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Oregon Judicial Department briefs joint judiciary committees on rising caseloads, program expansions and judgeship needs
Summary
State court administrators told the Senate and House judiciary committees that caseloads — especially landlord-tenant and aid-and-assist matters — have risen since 2020, and described program growth, technology improvements and continuing public defense capacity challenges.
Nancy Kozine, identified in the hearing as the state court administrator for the Oregon Judicial Department, and Amy Miller, assistant deputy state court administrator, gave a roughly 15–20 minute overview to the joint Senate and House Judiciary committees on Jan. 21, 2025.
Kozine said Oregon’s unified state court system — which includes the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court and circuit courts — was established in 1981 and now includes “over 200 elected officials and approximately 2,000 staff statewide.” She described the state’s “grand bargain” arrangement: the state assumed many court functions when the system unified while counties retained responsibility for facilities and security. Kozine said the unified system allows more consistency across counties and that courts handle more than a half‑million cases annually (data for 2024 remain under reconciliation,…
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