N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 7 Amended effective January 1, 2007 January 27, 2010
Administrative Rule 7 - DESIGNATION OF JUDGESHIPS AND CHAMBERS WITH ASSIGNMENTS
A. Each office of the District Judge is a separate office. Judgeships and chambers within each judicial district are established with assignment of judges and chambers as follows:
1. Northwest Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Williston, the Honorable Gerald H. Rustad or successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Minot, the Honorable Douglas L. Mattson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Minot, was abolished effective January 1, 1999,
under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Minot, the Honorable Gary H. Lee or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Williston, the Honorable David W. Nelson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Minot, transferred to the East Central Judicial
District effective December 14, 2001, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Stanley, the Honorable Richard L. Hagar or successor, transferred to Minot effective January 1, 2007, under Section 27-05-08, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Minot, the Honorable William W. McLees or successor.
Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Minot, created by the 61st Legislative Assembly, 2009 N.D. Sess. Laws, ch. 261, the Honorable Todd L. Cresap or successor.
2. Northeast Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Devils Lake, the Honorable Lee A. Christofferson
or successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Grafton, was abolished effective January 1, 1995,
under Section 27–05–02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Bottineau, the Honorable Michael G. Sturdevant or successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Devils Lake, the Honorable Donovan Foughty or
successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Cavalier–Langdon, the Honorable Laurie A.
Fontaine or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Grafton, the Honorable M. Richard Geiger or
successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Rugby, the Honorable John C. McClintock, Jr. or
successor.
3. Northeast Central Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Sonja Clapp or successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Karen K. Braaten or
successor.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Joel D. Medd or
successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Lawrence E. Jahnke
or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Grand Forks, the Honorable Debbie Gordon
Kleven or successor.
4. East Central Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Cynthia A. Rothe-Seeger Wickham Corwin
or successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Douglas R. Herman or successor.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Steven E. McCullough or successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Steven L. Marquart or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Frank L. Racek or
successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable Georgia Dawson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Hillsboro, the Honorable Wade L. Webb or
successor.
Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Fargo, the Honorable John C. Irby or successor.
5. Southeast Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Jamestown, was abolished effective February 3,
1998, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Valley City, the Honorable John T. Paulson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Wahpeton, was abolished effective January 3,
1996, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at New Rockford, the Honorable James M. Bekken
or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Ellendale, the Honorable Daniel D. Narum or successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Valley City, the Honorable Mikal Simonson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Lisbon, was abolished effective January 1, 1995,
under Section 27–05–02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Wahpeton, the Honorable Richard W. Grosz or
successor.
Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Jamestown, the Honorable John E. Greenwood
or successor.
Judgeship No. 10, with chambers at Jamestown, created by the 61st Legislative Assembly, 2009 N.D. Sess. Laws, ch. 261, the Honorable Thomas E. Merrick or successor.
6. South Central Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable David E. Reich or successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Sonna M. Anderson or successor.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Mandan, was abolished effective March 11, 1998,
under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Bruce B. Haskell or
successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Robert O. Wefald or
successor.
Judgeship No. 6, with chambers at Bismarck, the Honorable Gail Hagerty or
successor.
Judgeship No. 7, with chambers at Mandan, the Honorable Thomas J. Schneider or
successor.
Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton, the Honorable Donald L. Jorgensen or
successor.
Judgeship No. 9, with chambers at Washburn, the Honorable Bruce A. Romanick or
successor.
7. Southwest Judicial District.
Judgeship No. 1, with chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable Zane Anderson or
successor.
Judgeship No. 2, with chambers at Hettinger, transferred to the South Central Judicial
District, effective May 1, 1995, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
Judgeship No. 3, with chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable Allan L.
Schmalenberger Harlan Patrick Weir or successor.
Judgeship No. 4, with chambers at Dickinson, the Honorable William A. Herauf or successor.
Judgeship No. 5, with chambers at Bowman, was abolished effective December 31,
2000, under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C.
B. It is the intent of the Supreme Court that the residents of the various counties within a
judicial district receive judicial services as provided by law in their own county.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, November 21, 2006.
SOURCE: AR 7–1979 effective July 1, 1979; AR 7–1980 effective May 16, 1980; AR 7–1981
effective July 1, 1981; AR 7–1981 effective Sept. 3, 1981; AR 7 amended Nov. 8, 1985; Sec.
27–05–08(2) N.D.C.C..; S.L.1979, Ch. 76, Sec. 4; S.L.1981, Ch. 36, Sec. 3; AR 7–1987 amended
Nov. 12, 1987; AR 7–1989 amended Feb. 20, 1989; AR 7 amended January 31, 1990; Sec.
27–05–00.1(3), N.D.C.C.; S.L.1991, Ch. 326, Sec. 1(3); AR 7 amended October 6, 1993; amended
November 16, 1994, effective January 1, 1995; amended effective March 16, 1995 and May 1, 1995;
amended effective January 10, 1996; amended April 1, 1998; amended effective January 1, 2001;
amended effective December 14, 2001; amended effective July 2, 2003; amended effective January 1, 2007; amended effective January 27, 2010.