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<\/a>Joe E. Teague, Jr. <\/strong>Very few people actually know what the Clerk of Court does, what information should voters know about this office in order to cast an informed vote?<\/strong> The second one is when you\u2019re filing motions and you come in and you clock it in, I guess that\u2019s towards the same function but they also provide Clerks for each courtroom. So each courtroom is busy all the time. It\u2019s like an airline. You got a Clerk assigned to that courtroom. They\u2019re most times recording audio. In the new building supposedly everything is video and audio, in the old building only two rooms were audio\/video. Then they broke the video for about 10 years and now it\u2019s only audio. You have to ask for it. That\u2019s a function I think that people really benefit from.<\/p>\n Let me drift a little differently, the overview for when you show up for say anything you violate or didn\u2019t violate, say a traffic citation or something bigger, or maybe somebody\u2019s unhappy with you or whatever you\u2019re looking for. You know, the process is posted on the electronic system to tell you what courtroom you\u2019re in, what date and time, the functioning IT pieces of that, information technology, management piece, drifts into that so I guess I\u2019ll add that as a third. Major files for cases that where you appeal them say, general filing, and general management of the courtroom itself.<\/p>\n Tell us about your experiences and why they would help you as Clerk of Court. <\/strong> You know I choose to go to the bathroom and I don\u2019t look for some policy on how often or where. Nowadays, we\u2019re getting there. But, I think I bring the approach to the solution where a person can come in and think there only answer is to sue and ask for some guidance one way or another. I remember one of the court cases I sat in on, maybe seven years ago, but a roof failed, it was at the North Carolina Supreme Court, and there were seven of them and they were talking about the case. The roof fell down and the guy didn\u2019t mean to do it; it was an old building. Who should pay for this? So one of the guys, I think his name was Brady, said \u201cI think maybe you should ask a forensic engineer to take a look at the pattern in which failed and who should be responsible.\u201d To me, that was pretty smart. So the P.E. is one. I\u2019m also an M.B.A.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been involved in everything, most of the cases: the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, all the way up to the North Carolina Supreme Court. I\u2019ve sat in and looked. It\u2019s my passion. I care about the judicial system, the government, some of the historical perspectives, genealogy. I think the P.E. gives the preparation on how to solve a problem before it gets into the matter of law. When you look at law you\u2019re talking $1 to 10,000 minimum and one to ten years minimum. So things just don\u2019t resolve very easily. So I think the front end of that with the engineer sets up a different approach, a unique approach. You manage the systems and any opportunity. You manage the intro before the case starts and I think the Clerk is between the people and the court system. It\u2019s an opportunity, I think, to be useful.<\/p>\n The current Clerk of Court is not seeking re-election. What changes or improvements would you work for if you are elected as the next Clerk?<\/strong> This weekend, we carried my daughter over to Charlotte and a highway patrolman reminded me I was going a little fast listening to the Carolina game but he just said, \u201ctake care.\u201d The law doesn\u2019t have to be unfriendly and so, I think, from the Clerk point of view, I\u2019d try to put a smile. Right now, I go over there and I see the Clerk \u2026 I like her, I like her daddy, and my daughter went to school with her brother but he\u2019s up in New York now\u2026 but I think now she\u2019s sitting in Salisbury Street behind bulletproof glass. It looks very unfriendly. I\u2019m thinking, make it a little more approachable and the personnel more helpful.<\/p>\n The Clerk’s office is responsible for managing some tasks that can be highly emotionally charged for some citizens, such as the foreclosure of property, or the division of an estate after a relative’s death. What can you do to help citizens in such a crisis with facing the paper work and filings required by the Clerk’s office?<\/strong> It\u2019s not that difficult. It doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re going to win but it doesn\u2019t need to be complicated. But it does need to be your idea. You can\u2019t practice law\u2026 that\u2019s a different conversation. But, how to make it easier? Advocate for the user and say you\u2019re going to get foreclosed on. I\u2019ve been sitting at that corner. You lose your job and you\u2019re looking at the process of this person shows up or that person shows up. We\u2019ve all been there and if you haven\u2019t, it\u2019s coming. But, I think, to be a little bit more easy and conversational.<\/p>\n I think the legal system, if you\u2019re not careful, can be adversarial. I think the Clerk is the front end of that. Before you start arguing, don\u2019t you want to know what your options are? So I think the foreclosure doesn\u2019t have to be painful. It doesn\u2019t have to be foreclosed at all. It\u2019s not complicated. You have to share, too. You can send them to somebody if they need more than basic help. I would see what I\u2019d bring differently is a less adversarial interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joe E. Teague, Jr. Republican Facebook Age: 67 Occupation: Professional Engineer City: Raleigh Very few people actually know what the Clerk of Court does, what information should voters know about this office in order to cast an informed vote? I think most people have no idea what Clerk of Court does. 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\nI think most people have no idea what Clerk of Court does. And they don\u2019t know who the current Clerk of Court is or who served before her or what the history of the job is. There\u2019s a Clerk of Court for Superior Court as well as the Appellate right on up to U.S. Supreme Court. The Clerk of Court here in North Carolina for Wake County is an elected position and essentially I guess the two primary things that I\u2019m expecting is, and I have some other interests, the primary things I\u2019m expecting is the file system for the court records.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m sitting here as a Professional Engineer which is a P.E. Most people haven\u2019t got any idea what that is, they think its Physical Education. The Professional Engineer is an approach to a problem. It can be legal, it can be, from the engineering approach and everyone is different on how they set up the problem. The engineer perspective, I think that it adds a level of solution. Everything doesn\u2019t have to push itself, or resolve itself into legal matters.<\/p>\n
\nI knew that Clerk and I knew the one before that. Both of them are lawyers. It\u2019s a different approach. The most recent, I think the most high profile thing that happened in the news, recently, was two people that were Clerks of the Court were passing through the issue of bonding and when people break their bonds. It was in the paper. I think competence-wise, I think that sometimes having the right people in the Clerk system can be helpful. The question was, what would I do differently? I think I would try more IT, information technology, to manage the interface.<\/p>\n
\nI was over in the Clerk of Court in Cumberland County, where I work at. A guy shows up as I was getting something, my family was over there, and this one guy, he comes in, and he\u2019s just distraught to the Clerk\u2019s Office. What do I do? I need a power of attorney and I\u2019ve gone everywhere, I just don\u2019t know what to do. And they say, I can\u2019t help you, we don\u2019t know anything about it. Can\u2019t help you. So, I simply walked over and gave him legalzoom.com and said, have a nice day. I remember when I got my introduction to it like 15 years ago. I wanted to file an appeal. I didn\u2019t get my unemployment. I was like, \u201cI want to file an appeal.\u201d They said, I can\u2019t help you; can\u2019t do that. This is an engineer\u2019s approach, I look up five cases sort of similar. I got what I needed out of it and there I go.<\/p>\n