Deana Aversman, Republican Candidate
for Circuit Clerk of Lafayette County
Deana Aversman is the unopposed candidate for the office of
Circuit Clerk of Lafayette County. She
and her husband, Dale, reside on their farm just north of Corder where he
raises cattle, row crops and operates his insurance business. Daughters Michelle and Lauren are both
students of UMKC and son-in-law Aaron is the sales manager for Ag-Power.
Deana has held the office of
Circuit Clerk since 1995 and is a twenty-year member of the Missouri Circuit
Clerk's Association with six years of board experience. She is currently a faculty member of the
Missouri Court Management Institute, Vice-Chair of the State's Court Clerk
Education Committee, a member of the Clerical Weighted Workload Committee and
Civil Focus Group, all sponsored by the Office of the State Courts
Administrator. Deana is very active in
promoting and participating in the educational programs created and designed
for judicial clerks across the state.
She is regularly listed as a faculty member of the biannual Court Clerk
College offered to clerks of all skill levels and participates in the New
Circuit Clerk Orientation sessions designed to educate and assist newly elected
Circuit Clerks.
Since beginning her employment with
the Circuit Clerk's office in 1983, Deana has used her experience to develop a
proactive approach to the constant changes and challenges of the office by promoting
positive customer service, maintaining a high level of judicial record accuracy
and helping improve the educational and training resources for staff. The implementation of a preservation program
has been very successful resulting in the alleviation of storage problems and
increased efficiency in record searches and retrieval. Currently, she is focusing on the transition from
working with paper records to electronic records as business practices will
soon change to accommodate the electronic filing and management of judicial
records.
