James D. Gion

Judge Gion was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2015 for the Southwest Judicial District judgeship #1 located in Dickinson, ND.  He was then elected in 2018. 

Born in 1953; Judge Gion is a lifelong resident of Hettinger County.  Judge Gion graduated from Regent High School in 1971, and received his Bachelor of Administration from University of North Dakota in 1976. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1982, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on October 11, 1982.  He was in private legal practice in Hettinger County from 1982-2015 and was the Hettinger County State's Attorney from 1991-2015. Judge Gion also served as State's Attorney of Bowman and Slope Counties.