ADMINISTRATIVE PRESIDING JUDGE

ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE PRESIDING JUDGE

  1. Election. The administrative presiding judge and assistant administrative presiding judge shall be elected by a majority vote of the judges. Said elections shall occur at the Fall Judicial Retreat in even numbered years to be effective in the following odd numbered years.
  2. Term. The administrative presiding judge and assistant administrative presiding judge shall each serve for a term of two years. The terms of the presiding judge and assistant presiding judge shall commence January 1st following the election through December 31st of the second year of the term.
  3. Vacancies.
    1. Administrative Presiding Judge. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the administrative presiding judge prior to the completion of the two-year term of the administrative presiding judge, the assistant administrative presiding judge shall serve as administrative presiding judge for the remainder of the un-expired term.
    2. Assistant Administrative Presiding Judge. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the assistant administrative presiding judge prior to the completion of the two (2) year term of the assistant administrative presiding judge, a new assistant administrative presiding judge shall be elected by a majority vote of the judges at the next regularly scheduled judge’s meeting. The newly elected assistant administrative presiding judge shall serve for the remainder of the un-expired term.
  4. Removal.  The administrative presiding judge and assistant administrative presiding judge may be removed by a majority vote of the judges after noting the issue on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled judge’s meeting.
  5. Executive Committee.  The Judges of the Superior Court, sitting as a whole as an executive committee, shall advise and assist the administrative presiding judge in the administration of the court.
  6. Liaison Judges.  Individual judges may be assigned responsibility for certain management areas and court functions. The responsibility of the assigned judge is to act as a liaison between the court and others concerned about matters that fall within the management area or court function. The assigned judge shall keep the administrative presiding judge and executive committee informed about the management area or court function and shall make such reports as are necessary to the executive committee at the regularly scheduled judge’s meetings. The court administrator shall maintain the list of the liaison assignments that shall be available, upon request, to the public.
  7. Court Administrator.  The court administrator shall, under the direction of the executive committee, supervise the administration of the court.

[Updated: September 1, 2024; formatting only changes 12/18/2024]