Joshua B. Rustad

Judge Rustad was elected District Court Judge for the Northwest Judicial District, No. 1, located in Williston, North Dakota, in 2010, and was re-elected in 2016.

Born in 1972, Judge Rustad is a lifelong resident of Williston. He graduated from Williston High School in 1991 and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1999. He was admitted to the North Dakota Bar on September 24, 1999.

Prior to his election to the bench, Judge Rustad practiced law privately in Williston from 1999 to 2006. He then served as supervising attorney with the North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, Williston Office, from 2006 until his election to the judiciary in 2010.