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Governor Names Minot Attorney to Judgeship

By Bill Dubensky Jun 6, 2025 | 4:23 AM

 (Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor)

 

(BY: ) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed a Minot attorney to a judgeship in the North Central Judicial District covering Burke, Mountrail and Ward counties.

The appointment of Steven Lautt is effective Aug. 4. The judgeship is chambered in Minot.

Lautt, a Minot native, has been with the Minot law firm of Pringle and Herigstad since 2012. He is the general counsel for several regional agriculture and telecommunications cooperatives and a statewide nonprofit organization, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

The North Central Judicial District judgeship became vacant June 1 with the retirement of Judge Douglas Mattson, who was first elected as judge in 2002.

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