Judges

Daniel J. Borgen

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:15:31 GMT

Judge Borgen was elected as District Court Judge in 2018 for the South Central Judicial District judgeship #4 located in Bismarck, ND.

Born in 1972; Judge Borgen attended Devils Lake High School and graduated in 1990. He served in the United States Navy from 1990 to 1993. He was a North Dakota Police Office Training Course graduate in 1995 and was a police officer in Cando and Devils Lake, ND from 1995-1997. Judge Borgen attended the University of North Dakota and received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2000. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2004, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on September 27, 2004. He worked in private legal practice in Grand Forks from 2004-2007, and was a public defender in the Grand Forks from 2007-2012. He moved to Bismarck working in private legal practice from 2012-2018.

James S. Hill

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:27:14 GMT

Judge Hill was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2014 for the South Central Judicial District judgeship #8 located in Linton, ND. He was elected in 2016.

Born in 1949; Judge Hill is a native of Grand Forks. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1974, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on July 24, 1974.

Judge Hill served five years as assistant U.S. attorney in Bismarck. He has served as a representative of the State Bar Association and House of Delegates to the ABA Board of Governors. He was in private legal practice in Bismarck from 1981 until his judgeship in 2014.

Jason Hammes

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:53:45 GMT

Jason Hammes

Jackson J. Lofgren

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:42:40 GMT

Judge Lofgren was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2023 for the South Central Judicial District #2 located in Bismarck, ND.

Born in 1980; Judge Lofgren was raised on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in McLaughlin, South Dakota. He earned his Bachelor's of Science degree from Northern State University in 2002. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota, School of Law in 2006, and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on December 22, 2006.

Judge Lofgren worked as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Bismarck Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit from 2006 to 2008. He was the Morton County Assistant State's Attorney from 2008 to 2013, and worked in private legal practice in Bismarck from 2013 until his judgeship in 2023.

Pamela A. Nesvig

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:14:10 GMT

Judge Nesvig was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2019 for the South Central Judicial District #10 located in Mandan, ND.

Born in Bismarck in 1978; Judge Nesvig received her Bachelor's of Science from the University of North Dakota in 2001. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2005, and and was admitted to the N.D. Bar on October 3, 2005.

Judge Nesvig served on the North Dakota Safety Council from 2001 to 2002. She was a law clerk at Pearson, Christensen, Cahill & Clapp from 2003 to 2005 and became an Associate Attorney from 2005 to 2006. Judge Nesvig was a Special Assistant State’s Attorney in the Bismarck Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit in 2006 and was the Assistant State’s Attorney from 2007 to 2010. Judge Nesvig became the Assistant Burleigh County State’s Attorney from 2010 to 2015 and was a Judicial Referee and Magistrate for South Central Judicial District from 2015 until her judgeship in 2019.

Lindsey Nieuwsma

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:59:01 GMT

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.

Marina Spahr

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:09:21 GMT

Marina Spahr

Bonnie L. Storbakken

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:44:21 GMT

Judge Bonnie Storbakken was elected in 2020 as District Court Judge for the South Central Judicial District judgeship #7 located in Mandan, N.D.

Born in 1972; Judge Storbakken is a native of Grand Forks. She received her Bachelors of Science degree from the University of North Dakota in 1999. Judge Storbakken received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2004, and was admitted to the N.D. State Bar on September 27, 2004.

Judge Storbakken was the Staff Attorney and Program Director at the State Bar Association of North Dakota from 2004 to 2005. She was in private legal practice from 2005 to 2013. She worked for the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights Commission from 2013 to 2014, and was Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Governor Jack Dalrymple from 2014 to 2016. Judge Storbakken was the Executive Secretary for the North Dakota Board of Medicine from 2017 until her judgeship in 2020.

Bobbi Weiler

Fri, 01 May 2020 20:35:40 GMT

Judge Weiler was appointed as District Court Judge by Governor Doug Burgum in 2020 for the South Central Judicial District judgeship #6 located in Bismarck, ND.

Born in 1983; Judge Weiler is a native of Lewistown, MT. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Mary in 2005. She attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Western Michigan University earning her Juris Doctor in 2009.

She was admitted to the N.D. Bar on May 4, 2010. She worked in private legal practice from 2010 to 2020.