Lindsey Nieuwsma

Judge Nieuwsma was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2021 for the South Central Judicial District #9 located in Mandan, ND.  

Born in 1985 in Belfield, ND, she was raised on a ranch near Grassy Butte, ND. Judge Nieuwsma received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Criminal Justice from North Dakota State University in 2006. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota School of Law in 2010 and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on March 22, 2011. She worked in private legal practice in Bismarck, ND from 2010 to 2015. Judge Nieuwsma was the staff attorney for the ND State Court Administrator Office from 2015 to 2018 and was the South Central Judicial District Judicial Referee and Magistrate from 2018 until her judgeship in 2021.