Admitted
1978, North Dakota; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 1993, U.S. District Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1994, Minnesota
Law School
University of North Dakota, J.D., with distinction, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
North Dakota State University, B.A., 1975
Memberships
Cass County and Minnesota State Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Special Projects Editor, North Dakota Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to the Hon. Chief Justice Ralph Erickstad, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Author: If Defendant is Predisposed to Commit the Offense, No Defense of Entrapment Exists, Even if Government Agent Supplies the Contraband, 53 North Dakota Law Review p. 284 (1976); Reflections on State v. Nagel: The State's Perspective, 50 North Dakota Law Review, p. 745 (1982); I Only Had 2 Beers! A North Dakota Prosecutor's Manual for DUI Cases (1989); The Polygraph in 1995: Progress in Science and the Law, 71 North Dakota Law Review, p. 987 (1995). Instructor: Criminal Justice, North Dakota State University, 1981-1983; Criminal Advocacy, University of North Dakota, School of Law, 1992—. Prosecutor, Cass County, North Dakota, 1979-1985. Executive Director, North Dakota State's Attorney's Association, 1983-1985. First Assistant Attorney General, North Dakota Attorney General's Office, 1985-1989.