RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Preliminary List of "Roles" in Legal Proceedings

["Winters, Roger" <Roger.Winters@METROKC.GOV>]

Title: RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Preliminary List of "Roles" in Legal Proceedings

As you have described it, then, does this follow?

ROLE = something one enters and leaves. We all play many roles--father, co-worker, civil servant, mechanic, mentor, penitent, child, caregiver, and on and on. In a case, one may be the plaintiff but, on the stand, also a witness; the next week, called for duty, a juror and, if a Judge, one owns the title throughout it all.

TITLE = something that sticks with one (unless revoked or modified). Being a plaintiff is not to acquire a title, nor witness, nor juror. A medical doctor who steps into (and out of) such roles would still be titled "Doctor."

Roger Winters
Electronic Court Records Manager
King County
Department of Judicial Administration
516 Third Avenue, E-609 MS: KCC-JA-0609
Seattle, Washington 98104
V: (206) 296-7838 F: (206) 296-0906
roger.winters@metrokc.gov

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From: Lin, Meng-chun [mailto:Meng-chun.Lin@usdoj.gov]
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:03 AM
To: 'Winters, Roger'; 'Mohyeddin Abdulaziz'; 'Chambers, Rolly'
Cc: legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Preliminary List of "Roles" in LegalPr oceedings

From the programming point of view, the titles and roles are separate in the federal courts' case management database.  A more common case is a retired judge becomes an attorney and represents a client in a case.  The judge retains his/her title, but plays different role in different cases.  Also, under the party, there are different "party roles" in a case.