Admitted
1974, North Dakota; 1975, Minnesota
Law School
University of North Dakota, J.D., with distinction, 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
North Dakota State University, B.S., 1971
Memberships
State Bar Association of North Dakota; Cass County, Big Muddy, East Central District (Member: Board of Governors, 1997-1999; Ethics Committee, 1996-1997) and Minnesota State (Member, Governing Council, Civil Litigation Section, 1984-1991; 7th District Ethics Committee, 1987-1995; Co-chair, Committee on Professionalism, 1997-1998) Bar Associations; North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
Biographical
Note Editor, Law Review Board of Editors, 1973-1974. Listed in Guidebook - Law and Leading Attorneys, 1994-2000. Author: Unemancipated Minor Entitled to Bring Action Against Parent to Recover For Personal Injuries Sustained in Motor Vehicle Accident, 49 North Dakota Law 179, 1973; Due Process Safeguards in Prison Disciplinary Proceedings: The Application of the Goldberg Balancing Test, 49 North Dakota Law Review 675, 1973; Legal Malpractice Defense - the Benefits of a Documented File, Bench & Bar, 1988. Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge, Donald D. Alsop, 1975-1976. Member, U.S. Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, 1998—. Fellow, The International Society of Barristers. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Civil Trial Specialist Certified by the Civil Litigation Section, Minnesota State Bar Association)