Mary Muehlen Maring (born July 27, 1951) was a justice of the

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. Mary Muehlen Maring was born and raised in

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. She graduated with B.A. degree in Political Science and German from

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in 1972 and in 1975 a juris doctor degree from the

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. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1996 and retired in 2013.

Career

*1975-1976 - law clerk for the Honorable Bruce C. Stone, Hennepin County District Court,

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*1976-1996 - entered private practice of law and practiced law in North Dakota and Minnesota *1996 - appointed by Governor

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to the North Dakota Supreme Court *1998 - re-elected to a ten-year term *2008 - re-elected to a ten-year term *2013 - retired

External links

Mary Muehlen Maring biographyNorth Dakota Supreme Court website
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