North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers Announces Retirement

North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers, center. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers will retire from the bench on February 28th.

Crothers has served on the court since he was appointed by then-Gov. John Hoeven in 2005. He was then elected to an unfinished term in 2008, and 10-year terms in 2012 and 2022.

He announced his retirement in a letter to Gov. Kelly Armstrong. Crothers’ letter does not state the reason for his retirement.

“Justice Crothers has faithfully served the citizens of North Dakota and applied the laws of our state with the utmost dedication, fairness and professionalism for over two decades,” Armstrong said in a Wednesday statement. “His respect for the litigants who appear before the Supreme Court, as well as the separate-but-equal roles of the executive and legislative branches of state government, have been a hallmark of his years on the bench. ”