Ryan Younggren

Born in 1974, Judge Younggren was raised on a Red River Valley farm near Hallock, Minnesota and graduated from Kittson Central High School.  He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration (BSPA) from the University of North Dakota in 1997, the flood year, and a Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Denver in 2000.  While in law school, Judge Younggren was a legal intern for Federal Magistrate Judge Bruce D. Pringle of the Colorado District Court.  His career as a lawyer began at the firm Ogborn, Summerlin, and Ogborn and he next was a Denver Deputy District Attorney from 2001-2007.  He and his family moved home to Fargo and he became an Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney from 2007-2024.  Judge Younggren has taught trial practice at the University of North Dakota School of Law for many years.