Karen K. Braaten
District Court Judge
Chambers:
Elected in 2001
Judge Braaten was born in 1952 in Fargo, ND. She earned her Bachelor of Administration in Social Work from the University of North Dakota in 1973. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1979 and entered private practice in Grand Forks, ND from 1979 - 2000. She was elected Northeast Central Judicial District Judge in 2000, re-elected in 2006, and in 2012. Judge Braaten died Oct. 4, 2014.