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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"SUBCHAPTER L—APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; SERVICE OF JUDGES "§ 11-1501. Appointment and qualifications of judges " (a) The President of the United States shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint all judges of the District of Columbia courts. He shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in those courts during a recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of the next session of the Senate. "(b) A person may not be appointed a judge of a District of Columbia court unless he— "(1) is a citizen of the United States; "(2)(A) is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia, and (B)(i) has been a member of such bar for a period of at least five years, or (ii) in the case of a professor of law in a law school in the District of Columbia or of an attorney employed in the District of Columbia by the United States or the District of Columbia, has been eligible for membership in the bar of the District of Cohimbia for at least five years prior to his appointment; "(3) has been actively engaged, for at least five of the ten years immediately prior to his appointment, as an attorney in the practice of law in the District of Columbia, as a judge of a District of Columbia court, as a professor of law in a law school in the District of Columbia, or as an attorney employed in the District of Columbia by the United States or the District of Columbia; and "(4) is a bona fide resident of the area consisting of the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties and the city of Alexandria in Virginia and has maintained an actual place of abode in such area for at least five years prior to his appointment. During his term of service and for one year after the termination thereof, no member of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure shall be eligible for nomination or appointment to a District of Columbia court. «§ 11-1502. Tenure "Subject to mandatory retirement at age 70 and to the provisions of subchapters II and III of this chapter, a judge of a District of Columbia court appointed on or after the date of enactment of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 shall serve for a term of fifteen years, and upon completion of such term, such judge shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. "§ 11-1503. Designation of Chief Judge " (a) The chief judge of a District of Columbia court shall be designated by the President of the United States from among the judges of the court in regular active service, and shall serve for a term of four years or until his successor is designated. He shall be eligible for redesignation. A judge may relinquish his position as chief judge, after giving notice to the President. " (b) If a chief judge is not redesignated, or relinquishes the office of chief judge, he shall continue as an associate judge. "§ 11-1504. Service of retired judges "A judge, retired for reasons other than disability may perform, upon designation of a chief judge, those judicial duties which he is willing and able to undertake.

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