This week, Criminal Court Clerk Training Specialists Jessica Ordon and Jennifer Green are our Employees of the Week. Jessica has been with the DCO team since 2014, and Jennifer has been with us since 1994. Jessica and Jennifer are tasked with providing the initial training to our Misdemeanor and Felony Court Clerks. Once the first phase of the training has been completed, Jessica and Jennifer then observe and assist the new clerks as they work in the actual courtroom. Christine Baldwin, Manager

They Called Me a Failure—Until I Walked into Court in Full Military Dress 😱 The courtroom smelled like polished wood and old paper—the kind of place where a story stops being gossip and turns into record. I stepped through the side door in full service uniform, medals steady against my chest, boots soft on the carpet. I didn’t scan the gallery, but I felt it: the inhale, the shift, the way silence changes temperature when a room realizes it’s misjudged you. Front row: my parents dressed like it