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Recognize the Justice Court Judges for receiving a national achievement award from the National Association of Counties.
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Lubbock County Justices of the Peace have been recognized with an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents.
NACo recognized these “Four Texas Pioneers” for implementing a mandatory debt mediation rule in June 2020. The rule has caused numerous cases to be resolved and eliminated a backlog caused by the pandemic and tremendous influx of case filings. Debt litigation continues being in the forefront of all civil litigation in Texas. Judges Jim Hansen, Aurora Hernandez, Susan Rowley, and Lance Cansino are being recognized because of their willingness to provide users of their court system an expedited process for litigants to resolve their litigation quickly and inexpensively.
This achievement award is only the second received by Lubbock County, with the last one being in 2009.