Admitted
1974, North Dakota, Minnesota, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Dakota, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of North Dakota, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Big Muddy and American (Member: Litigation Section; Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Standing Committee on Client Protection) Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota (President, 1991-1992; Member, 1980-1997, and Chairman, 1986-1989, Federal Practice Committee; Member, 1983-1989, and Chairman, 1985-1989, North Dakota Commission for Continuing Legal Education; Chairman, 1985-1989, Inquiry Committee West; Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1989, 1991—; Member, Client Security Fund Committee, 1987-1989, 1990-1992); North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1994); Recipient, 1997 State Bar Association of North Dakota Distinguished Service Award; Member, North Dakota Judicial Conduct Commission; Member, North Dakota Judicial Conference; Member, Judge Bruce M. Van Sickle, American Inn of Court (President, 1992-1995); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Board Certified Civil Litigation, National Board of Trial Advocacy; Delegate to American Bar Association from State Bar Association of North Dakota; American College of Barristers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Development Editor, North Dakota Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Judge Paul Benson, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, 1974-1976. Assistant U.S. Attorney, North Dakota, 1976-1981. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, North Dakota, 1981-1983. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1988-1989, 1991-1993, 1996-2001. President, South Central Judicial District Bar Association, 1987-1989. Member, 1990— and Board of Directors, North Dakota Bar Foundation, 1990-1992. Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation.