Beryl Levine, the primary lady to serve on the North Dakota Supreme Courtroom, has died. She was 86.
Levine died Saturday at her residence in San Mateo, California, in line with an obituary.
Gov. George Sinner appointed the Winnipeg native to the courtroom in 1985. She served till retiring in 1996. Levine and her husband, Leonard, moved to California in 1996. He died in 2020.
Levine “was a terrific colleague, a superb good friend, and I miss her,” mentioned Justice Gerald VandeWalle, who was shut with Levine throughout their time collectively on the courtroom.
Levine’s mind and skill made her nicely certified for the courtroom, in line with VandeWalle, who referred to as her “an advocate for girls” and “such a character, and she or he stood her personal very nicely.”
The opposite three male justices “have been considerably skeptical of her when she got here up,” however rapidly realized to just accept her, VandeWalle mentioned. He had recognized Levine over earlier years, calling her nicely revered at Vogel Regulation Agency in Fargo the place she practiced for 10 years earlier than her appointment.
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“I knew that she was a top-notch high quality. She was a very nice particular person,” VandeWalle mentioned.
Former Justice Dale Sandstrom mentioned Levine “was a wonderful Justice, an exquisite colleague, and a task mannequin to so many.”
He recounted someday on the courtroom when Levine held and rocked his toddler daughter, Carrie, in a single arm whereas studying briefs and turning pages along with her different hand in her chambers.
Sandstrom’s daughter went on to painting Levine in a fourth-grade class pageant of historic North Dakota figures, and is at this time a lawyer in New York Metropolis.
Three different ladies have served on the five-member courtroom since Levine.
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