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Administrative Order 2 - IDENTIFICATION OF PRESIDING JUDGES

Effective Date: 1/8/2014

Obsolete Date: 10/24/2017

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

North Central Judicial District 
Presiding Judge William W. McLees 
Northwest Judicial District 
Presiding Judge David W. Nelson 
Northeast Judicial District 
Presiding Judge Laurie A. Fontaine 
Northeast Central Judicial District 
Presiding Judge Lawrence E. Jahnke 
East Central Judicial District 
Presiding Judge Frank L. Racek 
Southeast Judicial District 
Presiding Judge John E. Greenwood 
South Central Judicial District 
Presiding Judge Gail Hagerty 
Southwest Judicial District 
Presiding Judge William Herauf

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, January 8, 2014.

Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice 
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice 
Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justice
Daniel J. Crothers, Justice
Lisa Fair McEvers, Justice

ATTEST:

Penny Miller 
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. 

Effective Date Obsolete Date
02/01/2018 View
10/24/2017 02/01/2018 View
01/08/2014 10/24/2017 View
10/01/2013 01/08/2014 View
02/01/2004 10/01/2013 View
02/01/1998 02/01/2004 View
07/01/1996 02/01/1998 View