Gerald Wayne VandeWalle (born August 15, 1933) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1978 to 2023.

[1] While attending the University of North Dakota he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

He then received a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1958.

In late 2019, VandeWalle announced he would not seek reelection for another term as chief justice, but would remain on the court.

[2] He was the longest-serving chief justice in North Dakota history and at the time, the oldest in the nation.