North Dakota judicial news

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News about or affecting the judiciary in North Dakota.

South Central District judge seeks re-election

North Dakota: Sonna M. Anderson plans to run for re-election to her seat on the North Dakota South Central Judicial District. She has served in this position since 2004 and is the first candidate to file for judgeship No. 2. The primary election will be held on June 8, 2010.^[1]

Austin joins race for South Central judgeship

North Dakota: Bismarck attorney Timothy Austin will join three other candidates in a race for a North Dakota South Central Judicial District judgeship. Austin has worked as an attorney, special assistant attorney general, corporate counsel, and adjunct professor. Cynthia Feland, Parrell Grossman, and Todd Schwarz are also seeking to replace Judge Robert O. Wefald on this court.^[1] See North Dakota judicial elections, 2010 for more.

Schwarz joins race for South Central judgeship

North Dakota: Todd Schwarz announced that he plans to run for the position of North Dakota South Central Judicial District judge in the June 8, 2010 primary election. Cynthia Feland and Parrell Grossman will also be competing for this position, which will be vacated by Robert O. Wefald on December 31, 2010.^[1][2]

Two candidates seek position on South Central Judicial District

North Dakota: Cynthia Feland, the Burleigh County Assistant State's Attorney, has announced that she will run for judge of the North Dakota South Central Judicial District in the June 8, 2010 primary election. Also competing for this seat will be Parrell Grossman, the director of the Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division. The position will be vacated by Judge Robert O. Wefald when his term ends on December 31, 2010.^[1]

Six North Dakota judgeships up for election in June

North Dakota: Six North Dakota judgeships will be up for election on June 8, 2010 in the primary election. Most notably, the North Dakota Supreme Court has one open seat. The seats of four judges on the Southeast Judicial District Court (John T. Paulson, Mikal Simonson, James M. Bekken, and Daniel D. Narum) will also be up for election, as well as the position of Jamestown Municipal Judge, Tim Ottmar.^[1]

Judge appointed to new seat in Northwest Judicial District

North Dakota: Governor John Hoeven has appointed Todd Cresap to a seat on the Northwest Judicial District that was created by the North Dakota Legislature in 2009. Cresap will be based out of Minot in Ward County. His appointment begins effective January 1, 2010.

Cresap was one of three candidates for the new seat recommended to the Governor by the North Dakota Judicial Nominating Committee. The other two were William Bergman and Kelly Dillon. ^[1]

Cresap earned his undergraduate degree from Minot State University in 1983 and his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1986. He had been practicing law for 23 years when he received his judicial appointment. ^[2]

New judgeships authorized

North Dakota: The North Dakota Legislature approved two additional district judgeships for the state in 2009. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that one of the judges will be placed in the overworked Northwest Judicial District in Minot. This placement will increase the number of district judges in Minot from four to five.

Judges in the district are pleased that the district was selected. "The Supreme Court look`s at everybody`s caseload. They saw how busy we are and voted unanimously," says Judge Gary H. Lee.

The new judges will be appointed by Governor John Hoeven by January 31, 2010. ^[1]

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