Spokane County District Court

		
		
                                                  LARLJ 3
                                     DEFINITION OF TERMS AND SENIORITY

     (8)  Departmental Numbers and Seniority

     (a)  Departmental Numbers.  The District Court of Spokane County shall be divided into as many
Departments as there are Judges authorized by law. Department numbers are assigned as follows:

          Department            Incumbent Judge

          No. 1                 Hon. Vance W. Peterson
          No. 2                 Hon. Jeffrey R. Smith
          No. 3                 Hon. Donna Wilson
          No. 4                 Hon. Patti Connolly Walker
          No. 5                 Hon. Gregory J. Tripp
          No. 6                 Hon. Debra R. Hayes
          No. 7                 Hon. Aimee N. Maurer
          No. 8                 Hon. Richard M. Leland

     Whenever a Judge vacates his or her office, the Department number shall be assigned to the successor.

     (b)  Seniority.  Seniority of District Court Judges is as follows:

          1.  Hon. Donna Wilson
          2.  Hon. Gregory J. Tripp
          3.  Hon. Vance W. Peterson
          4.  Hon. Patti Connolly Walker
          5.  Hon. Debra R. Hayes
          6.  Hon. Richard M. Leland
          7.  Hon. Aimee N. Maurer
          8.  Hon. Jeffrey R. Smith

     Hereafter, seniority will be determined by the length of service as a Spokane County District Court
Judge.  If two (2) or more Judges have equal length of service, their seniority shall be determined by lot.
Each Judge shall select an unassigned chamber in order of their seniority.

     (c)  Seniority -- Court Commissioners.  Seniority for Court Commissioners shall be determined by date
of hire with continuous service.  Court Commissioner chamber assignments shall be determined by seniority,
provided that there is no over- arching need to locate a commissioner in a certain chamber which supersedes
seniority assignment.  Docket assignments for the Court Commissioners is at the discretion of the Presiding
Judge with consideration given to advice provided by the Bench.