Kristi Pettit Venhuizen

Judge Venhuizen was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2023 for the Northeast Central Judicial District judgeship #6 located in Grand Forks, ND.  

Born in 1973, Judge Vanhuizen grew up in Grand Forks.  She graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 1995.  She received her Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, in 1998.  She was adminited to the N.D. Bar on September 30, 1998; the Kansas State Bar on April 30, 1999; and the Minnesota State Bar on February 10, 2000.

Judge Venhuizen was in private practice for 25 years.  She also served as the city prosecutor in Grand Forks and the Traffic Safety REsource Prosecutor for the State of North Dakota. 

Judge Venhuizen served on the SBAND Board of Governors from 2007-2013 and was elected SBAND President in 2011-2012.  She is also a past president of the Greater Grand Forks County Bar Association and a former chair of the Inquiry Committee Northeast.