1. The presiding judges of each judicial district are identified as follows:
Northwest Judicial District
Presiding Judge William W. McLees
Northeast Judicial District
Presiding Judge M. Richard Geiger
Northeast Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Karen K. Braaten
East Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Georgia Dawson
Southeast Judicial District
Presiding Judge John T. Paulson
South Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Gail Hagerty
Southwest Judicial District
Presiding Judge Allan L. Schmalenberger
2. The term of each presiding judge is three years from February 1, 2004, or until a successor is elected.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, February 26, 2004.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Mary Muehlen Maring, Justice
Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justice
ATTEST:
Colette M. Bruggman
Chief Deputy Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court
SOURCE: AO 21979 effective July 1, 1979; AO 21979 effective
Jan. 1, 1980; AO 21981 dated
September 3, 1981; N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 effective Jan. 1, 1983; N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin.
Order 2 effective Jan. 1, 1986; N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 effective July 11, 1986; Sec.
270505 NDCC; AR 21978, Secs. 2 and 3; N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2
effective January 1,
1989; N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 effective January 1, 1992. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2
administratively amended July 1, 1993, to reflect the election results of the Southwest Judicial
District. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 amended February 8, 1995, to reflect the election results
in
all districts and correspond with presiding judge elections under Administrative Rule 2. N.D.
Sup.
Ct. Admin. Order 2 administratively amended to reflect the election results in the East Central
Judicial District. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 administratively amended February 1, 1998, to
reflect the election results in the East Central Judicial District, Northeast Central Judicial District
and Northwest Judicial District. N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 2 administratively amended
effective
February 1, 2004, to reflect the election results in all districts under N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 2.