executive Secretary
Supreme Court of Virginia
100 North Ninth Street, Fifth Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Phone
804.371.9241
Fax
804.371.5034

webmaster@courts.state.va.us

Website

Washington

Katrin Johnson
Court Interpreter Program Coordinator
Administrative Office of the Courts
PO Box 41170
Olympia, WA 98504-1170

Phone
360/704-4062

katrin.johnson@courts.wa.gov

Website

West Virginia    

 

Jennifer D. Singletary
Director
Special Projects Division
Bldg. 1, Room E-100
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV  25305

 

Phone

304/340-2934

jennifer.singletary@courtswv.gov

Website

Wisconsin

Carmel Capati
Manager, Interpreter Program
Office of Court Operations
110 East Main Street,
Suite 410
Madison, WI 53703

Phone
608/266-8635
Fax 267-0911

carmel.capati@wicourts.gov

Website

The contact persons above are state court interpreter program managers. For information about the Federal Court Interpreter testing program, go to the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination (FCICE) home page.

Last updated 11/03/11