Administrative Rule 7 - DESIGNATION OF JUDGESHIPS AND CHAMBERS WITH ASSIGNMENTS

Obsolete Date: 1/1/2001

A. Each office of the District Judge is a separate office. Judgeships and chambers within each judicial district are established with assignment of judges and chambers as follows:

1. Northwest Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Williston, the Honorable Gerald H. Rustad or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Minot, the Honorable Everett Nels Olson or successor.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Minot, is abolished effective January 1, 1999, under Section 27-05-02.1, NDCC.
Judgeship No. 4 with chambers at Minot, the Honorable Gary A. Holum or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Williston, the Honorable David W. Nelson or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Minot, the Honorable Glenn Dill or successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Stanley, the Honorable Robert W. Holte or successor.
Judgeship No. 8, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Watford City, the Honorable William W. McLees or successor.

2. Northeast Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Devils Lake, the Honorable Lee A. Christofferson or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Grafton was abolished effective January 1, 1995, under Section 27-05-02.1, NDCC.
Judgeship No. 3, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Bottineau, the Honorable Lester Ketterling or successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Devils Lake, the Honorable Donovan Foughty or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of four years and chambers at Cavalier-Langdon, the Honorable Thomas K. Metelmann or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Grafton, the Honorable M. Richard Geiger or successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Rugby, the Honorable John C. McClintock, Jr. or successor.

3. Northeast Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Kirk Smith or successor.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Joel D. Medd or successor.
Judgeship No. 4 with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Lawrence E. Jahnke or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Debbie Gordon Kleven or successor.

4. East Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Cynthia A. Rothe-Seeger or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Norman J. Backes or successor.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc or successor.
Judgeship No. 4 with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Michael O. McGuire or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Frank L. Racek or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Georgia Dawson or successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Hillsboro, the Honorable Ralph R. Erickson or successor.

5. Southeast Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Jamestown, formerly held by the Honorable James A. Wright, now deceased, was abolished effective February 3, 1998, under Section 27-05-02.1, NDCC.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Valley City, the Honorable John T. Paulson or successor.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Wahpeton, was abolished effective January 3, 1996, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 4, with an initial term of four years and chambers at New Rockford, the Honorable James M. Bekken or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of four years and chambers at Ellendale, the Honorable Ronald E. Goodman or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with an initial term of four years and chambers at Valley City, the Honorable Mikal Simonson or successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Lisbon, was abolished effective January 1, 1995, under Section 27-05-02.1, NDCC.
Judgeship No. 8, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Wahpeton, the Honorable Richard W. Grosz or successor.
Judgeship No. 9, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Jamestown, the Honorable Randall L. Hoffman or successor.

6. South Central Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Burt L. Riskedahl or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Benny A. Graff or successor.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Mandan, was abolished effective March 11, 1998, under Section 27-05-02.1, NDCC.
Judgeship No. 4 with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Bruce B. Haskell or successor.
Judgeship No. 5 with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Dennis A. Schneider or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Gail Hagerty or successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with an initial term of two years and chambers at Mandan, the Honorable Thomas J. Schneider or successor.
Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton, formerly held by the Honorable Keith Wolberg, now deceased, with an initial term of four years was abolished effective March 16, 1995, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C. Effective May 1, 1995, Judgeship No. 2 of the Southwest Judicial District, previously with chambers in Hettinger, was transferred to the South Central Judicial District and to be known as Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton, the Honorable Donald L. Jorgensen or successor, with a term ending December 31, 1996.
Judgeship No. 9, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Washburn, the Honorable James M. Vukelic or successor.

7. Southwest Judicial District.

Judgeship No. 1 with chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable Maurice R. Hunke or successor.
Judgeship No. 2 with chambers at Hettinger, transferred to the South Central Judicial District, effective May 1, 1995, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 3 with chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger or successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with an initial term of four years and chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable Ronald L. Hilden or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with an initial term of six years and chambers at Bowman, the Honorable Zane Anderson or successor.

B. It is the intent of the Supreme Court that the residents of the various counties within a judicial district receive judicial services as provided by law in their own county.

C. Under Section 27-05-00.1(3) [1991 House Bill No. 1517, Section 1(3); 1991 Session Laws, ch. 326, Section 1(3) ], this Rule designates district court judgeships in each judicial district in a number equal to the number of county judges residing in each judicial district on January 1, 1991, or January 1, 1994, whichever is the lesser number. An initial term of two, four, or six years is assigned to each new district judgeship in the manner provided in Section A. Following expiration of the initial term and subject to any judgeship abolitions under NDCC Section 27-05-02.1, a judge elected to the succeeding office holds office as a district judge with a term of six years as provided in N.D.C.C. Section 27-05-02.

Dated this 1st day of April 1998.

ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court

SOURCE: AR 7�1979 effective July 1, 1979; AR 7�1980 effective May 16, 1980; AR 7�1981 effective July 1, 1981; AR 7�1981 effective Sept. 3, 1981; AR 7 amended Nov. 8, 1985; Sec. 27�05�08(2) NDCC.; S.L.1979, Ch. 76, Sec. 4; S.L.1981, Ch. 36, Sec. 3; AR 7�1987 amended Nov. 12, 1987; AR 7�1989 amended Feb. 20, 1989; AR 7 amended January 31, 1990; Sec. 27�05�00.1(3), NDCC; S.L.1991, Ch. 326, Sec. 1(3); AR 7 amended October 6, 1993; amended November 16, 1994, effective January 1, 1995; amended effective March 16, 1995 and May 1, 1995; amended effective January 10, 1996; amended April 1, 1998.