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.[1] Crothers was formerly chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection.[1]
References
^ abc2013-2015 North Dakota Blue Book. North Dakota Secretary of State. p. 201. ISBN9780974289809.