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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 10, 2007

MEDIA ADVISORY

Collin County Jurists Appoint New Administrative Judge

(McKinney, TX) – State District Judge Chris Oldner has been elected by his colleagues as the new local administrative judge for the eight Collin County district courts. Judge Oldner, who oversees the 416th District Court, took over additional duties as the administrative judge on April 1. The position of administrative judge acts as a liaison with the Collin County Commissioners Court in McKinney, the First Administrative Court Region in Dallas, chairs the Board of District Judges, and oversees the daily administrative duties between the district courts and the District Clerk, Community Supervision and Corrections Department and the Sheriff’s Office. Judge Oldner was appointed to the 416th in May 2004, shortly after the court was created by the Texas Legislature. He ran unopposed in his first full term on the 416th’s bench in November 2004. The local administrative judge is elected by the presiding judges of the district courts in Collin County.

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