Administrative Order 2 - IDENTIFICATION OF PRESIDING JUDGES AND DESIGNATION OF CHIEF PRESIDING JUDGE

Obsolete Date: 2/1/1998

1. The presiding judges of each judicial district are identified as follows:

Northwest Judicial District
Presiding Judge Everett Nels Olson
Northeast Judicial District
Presiding Judge Lee A. Christofferson
Northeast Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Bruce E. Bohlman
East Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Lawrence A. Leclerc
Southeast Judicial District
Presiding Judge John T. Paulson
South Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Benny A. Graff
Southwest Judicial District
Presiding Judge Allan L. Schmalenberger

2. Presiding Judge Benny A. Graff is designated as Chief Presiding Judge for a term of three years from February 1, 1995.

3. The term of each presiding judge is three years from February 1, 1995, or until a successor is elected.

Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, June 19, 1996.

Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Mary Muehlen Maring, Justice

ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk

North Dakota Supreme Court

SOURCE: AO 2-1979 effective July 1, 1979; AO 2-1979 effective Jan. 1, 1980; AO 2-1981 dated September 3, 1981; AO 2 effective Jan. 1, 1983; AO 2 effective Jan. 1, 1986; AO 2 effective July 11, 1986; Sec. 27-05-05 NDCC; AR 2-1978, Secs. 2 and 3; AO 2 effective January 1, 1989; AO 2 effective January 1, 1992. AO 2 administratively amended July 1, 1993, to reflect the election results of the Southwest Judicial District. AO 2 amended February 8, 1995, to reflect the election results in all districts and correspond with presiding judge elections under Administrative Rule 2. AO 2 administratively amended to reflect the election results in the East Central Judicial District.

[Amended Effective July 1, 1996]