Christene Reierson: Incoming appointment; service starts 2026-11-16.
scheduled service start:
Status: announced
Christene Reierson
District Judge · North Dakota North Central Judicial District Court
Upcoming changes
Christene Reierson at a glance
- Current role
- District Judge
- Jurisdiction
- North Dakota · State
Biography
Professional career
- Minot attorney appointed by Governor Kelly Armstrong to the North Central Judicial District, with her judicial service beginning November 16, 2026
- Reierson’s term as district judge begins November 16, 2026
- She participated in treatment court as a prosecution representative in 2010–2015 and volunteer defense attorney from 2016
- Legal Work: 2009–2015: Assistant State’s Attorney for Ward County
Education
- Born in Fargo, she obtained a North Dakota State University business-administration bachelor’s degree and a University of North Dakota — J.D. (2007)
Additional information
- Governor Armstrong named Reierson to fill the judgeship vacated in July 2026 by the retirement of Judge Todd Cresap, who had served since 2009.
- handling charging decisions, trials, motions, appellate briefs, and oral arguments before the ND Supreme Court 2015–present: Solo practitioner at Reierson Law Office, P.C. in Minot
- Christene A. Reierson was appointed to North Dakota’s North Central Judicial District by Governor Kelly Armstrong on September 29, 2026, with service effective November 16, 2026.
- She completed North Dakota and Minnesota clerkships in 2006–2009, prosecuted for Ward County in 2009–2015 and established Reierson Law Office in Minot in 2015.
- handling family law, criminal, probate, civil litigation, business formation, real estate, estate planning, and appellate matters
- Reierson’s appointment followed a selection process in which she was one of two finalists
- Her practice covers family, criminal, probate, civil, business, property, estates and appeals.
- The official announcement places the seat in Minot and identifies Todd Cresap as the predecessor.
Sources
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Gov. Armstrong appoints Minot attorney Christene Reierson to North Central Judicial District judgeship
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