JUDGE MATTSON RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
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JUDGE MATTSON RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
North Central Judicial District Judge Douglas L. Mattson retired June 1, and a retirement celebration was held June 2 in Minot.
Judge Mattson was first elected District Court Judge in 2002, and subsequently re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving judge in the North Central Judicial District and the second longest-serving judge in the state.
A native of Minot, he served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1978-1982. He received his juris doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1985 and was admitted to the North Dakota Bar on November 18, 1985. He then worked for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Sen. Mark Andrews in Washington, D. C., from 1985-1986, after which he worked in private legal practice in Minot from 1987-1990. He was the Ward County State ' s Attorney from 1990 until his judgeship in 2002.
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