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Retiring justice: Keep courts impartial, independent, not ‘lap dogs’

Categories: Alumni, Public

Crothers served on North Dakota Supreme Court for 20 years North Dakota Monitor By:Mary Steurer North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers urged his colleagues to keep the judicial branch impartial as he closed out his 20-year career on the court. “My only words for anyone following are to guard the court’s independence — guard […]

Judge John Thelen ’81 will retire in August after 10 years serving Northeast Central Judicial District

Categories: Alumni

He was appointed as a district court judge in 2015. By Sav Kelly April 01, 2025 at 5:28 AM Grand Forks Herald GRAND FORKS — Closing out his career with judgeship is not something District Judge John Thelen anticipated when he began practicing law in 1981 and, at times, he has questioned making such a leap […]

Judge Steven L. Marquart ’79 honored

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A retirement celebration in honor of East Central Judicial District Judge Steven L. Marquart was held Dec. 28 at the Cass County Courthouse Judge Steven McCullough speaks at the cermony about life at the district court with Judge Marquart. The two judges joined the court in 2004 and had a joint investiture ceremony. Judge Marquart’s family […]

Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle announces retirement

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North Dakota Supreme Court Justice and alumnus Gerald W. VandeWalle, ’55,’58, epitomized what it means to be a leader in action long before UND coined the phrase to sum up the spirit of the University and its people. Justice VandeWalle has served the people of North Dakota with his legal knowledge and skills on the […]

Burgum thanks General Counsel Leslie Bakken Oliver ’91 for her service to state as she announces retirement

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Monday, August 16, 2021 – 03:30 pm BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum today thanked General Counsel Leslie Bakken Oliver for her service to the Governor’s Office and the State of North Dakota after she announced her retirement pending the transition to a new general counsel. Oliver has served in the Governor’s Office since Burgum and Lt. […]

South Central District Judge John Grinsteiner ’98, announces retirement

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Bismarck Tribune:  Bismarck native John Grinsteiner’s last day on the bench is Aug. 20. He notified North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Jensen and South Central District Presiding Judge Bruce Romanick in a June 21 letter. “After 18 years of wearing a judicial robe, first as a judicial referee/magistrate and then as a district […]