"offices utilized by the court"

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Venus Pax
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Re: "offices utilized by the court"

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I would imagine that's referring to the offices of courthouse employees.
Someone else here may have more insight.
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Re: "offices utilized by the court"

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In my experience, the judge has the courtroom and their chambers. Their chambers are usually accessible from another entrance at which the court coordinator/bulldog sits. :) Also, the baliff usually has an office in the court's chambers.

However, for my job, I have appeared in front of a number of associate judges in every kind of room from a closet to a cafeteria or a law library. Due to the presence of a judge and my need to pop in and out of the "courtroom" proper, I always interpret it as the entire building. When the judge calls for me, I have to be there. I don't have time to excuse myself and walk outside to lock up my firearms.

The only time that I am not carrying is from my car to a prohibited location, i.e, courthouse or school. As my wife is a teacher and I am a lawyer, it happens all too frequently.

As a participant in the courthouse shooting in Tyler, I emailed the local politicians to request that people in my position be allowed to carry in the courthouse. They refused to consider it at that point. However, they have expanded the list of permitted carrys in the courthouse. I am always hopeful that someone will figure out that child support court is more dangerous than felony court as we have less security, if any.
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