Meet the U.S. Attorney

Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl

Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl, a native of Devils Lake, North Dakota, is a longtime federal prosecutor. Puhl graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law.  After completing a clerkship with the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring at the North Dakota Supreme Court, she worked in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She then joined the USAO in 2002.  As an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of North Dakota, she has prosecuted a variety of cases, including technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children.  Since coming to the USAO, she has also served as the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator and the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator.

In addition, Puhl continues to serve as the human trafficking coordinator for the United States Attorney’s Office responsible for prosecuting sex trafficking cases.  In 2015, Puhl partnered with a nongovernmental organization in creating a coalition of law enforcement and service providers to address the human trafficking epidemic in North Dakota.  This coalition recently evolved into the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force (NDHTTF).