The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. Originally clericus justiciarie or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the Lord Clerk Register, the status of the office increased over time and the Justice-Clerk came to claim a seat on the Bench by practice and custom. This was recognised by the Privy Council of Scotland in 1663 and the Lord Justice Clerk became the effective head of the reformed High Court of Justiciary in 1672 when the court was reconstituted. The Lord Justice Clerk now rarely presides at criminal trials in the High Court, with most of his or her time being spent dealing with civil and criminal appeals. The Lord Justice Clerk has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and, as President of the Second Division of the Inner House, is in charge of the Second Division of Judges of the Inner House of the Court of Session. The office is one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland. The current Lord Justice Clerk is Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, who was appointed to the position on 13 April 2016. In modern times, most judges appointed as Lord Justice Clerk later become Lord President of the Court of Session. Officeholders William de Camera - Justice-Clerk to David II (1324–71) Adam Forester Before 1374: Alan de Lawedre of Whitslaid & Haltoun, etc. 1426: James de Lawedre (d. after 1459)(Grandson of Alan) 1478: William Halket of Belsico 1489/90: Richard Lawson of Heirigs 1507: James Henderson of Fordel (k. Battle of Flodden 1513) 1513: James Wishhart of Pittarrow 1524: Nicholas Crawfurd of Oxengangs 1537: Adam Otterburn of Reidhall 1537: Thomas Scot of Pitgorn 1539: Thomas Bellenden of Auchnoule 1540: Henry Balnaves 1547: Sir John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton (d.1576) 1577: Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton (d.1591) 1591: Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston (d.1623) 1625: Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood 1634: Sir James Carmichael of that Ilk 1637: Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston 1651: Sir Robert Moray 1663: Sir John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton 1671: Sir James Lockhart of Lee (d. 4 June 1674) 1674: Sir William Lockhart of Lee 1675: Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Craigie 1680: Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale 1684: Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Lord