Daniel John Crothers (born January 3, 1957) is a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Daniel John Crothers was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1957. Crothers was raised in Fargo, American Samoa, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1979 and the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1982. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2005. Career 1982–1983 – clerked for the Hon. Ramon Lopez of the New Mexico Court of Appeals 1983–1984 – served as Walsh County Assistant State's Attorney 1984–1985 – private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico 1987–2005 – private practice in Fargo 2001–2002 – president of the State Bar Association of North Dakota 2005 – Governor John Hoeven appointed Crothers to the North Dakota Supreme Court. Crothers was elected to an unexpired four-year term in 2008, and re-elected to a ten-year term on the Court in 2012. Memberships and Committees Justice Crothers was President of the State Bar Association of North Dakota from 2001 to 2002. Crothers currently serves on North Dakota's Committee on Judiciary Standards. He chairs the North Dakota Court Services Administration Committee. He is a member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Policy Implementation Committee. Crothers was formerly chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection. References External links Daniel John Crothers biography North Dakota Supreme Court website Justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court University of North Dakota alumni Politicians from Fargo, North Dakota Politicians from Santa Fe, New Mexico 1957 births Living people 21st-century American judges Lawyers from Fargo, North Dakota