John A. Thelen
District Court Judge
Chambers: Grand Forks NECJD #4
Appointed in 2015
124 S. 4th St.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
7017872730
Diane Manthei
Court Reporter
DManthei@ndcourts.gov
701-787-2757
Judge Thelen was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2015 for the Northeast Central Judicial District #4 located in Grand Forks, ND. He was elected in 2018.
Born in 1952; Judge Thelen earned his Bachelors of Science in Economics from the University of North Dakota in 1978. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1981, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on October 5, 1981.
He worked in private legal practice from 1981-2009. He also worked as a Judicial Referee and Magistrate in the Northeast Central Judicial District from 2009-2015.