Miami-Dade Clerk awarded the ABA’s Robert B. Yegge Award

The Honorable Harvey Ruvin (Miami-Dade) is the national recipient of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) prestigious Robert B. Yegge Award, for his trailblazing and transformative work in the field of judicial administration. “I am deeply honored by this national recognition, and I proudly accept it on behalf of my 1,147 colleagues who come to work every day in the spirit of public service and innovation,” Clerk Ruvin said. “They revel in being on the cutting edge of technology and are dedicated to maintaining the people’s access to the courts, even in these pandemic days.”

In selecting Ruvin as its 2020 Robert B. Yegge Award honoree, the ABA noted that Ruvin made history by literally transforming an antiquated, cumbersome, paper-driven system into the nation’s first paperless court system. Last year, he revolutionized the jury service landscape when he launched a paperless, all-digital eJuror system in the 11th Judicial Circuit, the largest judicial circuit in the state to make the switch. Digitizing property records, moving foreclosures to an online format, and countless other strategic innovations have saved money, increased efficiencies, and enhanced accessibility for the people of Miami-Dade County.

Clerk Ruvin is the first Floridian and the first Clerk of Court to be recognized in the award’s history.

The full press release can be read here. The article published in the Florida Bar News can be accessed here.