SCR 70.02. Director; personnel

Director; personnel.

The director of state courts shall have personnel responsibility and

authority, including hiring and separating employees and salary

establishment over all state level court personnel except the assistant to

the chief justice of the supreme court and the assistant to the chief judge

of the court of appeals; law clerks, staff attorneys and secretaries to the

justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals. The chief

justice and chief judge of the court of appeals shall appoint staff attorneys

for their respective courts. The justices and judges of the court of appeals

shall appoint their own law clerks and secretaries. The director of state

courts may hire assistant court reporters on a per diem basis to report in

circuit court as needed. The director of state courts shall perform

personnel functions relating to recruitment, payroll and other standard

procedures for all nonjudicial state court personnel, including those

persons not subject to the hiring and separation authority of the director.