Administrative Order 2 - IDENTIFICATION OF PRESIDING JUDGES AND DESIGNATION OF CHIEF PRESIDING JUDGE
Effective Date: 2/1/1998
Obsolete Date: 2/1/2004
1. The presiding judges of each judicial district are identified as follows:
Northwest Judicial District
Presiding Judge Robert W. Holte
Northeast Judicial District
Presiding Judge Lee A. Christofferson
Northeast Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Lawrence E. Jahnke
East Central Judicial District
Presiding Judge Norman J. Backes
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 threeyearsfrom February 1, 1998.
3. The term of each presiding judge is three years from February 1, 1998, or until a successoriselected.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, February 1, 1998.
| 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 2-1981dated September 3, 1981; AO 2 effective Jan. 1, 1983; AO 2 effective Jan. 1, 1986; AO 2effective July 11, 1986; Sec. 27-05-05 NDCC; AR 2-1978, Secs. 2 and 3; AO 2 effectiveJanuary 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 underAdministrative Rule 2. AO 2 administratively amended to reflect the election results in the EastCentral Judicial District. AO 2 administratively amended to reflect the election results in the EastCentral Judicial District, Northeast Central Judicial District and Northwest Judicial District.
[Amended Effective February 1, 1998]