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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
210 New Courthouse
Boston, Massachusetts 02108

CONTACT: Joan Kenney/Bruce Brock 617/557-1114 joan.kenney@sjc.state.ma.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2003 WORCESTER PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT ASSISTANT REGISTER MICHAEL F. HERMAN NAMED TRIAL COURT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR Worcester – Chief Justice for Administration and Management Barbara A. Dortch-Okara presented the Trial Court’s 2003 Employee of the Year award to Worcester Probate and Family Court Assistant Register Michael F. Herman (at center of photo, to the immediate left of Chief Justice Dortch-Okara), and Employee Excellence Awards to seventeen other outstanding Trial Court staff members in a ceremony at Union Station in Worcester on May 22. From far left are Employee Excellence Award winners Margaret Hayden, Electronic Resources Librarian for the Trial Court Law Libraries; Matthew Lefebvre, Hampden Superior Court Case Coordinator; Sheila Larkin, Fitchburg District Court Head Administrative Assistant; Thomas Alfonse, New Bedford District Court Assistant Clerk-Magistrate; Joseph Piknick, Associate Court Officer at Lynn District Court; Colin Doherty, Associate Court Officer at Lynn District Court; Grisel Lind, Essex Juvenile Court Judicial Secretary; Michael Herman; Chief Justice Dortch-Okara; Employee Excellence Award winners Rose Marie Carelli, Court Officer at Worcester Superior Court; Carmen Diaz, Office of Jury Commissioner Telephone Scheduler II; Nancy Farrell, Dedham District Court Head Administrative Assistant; Vera Brown, Essex Probate and Family Court Operations Supervisor II; Lawrence Sullivan, Court Officer at Norfolk Superior Court; Gaye Gentes, Manager of the Administrative Office of the Trial Court’s Office of Court Interpreter Services; and Kevin Buckley, AOTC Court Operations Analyst and Webmaster. Not pictured are Employee Excellence Award winners Jessica Bonsignore, Boston Municipal Court Case Specialist IV; Nancy Macauley, Berkshire Juvenile Court Probation Officer; and Barbara McDonough, Office of the Commissioner of Probation Administrative Coordinator. Excellence Award recipient Jessica Bonsignore of the Boston Municipal Court with Chief Justice of the Boston Municipal Court Charles Johnson Excellence Award recipient Nancy Macauley of the Berkshire Juvenile Court with Chief Justice for Administration and Mangement Barbara A. Dortch-Okara Pictured with Employee Excellence Award winner Barbara McDonough, Office of the Commissioner of Probation Administrative Coordinator, are several other members of the staff of the Office of the Commissioner of Probation. From left are Deputy Commissioner Paul Lucci, Chief Probation Officer Richard Bracciale, Chief Probation Officer Edward Rideout, Assistant to Deputy Commissioner Laura Sliman, and Chief Probation Officer Kevin Cunniff.