| Daniel Crothers | |
| Office: | Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court |
| Appointer: | John Hoeven |
| Term Start: | June 2005 |
| Birth Name: | Daniel John Crothers |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Education: | University of North Dakota (BA, JD) |
Daniel John Crothers (born January 3, 1957) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Crothers was born in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1957. Crothers was raised in West Fargo, American Samoa, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] After graduating from Eldorado High School, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1982.[2]
In 1982 and 1983, Crothers served as a law clerk for Ramon Lopez of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. He also operated a private legal practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Fargo, North Dakota. In 2005, then-Governor John Hoeven appointed Crothers to the North Dakota Supreme Court. He was elected to an unexpired four-year term in 2008 and re-elected to a ten-year term in 2012. In 2022, Crothers was re-elected, pledging that the term would be his last.[3]
Crothers was president of the State Bar Association of North Dakota from 2001 to 2002. He is also a member of North Dakota's Committee on Judiciary Standards and chairs the North Dakota Court Services Administration Committee. He is a member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Policy Implementation Committee. Crothers was formerly chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection.