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Lisa Fair McEvers Chief Justice
Chief Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
Background: McEvers was an attorney with a private practice, and in 2001 became the assistant State's Attorney in Cass County, North Dakota.
At a glance
- Court
- North Dakota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) (2014); later won election on November 6, 2018
- Appointed by
- Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R)
- Appointment date
- 2014
- Took office
- January 1, 2014
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2028
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 6, 2018
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of North Dakota, 1993
- Law: University of North Dakota School of Law, 1997
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Lisa Fair McEvers’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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