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Letters

Sep. 1, 2026

California courts needed a statewide case management system

California's failed statewide court case management project was costly and troubled, but its goal of connecting courts across the state addressed serious public safety concerns.

Terry B. Friedman

JAMS

Business, entertainment, employment, personal injury, real property

Phone: (213) 620-1133

Email: tbfjams@verizon.net

UC Berkeley

Terry Friedman is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who previously served as a Democratic Member of the California State Assembly.

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Unmentioned in John Roemer's article ("The Doghouse Report" Aug. 28, 2026) against the admittedly troubled and overly costly Judicial Council effort to create a statewide Court Case Management System (CCMS) in the early 2000s were the public safety consequences of the disjointed non-system it sought to replace. 

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