‘An Open and Inviting Court’: Judge Joe Perez of the Orange County Community Court Talks Procedural Justice
Summary: <p>Joe Perez, the presiding judge of the <u><a href="http://www.occourts.org/locations/community-court.html">Orange County Community Court</a></u>, discusses how the principles of <u><a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/topic/procedural-justice">procedural justice</a></u> inform both design and process in his courthouse. Perez is a lifelong resident of Orange County whose father was the first Spanish-speaking attorney and judge in the county. The interview with Robert V. Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation, took place while Judge Perez was in Chicago to speak at <a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/center-court-innovation-hosts-community-justice-2016" target="_blank">Community Justice 2016</a>. Wolf interviewed Judge Perez’s predecessor and the founding judge of the Orange County Community Court, <u><a href="http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/new-court-california-interview-judge-wendy-lindley">Wendy Lindley</a></u>, in 2008.</p> <p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/images/RaceLegitimacy.preview.JPG" alt="Judge Joe Perez speaks during a panel on race and legitimacy at Community Justice 2016." title="Judge Joe Perez speaks during a panel on race and legitimacy at Community Justice 2016." class="image image-preview " width="640" height="426"><span class="caption" style="width: 638px;">Judge Joe Perez speaks during a panel on race and legitimacy at Community Justice 2016.</span></span></p><div class="image-clear"></div>
