Administrator Sets 2019
Judgment Interest Rate
The North Dakota State Court
Administrator has set the judgment
interest rate for 2019 at 8.5 percent.
The administrator is required by law to
annually determine the judgment interest
rate prior to December 20. The rate will be
applied to all judgments entered in 2019.
The judgment interest rate is calculated
by using the prime rate as reported on
the first Monday in December, plus
three percentage points. The result must
be rounded up to the next one-half
percentage point.
The prime rate on December 3 was 5.25
percent. Application of the judgment
rate formula yielded the 2019 judgment
interest rate of 8.5 percent.
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CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS
Pursuant to section 12, By-Laws of SBAND, any substantive resolution proposed for
consideration by any member of the association shall be filed with the executive director of
SBAND at least 30 days prior to the date of the meeting at which the resolution is to be
considered. The annual meeting of this association commences June 12, 2019. The board
of governors, in order to facilitate mailing and publication to the membership, hereby calls
for and requests all proposed resolutions be delivered (and if mailed, to be postmarked) to
SBAND no later than May 13.
NOTICE OF OPEN POSITION FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT
The position of president-elect of SBAND is to be voted on at the general assembly
meeting on June 14 in Fargo. The constitution requires nomination by a petition signed by
at least five other members of the association and received by the association at least 50 days
before the general assembly meeting. In the event of a contested election, absentee ballots
will be provided pursuant to article 4.7 of the constitution. Any member interested in the
nomination process is encouraged to consult article 4.7 of the constitution or contact the
executive director of SBAND.
NOTICE OF OPEN POSITION FOR
SECRETARY-TREASURER
The position of SBAND secretary-treasurer is to be voted on at the general assembly
meeting on June 14 in Fargo. The constitution requires nomination by a petition signed
by at least five members of the association and received by the association at least 50 days
before the general assembly meeting.
Welcome Alyssa Lovas
Welcome Grant T. Bakke
• Alyssa graduated the
UND School of Law
with distinction in
May of 2017.
• Since joining Zuger
Kirmis & Smith,
Alyssa has primarily
been practicing in
family law with an
emphasis in divorce
and custody litigation.
• She is also the
Treasurer/Secretary
for Family Law
Section of the State
Bar Association.
• Alyssa is currently
accepting new cases
and referrals.
Grant T. Bakke was
admitted to the Illinois
Bar and the North
Dakota Bar in 2018.
Grant obtained his Juris
Doctor in May 2018 from
the University of North
Dakota School of Law
and obtained a Master of Business Administration
May 2018 from the University of North Dakota
College of Business & Public Administration.
While in law school, Grant was an associate
editor of the North Dakota Law Review. His Case
Comment was published in the North Dakota
review.
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