Shon Hastings was appointed Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of North Dakota in September 2011. Judge Hastings is also designated to preside over bankruptcy cases in the Districts of Minnesota and South Dakota. From 2014 to 2021, she was assigned 20 percent of Chapter 7, 12 and 11 bankruptcy cases in the District of Nebraska. Judge Hastings serves as a mediator for civil cases in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota and bankruptcy cases in the District of Minnesota. She has also mediated bankruptcy cases in the Northern and Southern District of Iowa. In January 2022, she was appointed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Eighth Circuit. In addition to her case-related work, Judge Hastings is the Eighth Circuit representative to the Bankruptcy Judge Advisory Group.