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# Dale V. Sandstrom

North Dakota Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
- State: North Dakota
- Role: Justice
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1992-present
- Former North Dakota Supreme Court justice, elected in 1992 and retiring in December 2016
- Dale Vernon Sandstrom is a fifth‐generation North Dakotan who held the role of a Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1992 to 2016, making him the seventh longest‐serving justice in the state’s history
- Elected in 1992 to complete Justice H.F. Gierke III’s term, Sandstrom was reelected in 1996 and 2006 for ten‐year terms
- He also worked for the U.S. Senate under Senator Milton R. Young and served on the North Dakota Criminal Justice Commission
- His early public service included work for Senator Milton Young and the state Criminal Justice Commission, followed by six years as assistant attorney general leading consumer-fraud and antitrust work
- His court service included procedure, technology, attorney standards and courtroom-camera committees

### Education

- a University of North Dakota J.D. in 1975.
- B.A. from North Dakota State University in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1975
- Raised in Fargo, he obtained a North Dakota State University B.A. in 1972
- North Dakota State University-Main Campus — B.A.

### Additional information

- Retired on December 31, 2016, after 24 years and 1 day on the court
- He succeeded H.F. Gierke III on the Supreme Court and won reelection in 1996 and 2006.
- North Dakota Public Service Commissioner (1983–1992), elected in 1984 and 1990, and serving as commission president
- Practitioner, 1991-1991
- legis, 1991-1991
- Joined the Public Service Commission in 1983 and won elections in 1984 and 1990.
- State Securities Commissioner (1981–1983)
- Governor Allen Olson appointed him securities commissioner in 1981.
- Born March 9, 1950.
- Date of birth: 1950-03-09
- Sandstrom was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and raised in Fargo.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing and evidence

Scope: statewide

North Dakota Administrative Rule 52 permits reliable electronic-means proceedings in district and municipal courts on the court's or a party's motion; a party seeking the proceeding must give notice and obtain court approval.

Evidence excerpt: Parties seeking to hold an electronic means proceeding must provide notice to the other parties and obtain approval from the court.

[North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
Source checked: 2026-07-27

### remote hearing and evidence

Scope: statewide

North Dakota's official Rule 52 guidance states that in civil actions a court may conduct a hearing, conference, other proceeding, or take testimony by reliable electronic means.

Evidence excerpt: In a civil action, the court may conduct a hearing, conference, or other proceeding, or take testimony, by reliable electronic means.

[North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5343/dale-v-sandstrom/)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
- [Wikidata: Dale V. Sandstrom](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5210671)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5343/dale-v-sandstrom/)
- [North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 52: Reliable Electronic Means Proceedings](https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-supreme-court/general-news/remote-proceedings-by-electronic-means-a-useful-tool)
- [Wikidata: Dale V. Sandstrom](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5210671)

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