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# Rhonda R. Ehlis

North Dakota Southwest Judicial District Court · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: North Dakota Southwest Judicial District Court
- State: North Dakota
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Assistant State’s Attorney, Stark County (2006–2015)
- Judge of the North Dakota Southwest Judicial District, Department 4, serving in Dickinson, ND
- The first female judge of the Southwest Judicial District

### Education


### Additional information

- Elected in 2018 and has chambers in Dickinson.
- Governor Jack Dalrymple appointed her to Southwest Judicial District Judgeship 4 in July 2015.
- She held a position as a Legal Assistance of North Dakota outreach attorney in Devils Lake from 1993 to 1995, a regional child-support enforcement staff attorney in Bismarck from 1995 to 2001, and a private attorney in Dickinson from 2001 to 2006.
- Staff attorney, North Dakota Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit (Bismarck) (1995–2001).
- Her academic qualifications include a University of North Dakota political-science degree in 1990 and a UND law degree in 1993, entering the state bar in 1994.
- Born in 1968 in Scranton, ND, Ehlis graduated from Scranton High School in 1986, obtained a B.S. in Political Science from the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1990, and a J.D. from the UND School of Law in 1993.
- Rhonda R. Ehlis is a Scranton native who graduated from Scranton High School in 1986.

## 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/court-locations/southwest)
- [Official roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/southwest)
- [North Dakota Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/southwest)
- [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 Court System official judicial roster](https://www.ndcourts.gov/court-locations/southwest)
- [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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