Barbara L. Whelan

Judge Whelan was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2017 for the Northeast Judicial District judgeship #6 located in Grafton, ND.  

Born in 1963 in Turtle Lake, ND. Judge Whelan received a Bachelor of Administration in Hospital Administration from Concordia College in 1986.  She received a Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1990. She was admitted to the N.D. Bar on March 10, 1993.   

Judge Whelan worked in private legal practice in Maryland from 1990-1993. She worked in private legal practice in Hettinger from 1993-1994; and private legal practice in Grafton from 1994-1998. She was the Pembina County State's Attorney from 1999-2005; and the Walsh County State's Attorney from 2006-2017.