Admitted
1962, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 1969, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Law School
University of Denver, J.D., with honors, 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.S., 1959
Memberships
Nebraska State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Montana; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Teaching Faculty since 1964); Montana Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1979-1980); Western Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1980); International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Broad of Trial Advocacy.
Biographical
Member, Order of St. Ives. Recipient: Career Achievement Award, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 1998. Guest Lecturer and Part Time Instructor, University of Montana Law School, 1978—. Justice, Montana Supreme Court, 1981-1987; Chairman, Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 1984. President: Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 1979. Member, Board of Governors, Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1973. Co-Author: Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform: Equal Protection and State Constitutions, 64 Den. U. L. Review 719, 1987. (Also Of Counsel to Hedman, Hileman & Lacosta)