Judge warns task force: splitting courts across buildings would harm safety and efficiency
Denise Andre, a General Sessions judge, urged the task force during public comment to avoid separating general sessions from circuit/chancery courts into different buildings because of security, staffing and operational inefficiencies.
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During the task force’s citizens communications period, Denise Andre, General Sessions judge in Division One, urged members not to split general sessions and circuit/chancery court systems between separate buildings. She said she has served in the judicial center for 20 years and warned that separation would increase security costs, complicate deputies’ coverage and inmate transports, create difficulties for attorneys who practice in multiple courts, and worsen parking problems for the public.
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