Court Information Office Division
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State Court Administrator’s Office
Court Information Office
Staff and Service Directory
Court Information Office
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Minnesota Judicial Center
St. Paul, MN 55155
Telephone Number: 651-297-5532
The Mission of the Court Information Office
The mission of Court Information Office is to increase the public’s trust and confidence in, and knowledge about the judiciary through effective communications. We do this through strategic community outreach, effective and proactive media relations and public communications, internal communications, employee training, and strategic planning services to the State Court Administration.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE
STATE COURT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
Court Information Office
State Court Administrator’s Office
Court Information Office
Minnesota Judicial Center
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-5532
STAFF
|Director |John Kostouros |651-296-6043 |
| | |Cell: 612-719-4998 |
| | |John.kostouros@courts.state.mn.us |
|Communications Specialist |Lissa Finne |651-297-5532 |
| | |Cell: 612-201-7637 |
| | |Lissa.Finne@courts.state.mn.us |
|Communications Specialist |Kyle Christopherson |651-297-4029 |
| | |Cell: 612-599-3122 |
| | |Kyle.Christopherson@courts.state.mn.us |
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Court Information Office is set up on a service bureau model, providing direct services as well as consulting services to state court administrators, SCAO department leaders, appellate and trial court judges, and other Judicial Branch staff.
The CIO staff consists of three members, and given its small size, operates as a team, the members of which perform many of the same functions, including:
Media Relations
• Responding to media inquiries; coordinating interview requests; writing news releases and media advisories; suggesting stories to media outlets
• Writing opinion pieces and letters to the editor
• Consultation on logistics needed for media coverage of high profile cases
• Consultation on issues of public access to Judicial Branch information
• Providing judges and administrators with media counseling and training for interviews
Public Outreach
• Maintaining an outreach manual for judges and providing support to judges making public appearances
• Preparing speeches for public events
• Responding to public information requests via email and phone
• Developing educational materials about the work of the Judicial Branch
• Arranging visits to the Minnesota Judicial Center, including speakers; providing background information to groups attending oral arguments
• Maintaining a public website
• Providing educational materials and outreach opportunities for legislative constituents
• Working with external groups to develop partnerships that advance Judicial Branch Strategic Priorities
Employee Communications and Training
• Maintaining an employee intranet site
• Producing employee communications, including email messages and advisories.
• Regularly communicating though an internal network of district based communication liaisons
• Presenting an orientation session for new judges
• Communications planning in support of Branch Strategic Priorities
Service Directory
Court Information Office
651-297-5532
|Special Responsibilities |Contact Person |Phone Number/Email |
|Coordination with SCAO Administrator, |John Kostouros |651-296-6043 |
|other SCAO departments, and Judicial | |Cell: 612-719-4998 |
|District administrators | |John.kostouros@mn.courts.st.mn.us |
|Development and coordination of public |Lissa Finne |651-297-5532 |
|outreach activities; coordination of | |Cell: 612-201-7637 |
|judicial speaker’s bureau; development | |Lissa.Finne@courts.state.mn.us |
|and production of publications and | | |
|presentations; point of contact for | | |
|public requests for information | | |
|Management of public and employee web |Kyle Christopherson |651-297-4029 |
|sites; preparation of Branch annual | |Cell: 612-599-3122 |
|report; management of Supreme Court | |Kyle.Christopherson@courts.state.mn.us |
|oral argument web casts; provide daily | | |
|news clips to Judicial Branch staff; | | |
|high profile case assistance; point of | | |
|contact for media inquiries | | |
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MINNESOTA
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Communications Director
John Kostouros
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Communications Specialist
Kyle Christopherson
Communications Specialist
Lissa Finne
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