Mark A. Beauchene

Mark A. Beauchene is of counsel at Wold Johnson, P.C. in Fargo, North Dakota whose practice focuses on criminal defense and litigation. Beauchene works with individuals facing traffic matters, misdemeanors, felonies, and other criminal proceedings on pre-charge advice, motion practice, constitutional and search-and-seizure issues, trials, and criminal defense in state and federal courts. The practice is grounded in the specific legal and business issues reflected in those matters, with attention to the governing law, the client’s objectives, and the practical steps required to move a matter forward.

Beauchene’s education includes a Business Economics degree from North Dakota State University in 1976 and law studies at the University of North Dakota School of Law, where he graduated in 1979. His education led directly into a criminal-defense practice that began in 1979. This background supports careful legal analysis, research, writing, and problem solving in the matters handled in practice. It also provides context for evaluating legal risk, explaining available options, and connecting technical rules to the real-world decisions clients need to make.

Beauchene’s experience includes representing clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, including pre-charge matters, motion practice, trials, and cases involving constitutional and search-and-seizure issues. Beauchene also has practiced in all North Dakota state and federal courts and has focused his career primarily on criminal defense. These matters have involved traffic cases, misdemeanor and felony prosecutions, state courts, and federal courts. The breadth of this work provides experience with the procedural, transactional, regulatory, or courtroom demands that can shape a client’s strategy from the early stages of a matter through resolution or implementation.

Mark A. Beauchene has also been recognized for more than four decades of criminal-defense experience in North Dakota. Through his long-standing courtroom practice and focus on criminal defense, Beauchene remains engaged with the professional and practical issues that affect this area of law. Clients benefit from advice that is tied to the facts of the matter, the applicable legal framework, and the business or personal considerations that influence how a legal issue should be addressed.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Wold Johnson, P.C.
• Member, State Bar Association of North Dakota

Licensed State

• North Dakota

Education

• North Dakota State University
  Business Economics degree

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