Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Tuesday announced his nomination of two Luzerne County lawyers to serve as interim judges on the county’s court of common pleas.

Lewis Wood Wetzel, of Dallas, Pa., is a partner at Wetzel Caverly Shea Phillips & Rodgers in Wilkes-Barre. Joseph Van Jura, of Kingston, Pa., serves as solicitor for the Hanover Area School District.