Jon Jensen | |
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Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Gerald W. VandeWalle |
Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court | |
Assumed office August 15,2017 | |
Appointed by | Doug Burgum |
Preceded by | Carol Ronning Kapsner |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 57–58) Grand Forks,North Dakota,U.S. |
Education | Minnesota State University,Mankato (BS) University of North Dakota (JD) |
Jon J. Jensen (born 1965) is an American lawyer and judge,who is the chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. [1] He previously served as a district court judge in North Dakota from 2013 to 2017.
Jensen was born in Grand Forks,North Dakota,in 1965. [2] He graduated from East Grand Forks Senior High School. [3] Jensen completed a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting at Minnesota State University,Mankato in 1987,and a J.D. degree at the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1990. [2] [4] He clerked for North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph J. Erickstad in 1990-91. [1]
Jensen was in private practice from 1991 to 2012 with the Grand Forks law firm Pearson Christensen,specializing in tax law and commercial litigation. [1] He and his wife Linda Bata then operated their own firm,Jensen Bata,in 2012-2013. [3] Jensen also taught trial advocacy as an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Dakota School of Law,and occasionally served as a special assistant to the North Dakota Attorney General. [4]
The Governor of North Dakota Jack Dalrymple appointed Jensen as a state judge in November 2013,serving in the Northeast Central Judicial District,which covers Grand Forks and Nelson counties. [5] Jensen served as presiding judge in 2015-2017. [1] He was re-elected unopposed to a new six-year term in 2016. [6]
In April 2017,North Dakota Supreme Court justice Carol Ronning Kapsner announced that she would retire from the court,effective from July 31,2017. [7] A judicial nominating commission provided the Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum with three names of possible replacements for the vacancy:Jensen,and two other state judges,James Hill and Robin Schmidt. [8] Governor Burgum announced that he had selected Jensen to replace Kapnser on July 12. [8]
Jensen was sworn in as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court on August 15,2017. [1] He was elected chief justice on December 12,2019. [9] His current term on the court expires on December 31,2030,and he is eligible to run for re-election to a new ten-year term. [7]
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