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# Jon J. Jensen

North Dakota Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

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

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- American judge and former Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, serving as an associate justice since 2017 and holding the chief justice role from 2020 until December 2025
- He held the role of chief justice from 2020 through 2025
- Chief Justice: Elected by peers in December 2019; re‐elected in 2020; served until stepping down in December 2025
- Supreme Court Justice: Appointed by Governor Doug Burgum on August 15, 2017, replacing Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner
- District Judge: Appointed by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2013 to the Northeast Central Judicial District (Grand Forks & Nelson counties); re‐elected in 2016; held the role of presiding judge (2015–17)
- He clerked for Chief Justice Ralph Erickstad in 1990–1991, practiced at Pearson Christensen from 1991 to 2012, and co-founded Jensen Bata in 2012
- Early Career: Law clerk to North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph J. Erickstad (1990–91)
- His practice included taxation, commercial litigation and civil matters; he also held the role of a special assistant attorney general and university hearing officer

### Education

- Accounting degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1987 and a University of North Dakota law degree in 1990.
- in Accounting — Minnesota State University, Mankato — B.S. (1987)

### Additional information

- Governor Doug Burgum appointed him to the Supreme Court in 2017, succeeding Carol Ronning Kapsner.
- He became presiding judge in 2015 and won election in 2016.
- Governor Jack Dalrymple appointed him to the Northeast Central Judicial District in 2013.

## 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 Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/justices)
- [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)
- [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)

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