Movers and Shakers February 21, 2013

Haynes elected Administrative District Judge

Judge Lansing L. Haynes has been elected as the Administrative District Judge for the First Judicial District. He assumes those duties on April 1, starting a three-year term.

As ADJ, Judge Haynes will apportion the workload for the district judges, assign cases and make policies and procedures, while continuing his current judicial duties. He was selected by a majority vote of district judges in the First District and will replace Judge John T. Mitchell in the position.

Haynes was appointed to the bench by former Governor (now U.S. Senator) James Risch in August 2006. He won popular election in 2010 and serves on the Idaho Supreme Court's Sentencing Committee as well as the Death Penalty Counsel Review and Recommendation Committee.

He spent most of his childhood in North Idaho. He is a graduate of Twin Falls High School, The College of Idaho, and the Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Haynes was the chief deputy prosecuting attorney for Kootenai County for about 18 years. Before that, he served in the Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney's office and in the Ada County Public Defender's office.

Edward Jones is No. 8 on magazine's '100 Best to Work For'

Edward Jones has been honored as a top training company for 13 years in a row, dating back to the debut of the Training Top 50 in 2001.

The firm has consistently earned high marks as an employer of choice in other national rankings. For the 14th year, Edward Jones was named one of FORTUNE magazine s "100 Best Companies to Work For 2013."

The firm took the No. 8 overall spot on the prestigious list, also was named to the No. 3 spot for large companies and was the highest ranking financial-services firm.

For the fourth straight year, Edward Jones financial advisers ranked the firm Highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms, according to the 2012 study by J.D. Power and Associates.

For 2013, Edward Jones was the top-ranked national brokerage on the list and won special recognition for its Branch Office Administrator Trimester Challenge for branch office administrators, key members of the financial advisor-BOA teams serving clients in branches.

This new program, which combine training, rewards and high-impact, client-related challenges, won one of five Outstanding Training Initiative awards.

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