Local General Rule 2
  Administrative Presiding Judge and Assistant Administrative Presiding Judge


   (a) Election, Term, Vacancies, and Removal.

   (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 December judge's meeting in 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 first elected pursuant to this
rule shall expire on December 31, 2003.

   (3) Vacancies.

   (A) 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.

   (B) 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 year term of the assistant administrative presiding
judge, a new assistant administrative presiding judge shall be elected pursuant
to subsection (1) above 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 judges 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.


 [Adopted effective April 9, 2002, September 1, 2010]