Administrative Order 2 - IDENTIFICATION OF PRESIDING JUDGES

Obsolete Date: 10/1/2013

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.