[legalxml-courtfiling] Preliminary List of "Roles" in Legal Proceedings

At the TC meeting at MIT in Boston last month, John Greacen and I agreed
to come up with a list of specific "roles" commonly filled by various
participants in a formal legal proceeding. We want to provide the list
to GTRI from the TC in connection with the GTRI work on a Justice XML
Data Dictionary.

This is a preliminary list of proposed general categories of
participants in a legal proceeding and of specific "roles" within those
general categories. I have not given John a chance to review this
preliminary list in advance, so criticisms, questions, etc. should be
directed to me. Each category description identifies the primary context
of the role (its relationship to something else involved in a legal
proceeding) in parentheses and includes a brief definition of the
"role".

This preliminary list is simply to get the ball rolling. I've no doubt
missed some roles. John and I both will welcome further postings and
suggestions regarding additional "roles" to add to this list.

Rolly Chambers

List of specific roles of actors/participants in a legal proceeding:

- judicialOfficer (of a court) - a person appointed to decide or
administer a case in a court
justice
chief justice
associate justice
judge
presiding judge
chief judge
magistrate
magistrate judge
superior court judge
district judge
district court judge
circuit judge
circuit court judge
special master
clerk
clerk of court
assistant clerk
assistant clerk of court
registrar
notary
court reporter
arbitrator
mediator

- administrativeOfficer (of an agency) - a person in an agency appointed
to decide a case
hearing officer
board member
board chair
vice chair
chair
commissioner
assistant commissioner
deputy commissioner
administrative law judge
general counsel
witness (for a party) - a person sworn or to be sworn to testify in
a case
fact witness (for plaintiff)
expert witness (for defendant)
deponent
affiant
declarant

- attorney (for a party) - a person authorized to represent a party in a
case
attorney (for a party - e.g. Attorney for Plaintiff )
district attorney
deputy district attorney
prosecutor
assistant prosecutor
prosecuting attorney
US attorney
assistant US attorney
public defender
assistant public defender

- enforcementOfficer (of a law enforcement agency) - a person appointed
as a law enforcement officer
detective
officer
patrolman
deputy
sheriff
investigating officer
arresting officer
agent

- party (in a case) - a person, organization, or In Rem "thing" that is
a party in a case
plaintiff
defendant
petitioner
respondent
third-party plaintiff
third-party defendant
complainant
additional defendant
claimant
appellant
appellee
plaintiff-intervenor
intervenor plaintiff
intervenor defendant
amicus curiae

- victim (of a crime or incident) - a person or organization that is a
victim of a crime or incident

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