Court facility planning team

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The specialized and nationally recognized subject experts on the NCSC courthouse planning team capture unique court characteristics, enhance operation practices with visionary solutions, quantify the projected future planning requirements, and transform them into an operationally-based building program and planning document.

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Nathan Hall, RA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal Court Management Consultant  |  Court Facility Planner

Nathan is a registered Architect and Principal Court Consultant at the National Center for State Courts. Since joining the National Center in 2008, he has been involved in over 100 court facility projects for state and local courts across the nation.

At the National Center, Nathan provides expert consultation and technical assistance to state and local courts, local and county governments, and private industry design firms on courthouse facility planning and design projects. Areas of expertise include operational assessment and strategic planning analysis, conceptual and schematic design development, architectural design peer review, court security, and court technology requirements analysis.

Nathan provides training nationally to professionals regarding courthouse planning and design as well as courthouse security and is the primary editor of the NCSC publication, Steps to Best Practices for Court Building Security.  He has published multiple articles on the subject of innovation in courthouse planning appearing in Courts Today and in the NCSC Future Trends series.