Gerald W. VandeWalle

Gerald W. VandeWalle


42nd Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 1993
Preceded by	Ralph J. Erickstad
Personal details
Born	(1933-08-15) August 15, 1933 Noonan, North Dakota, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Dakota University of North Dakota School of Law
Profession	Lawyer

Gerald Wayne VandeWalle (born August 15, 1933) is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. While attending the University of North Dakota he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1958. He has served on the Supreme Court since 1978 and has been the Chief Justice since 1993. He is currently the oldest serving Chief Justice in the United States.

Career

1958 – admitted to the State Bar of North Dakota
1975 – appointed First Assistant Attorney General of North Dakota
August, 1978 – appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court
November, 1978 – elected to serve an unexpired term on Supreme Court
1985–1987 – served as the first chair of the North Dakota Judicial Conference
1993 – elected Chief Justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
1995 – re-elected Chief Justice
2000 – re-elected Chief Justice
2005 -- re-elected Chief Justice
2010 -- re-elected Chief Justice
2015 -- re-elected Chief Justice

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Legal offices
Preceded by Ralph J. Erickstad	Chief Justice of North Dakota 1993–present	Incumbent

Current statewide political officials of North Dakota

U.S. Senators	John Hoeven Heidi Heitkamp

U.S. Representative	Rick Berg, At-large representative

State government	Jack Dalrymple, Governor Drew Wrigley, Lieutenant Governor Alvin Jaeger, Secretary of State Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General Kelly Schmidt, Treasurer Bob Peterson, Auditor Doug Goehring, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Hamm, Insurance Commissioner Kirsten Baesler, Superintendent of Public Instruction Cory Fong, Tax Commissioner

Senate	Rich Wardner, President pro tempore Rich Wardner, Majority Leader Mac Schneider, Minority Leader

House	David Drovdal, Speaker Al Carlson, Majority Leader Jerry Kelsh, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Gerald VandeWalle, Chief Justice Dale Sandstrom, Justice Lisa McEvers, Justice Carol Kapsner, Justice Daniel Crothers, Justice

Chief Justices of Supreme Courts of the United States

Chief Justice of the United States: John Roberts

AL Lyn Stuart (Acting) AK Craig Stowers AZ Scott Bales AR James Hannah CA Tani Cantil-Sakauye CO Nancy E. Rice CT Chase T. Rogers DE Leo E. Strine Jr. FL Jorge Labarga GA Hugh P. Thompson HI Mark E. Recktenwald ID Jim Jones IL Lloyd A. Karmeier IN Loretta H. Rush IA Mark Cady KS Lawton Nuss KY John D. Minton Jr. LA Bernette Joshua Johnson ME Leigh Saufley MD Mary Ellen Barbera MA Ralph Gants MI Robert P. Young Jr. MN Lorie Skjerven Gildea MS William L. Waller Jr. MO Patricia Breckenridge MT Mike McGrath NE Michael Heavican NV Ron Parraguirre NH Linda S. Dalianis NJ Stuart Rabner NM Barbara J. Vigil¹ NY Janet DiFiore NC Mark Martin ND Gerald W. VandeWalle OH Maureen O'Connor OK Tom Colbert² OR Thomas A. Balmer PA Thomas G. Saylor RI Paul Suttell SC Costa M. Pleicones SD David Gilbertson TN Sharon G. Lee TX Nathan Hecht³ UT Matthew B. Durrant VT Paul Reiber VA Donald W. Lemons WA Barbara Madsen WV Menis Ketchum WI Patience Roggensack WY E. James Burke DC Eric T. Washington Territories: AS Michael Kruse GU Robert J. Torres Jr. MP Alexandra Cruz Castro PR Maite Oronoz Rodríguez VI Rhys S. Hodge

Italics indicate appointed supreme courts. 1. Chief Justice Tittle is Rotated. 2. Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge David B. Lewis 3. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge Sharon Keller

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