(a) All civil actions shall be initiated in the judicial division where the defendant resides or where the cause of action arose or where the defendant may be served with process. Criminal actions shall be brought in the judicial division in which the alleged criminal offense was committed. Actions of criminal conspiracy may be brought in either division in which any of the alleged overt acts were committed.
(b) For the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice, a judge of the Superior Court may, with the approval of the presiding judge of such court, transfer any action or proceeding pending in one judicial division to the other judicial division for hearing and determination.