Hon. Joshua B. Rustad is a judge for the Northwest Judicial District of North Dakota. He was elected to the bench in 2010.
The Northwest Judicial District includes Divide, McKenzie, and Williams Counties.
Prior to his election, Rustad was a supervising attorney at the North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, serving in the Williston office (2006 to 2010). Before that, he worked for seven years in private practice in Williston (1999 to 2006).
He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota in 1995. Rustad went on to complete a J.D. at the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1999.
He attended Williston High School. Rustad and his wife, Lacey, have four children.