Don Hager
Presiding Judge
Chambers: Grand Forks NECJD #1
Appointed in 2014
124 S. 4th St.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
701-787-2730
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Judge Hager was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2014 for the Northeast Central Judicial District judgeship #1 located in Grand Forks, ND. He was then elected in 2018.
Born in 1955; Judge Hager served in the U.S. Navy from 1974-1980. After his honorable discharge, he attended Mayville State University and received his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Administration in 1983. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1986, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on September 25, 1986. He worked in private legal practice in Larimore, N.D. until his judgeship in 2014.