Over 30 counties will have been visited by the end of September.

Visits include Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford (2), and Orange counties

Former Chief Justice Billings served as a district court judge, associate justice, and the 22nd chief justice of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has adopted new rule amendments that affect trial court practice and procedure, arbitration, and mediation.

The Task Force is co-chaired by AOC Director Judge Andrew Heath and Ben David, DA of New Hanover and Pender Counties.

He will be the first chief justice to visit all of North Carolina's courthouses from Murphy to Manteo.

Dr. van der Vaart succeeds Judge Julian Mann as Chief Administrative Law Judge and Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings. 

The award is the highest honor given by the Judicial Branch and comes at the expiration of Judge Mann's eighth consecutive four-year term.

As of the date of today's order, none of the Chief Justice's COVID-19 related emergency directives remain in place. 

The interview was conducted in 2006 by former Associate Justice Willis Whichard.