Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justice

Carol Ronning Kapsner
Justice of the Supreme Court
State Capitol
Bismarck, ND 58505-0530

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Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner was born November 25, 1947, in Bismarck, North Dakota. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, studied 17th century English literature at Oxford University, and received a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Indiana University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder, Colorado, in 1977. She started the law firm of Kapsner and Kapsner in Bismarck in 1977 and remained in private practice until 1998. In 1980, she served as president of the Burleigh County Bar Association. She was appointed by the Bar Association to serve on the Judicial Conference from 1988 to 1996. On October 6, 1998, Governor Edward T. Schafer appointed Justice Kapsner to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Herbert L. Meschke. In November 2000, she was elected to a full 10-year term. She and her husband, John, have two children. Justice Kapsner has served