North Dakota names first female Supreme Court chief justice
North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Lisa Fair McEvers asks questions during a Dec. 18, 2023, hearing in Bismarck. (Photo by Kyle Martin For the North Dakota Monitor)
By Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Lisa Fair McEvers has been elected the first female chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
She earned about 83% of the vote by sitting justices and district court judges. Justice Jerod Tufte, who also sought the role as chief justice, received about 16% of the vote.
“I will work to the best of my ability to serve all the judiciary,” Fair McEvers said af…
