Stephanie Hayden

Judge Hayden was appointed to the North Dakota District Court by Governor Doug Burgum in 2023. She serves in Judgeship #10 of the East Central Judicial District, located in Fargo, N.D.

A native of West Fargo, Judge Hayden was born in 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of North Dakota in 2001 and her Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Studies from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2003. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2008 and was admitted to the North Dakota Bar on September 15, 2008.

Judge Hayden began her legal career as a law clerk for the district court judges in the East Central Judicial District from 2008 to 2009. She then entered private legal practice, where she worked from 2009 to 2020. From 2020 until her judicial appointment in 2023, she served as a Judicial Referee and Magistrate in the East Central Judicial District.