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The following is a list of attorneys general of North Dakota. Attorneys general previously were elected to a two year-term, which was extended to four in 1964. Attorneys general previously were elected to a two year-term, which was extended to four in 1964.
The North Dakota attorney general is the chief legal officer of the North Dakota state government. The attorney general's office represents the state government in court cases and issues opinions of points of law upon request. Drew Wrigley was appointed to the position on February 8, 2022, to finish the term of Wayne Stenehjem, who died in office.
John Francis Cowan (December 29, 1858 – November 25, 1917) was a prominent North Dakota lawyer, politician, Attorney General, and judge.While serving as the Judge of the Second Judicial District of North Dakota, Cowan became the first person in state history to face impeachment charges.
He received a Juris Doctor from University of North Dakota School of Law in 1959. He was in private practice of law in Grafton, North Dakota from 1959 to 1981. He was a Walsh County state attorney from 1967 to 1974. He was a special assistant attorney general for North Dakota from 1970 to 1981. He was a Grafton municipal judge from 1975 to 1981.
Nicholas John Spaeth (January 27, 1950 – March 16, 2014) was the 27th Attorney General of North Dakota, serving from 1985 to 1992. He lost the 1992 North Dakota governor's race to Republican Ed Schafer. Born in Mahnomen, Minnesota, Spaeth grew up in Valley City, Fargo, and Bismarck in North Dakota.
Four years after it bought Mission Hospital in Asheville, HCA Healthcare is under fire from the state attorney general and Mission doctors and nurses.
Robert O. Wefald (born July 18, 1942) was an American District Court Judge in the South Central Judicial District in North Dakota. He was elected in 1998 and 2004. He retired in 2010. He is the husband of former North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Susan Wefald. Wefald was born in Excelsior, Minnesota. He graduated from Minot High School in ...
A complaint filed Monday alleges that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape ...