Stephanie Nesbitt Email & Phone Number

• Under broad administrative direction from the Deputy Executive Officer, primarily responsible for:
• Planning, organizing, integrating, directing, managing and evaluating court support services and operations of four regional facilities in all areas of law, through subordinate managers and nearly 200 staff.
• Developing and implementing short and long-term goals, objectives, policies and standards; providing input to Judicial Officers, Executives and Committees on effective court operations including case management.
• Directing and supporting subordinate managers and supervisors on performance goals and standards and for professional growth and development initiatives.
• Facilitating Emotional Intelligence training for staff and management, statewide.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Supporting individuals, executives, corporations and private groups in the areas of: Case Management; Arbitration; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; People Management; personal and professional development; Emotional Intelligence; and Listening and Communication.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Primarily responsible for: statewide Arbitration expert; technical assistance statewide for daily court operations; grant writing and staff management in Family Court; management of Access and Visitation and Human Trafficking programs; serving on several commissions; statewide contact for Mediation; preparing and conducting trainings for judges and court.

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Primary specialization in Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Law. Services included training of Arbitrators and facilitating diversity and unconscious bias training for NC state employees.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Primarily responsible for: the orderly operations of fourteen district courts, including domestic, juvenile, criminal, traffic, drug courts, civil and domestic violence; Managing a staff of ten; liaising between Judges and all other court stakeholders, including DSS, GAL, the DA, Durham Schools and the larger Durham community; and media relations..

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Primary specialization in general practice: litigation; high conflict mediation and arbitration throughout the Research Triangle area, with an emphasis upon civil, traffic, domestic and juvenile court matters. Trained new attorneys in the practice of collaborative law.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Primarily responsible for conducting trials in both District and Superior courts; child support enforcement cases; Juvenile court prosecutions; and media relations.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Practiced throughout most of Southeastern Lower Michigan in most areas of law, with an emphasis upon juvenile (child protection), criminal law and divorce. Practice also included general business; real estate; contracts; wills and trusts; and plaintiffs!"personal injury cases.

Livonia, Michigan, United States

Primarily responsible for: settlement negotiations and all other aspects of litigation in civil cases, primarily in the areas of Municipal law, insurance defense and Securities defense; drafting documents and conducting closings on sales of residential and commercial real estate.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Primarily responsible for: conducting jury and bench trials in delinquency and child abuse/ neglect cases; management of very large caseloads; writing and arguing trial and appellate briefs; and hands-on investigative work with DSS and families in preparation for trial.

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