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North Dakota names first female Supreme Court chief justice

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North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Lisa Fair McEvers asks questions during a Dec. 18, 2023, hearing in Bismarck. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Lisa Fair McEvers has been elected the first female chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. She earned about 83% of the vote by sitting justices and district…

Jensen Selected to Head North Dakota Supreme Court

Jensen was selected Thursday over Justice Lisa Fair McEvers.

December 12, 2019

BISMARCK, N.D.–North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Jon Jensen has been elected to head the state’s high court. The 54-year-old Jensen was selected Thursday over Justice Lisa Fair McEvers. The ballots were cast by the state’s 52 district court judges and each of the five justices on the high court. Jensen was appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum in 2017 to replace…