Memorandum

To:	Chief Judge Gary B. Andrews
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Supreme Court's Public Relations Officer
Date:	August 5, 1997

As per your request, I have checked with Sherie Welch, Clerk of the Supreme Court, regarding the duties of Katie Wood, Public Relations Officer for the Supreme Court. Among her duties are: (1) Prepare summaries of the cases to be argued before the Supreme Court and send the summaries out to local news media. (2) Prepare summaries of the opinions of the Supreme Court and release them to local news media. Additionally, if local news media want copies of the complete opinions, Katie will furnish copies of the opinion to the media at no cost. (3) Prepare news releases about the Court and its administrative functions. (4) Update the Supreme Court's web page on the Internet to include granted certs. and summaries of opinions. (5) Answer E-mail questions about the Supreme Court. (6) Answer other questions about the Supreme Court from walk-ins or telephone calls. (7) I am sure Katie has other duties about which Sherie is not familiar. For instance, Katie was on-hand at the Supreme Court on Monday morning to help coordinate the Press Conference with the Lieutenant Governor regarding the Supreme Court's Commission on Family Violence Model Medical Protocol for Domestic Violence Incidents. (See attached press release.)

Katie does not work full-time. She is employed 30 hours per week. You may wish to contact Kay Carter about Katie's salary.

If you have any further questions about this matter or if I can be of further service to you in this regard, please contact me.

cc:	Kay Carter, Fiscal Officer

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