Director; personnel

The director of state courts shall have personnel responsibility and 268 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.