Douglas Bahr

Douglas Bahr (born 1960 or 1961) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court since 2023. He served as a state court judge from 2018 to 2023.

Education

Bahr received a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1990.

Career

Bahr started his legal career as a law clerk to Justice Jerry L. Larson of the Iowa Supreme Court from 1990 to 1991. From 1991 to 2001, he served as assistant attorney general. From 2000 to 2016, he served as North Dakota Solicitor General and director of the Civil Litigation Division of the North Dakota Office of Attorney General. From to 2016 to 2018, he was a special counsel at the Crowley Fleck law firm. He served as an adjunct faculty member at Bismarck State College from 2008 to 2016.

Judicial career State district court service

In September 2018, Bahr was appointed by Governor Doug Burgum to serve as a judge of the South Central Judicial District Court of North Dakota. Later that month, Bahr was one of three finalists submitted to the governor by the judicial nominating commission. On January 9, 2023, Governor Burgum appointed Bahr as an associate justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. He fills the vacancy left by retirement of Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle on January 31, 2022. Bahr's appointment became effective on February 1, 2023.