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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />Transcript 2 <br />2b <br />T211 1 I've mode a tot of trips to Eugene far various court <br />eontl. 2 nppearencss, inciutling in the past a lot of bankruptcy and cone <br />3 federal court work, but of course our county court 1s fn <br />4 Eugene. <br />6 And I nlnoat wish 2 was speaking to the county <br />6 commtasianers tonight to move Lha county court over horn. But <br />~ that's nat going to heopen. <br />8 8o I'll be settafled if the federal court can <br />9 come here. because I know that there are not a lot of lawyers <br />t0 in Springfield. Lhora's moro in Eugene than there ere in <br />it Springfield, certainly, but there's enough Here that would <br />12 benefit from the federal court being sited hero. <br />t3 Me atroady have two courts in epringfieid <br />14 already, one is the Springfield Municipal Court. which is <br />t6 primarily a Lrafite court and nlatlamoanor court, but it <br />18 certainly draws a lot of lawyerc from Eugene. <br />it I don't practice in that court anymore but when <br />18 I did. I was always amazed at how many Eugene lawyers seemed <br />19 intsreetetl in coning to our municipal court Lo practice. <br />20 80 1f people tell you that Eugorw lawyers won't <br />21 come to Bprtngfiold, go Lo the Bprtngftold Nunicipal court <br />22 saaeLima and see what pose on over there. The other court 1s <br />23 Lhe fustico of the peeve court, which is a county court, that <br />24 1s niso in Springfioltl. <br />TY1.Z'25 And I'm talking about buildings now thnt are <br />Final EIS 254 New Federal Courthouse <br />