Retiring Justice Says Keep Courts Impartial

(Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers urged his colleagues to keep the judicial branch impartial as he closes out his 20-year career on the court.

“My only words for anyone following are to guard the court’s independence, guard that fiercely,” he said.

A Fargo native, Crothers graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1982. He was a prosecutor for about a year-and-a-half, then went into private practice in commercial litigation, he said.

At the time of his retirement, Crothers was the longest serving justice on the high court.  He was first appointed to the bench in 2005 by then-Gov. John Hoeven. Crothers was then elected to fill an unfinished term in 2008, and 10-year terms in 2012 and 2022.