County State's Attorney
Pierce County, North Dakota
My vote power: High
What does this office do?
- Deciding which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Galen J Mack has been Pierce County State's Attorney, the county's prosecutor and civil legal adviser, since at least 2004, and also runs Mack Law Offices in Rugby. Mack earned a law degree from the University of North Dakota and joined the state bar in 1986.
Nonpartisan
Meredith Childress runs Childress Law, a Rugby firm focused on family law and criminal defense, and has been a North Dakota lawyer since 2011. She previously worked as a Pierce County assistant state's attorney and as an attorney for North Dakota Child Support.
Source: vip.sos.nd.gov