Judge R. Michael Key, President
LaGrange, Georgia

Judge R. Michael Key of LaGrange, Georgia, was installed as President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on July 20, 2010, during the 73rd Annual Conference in San Diego, California.

Judge Key has served on the Juvenile Court bench in Troup County, Georgia, since 1989, and is a partner in the law firm of Key & Gordy, P.C.  A graduate of Emory University School of Law, Judge Key served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971-1975. He is a Past President of the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges, has served on the Committee on Justice for Children (Georgia’s Court Improvement Project) for more than 15 years, is a lead judge in the Georgia Court Improvement Initiative, is a member of the Georgia Child Support Guidelines Commission, and serves as Chair of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. A frequent presenter in state and national programs, he has twice received the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges President’s Award, and was presented the Child Advocate of the Year Award-Judges Division in 2005 by the Juvenile Law Section of the Young Lawyer Division of the Georgia State Bar Association.

Judge Douglas F. Johnson, Immediate Past President
Omaha, Nebraska

Judge Patricia Martin, President-Elect
Chicago, Illinois

Judge Michael Nash, Treasurer
Los Angeles, California

Judge David Stucki, Secretary
Canton, Ohio

Board of Trustees

Judge Karen S. Adam Tucson, Arizona Judge Karen M. Ashby Denver, Colorado Judge Joan L. Byer Louisville, Kentucky  Judge Darlene Byrne Austin, Texas Judge Anthony Capizzi Dayton, Ohio Judge Kim Berkeley Clark Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Judge Amy Davenport Barre, Vermont Judge Sallyanne Floria Newark, New Jersey Judge Maxwell Griffin, Jr. Chicago, Illinois Judge Chester T. Harhut Scranton, Pennsylvania Judge Karen A. Howze Washington, D.C. Judge Anita Josey-Herring Washington, D.C.

Judge Dan Kellogg St. Joseph, Missouri Judge Katherine L. Lucero San Jose, California Judge Janice Rosa Buffalo, New York Judge Willie M. Saunders Augusta, Georgia Judge Deborah Schumacher Reno, Nevada Judge James Seals Fort Myers, Florida Judge Allen Slater Olathe, Kansas Judge Katherine Tennyson Portland, Oregon Judge Louis A. Trosch, Jr. Charlotte, North Carolina Judge Jerry Vinson, Jr. Florence, South Carolina Judge Peggy Walker Douglasville, Georgia  Judge A. Ellen White Rustburg, Virginia