William Lee Paulson[1] (September 3, 1913 – June 16, 2000) was a justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983.
[2] Paulson served as the state's attorney of Barnes County, North Dakota, from 1941 until 1950 and again from 1959 until 1966.
During this time, he was also chancellor of the Episcopal Church of North Dakota in 1965, district vice-president of U.S. Jaycees in 1945 and 1946.
[2] Paulson also served as director of the Valley City Chamber of Commerce at one point.
[2] Paulson was a judge on the National Awards Jury of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in the years 1969, 1971, and 1977.