Jerod E. Tufte
Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2017
Preceded by	Dale V. Sandstrom
Judge for the Southeast Judicial District of North Dakota
In office August 2014 – December 2016[1]
State's Attorney
In office June 2005 – May 2011[1]
Constituency	Kidder County (2005-2011) Sheridan County (2011)
Personal details
Born	Jerod Elton Tufte[1] (1975-04-09) April 9, 1975 (age 48) Minot, North Dakota, U.S.
Education	Case Western Reserve University (BS) Arizona State University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army North Dakota Army National Guard
Years of service	2008–2016
Unit	Judge Advocate General's Corps

Jerod Elton Tufte (born April 9, 1975) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court since 2017. He previously served as state's attorney for Kidder County, counsel for Governor Jack Dalrymple, and district judge.

Early life and education

Tufte was born in Minot, North Dakota. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1997 and the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 2002.^[1]

Career

Prior to law school, Tufte was a computer engineer for Motorola. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk to Judge Roger Leland Wollman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 2002 to 2003. He worked private practice in Phoenix, Arizona and Steele, North Dakota.^[1] He served as Kidder County State's Attorney for from 2005 to 2011 and Sheridan County State's Attorney in 2011.^[2] He was a JAG Corps officer for the North Dakota Army National Guard from 2008 to 2016. He was legal counsel to Governor Jack Dalrymple from 2011 to 2014.^[1]

In 2014, Governor Dalrymple appointed Tufte district judge of the Southeast Judicial District.^[3] He served as district judge chambered at the Barnes County Courthouse in Valley City from 2014 to 2016.^[2] He was elected to the Supreme Court in 2016 and took office January 1, 2017.^[1]