Burgum appoints new judge for the Northeast Central District 

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has appointed Grand Forks attorney Theodore Sandberg to a judgeship in the Northeast Central Judicial District, which comprises Grand Forks and Nelson counties.

Sandberg has practiced law for over 25 years, and currently is a senior partner at the firm, concentrating on criminal defense and general litigation. He previously worked in private practice in Grand Forks and Detroit from 2006 to 2010, and as a prosecuting attorney for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in Detroit from 2001 to 2006. Early in his career, he served as a law clerk for a U.S. magistrate judge in Alaska and a circuit court judge in Michigan.

Sandberg is a member of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, currently serving a one-year term as its president-elect, and the Greater Grand Forks Bar Association, serving as president in 2013-14. Sandberg has been a member of the North Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers since 2010, serving as its president in 2015-16. 

The Northeast Central Judicial District judgeship vacancy was created by the retirement of Judge Lolita Hartl Romanick.