Admitted
1985, South Dakota
Law School
University of South Dakota, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of South Dakota, B.A., magna cum laude, 1981
Memberships
Pennington County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Chair, Practice Rules Revision Committee, 1990-1995; Lawyer Competency Committee, 1995-1996); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1996; Chair, South Dakota Gender Fairness Task Force; Chair, Women's Section Study Committee, 1997-1998); National Employment Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. International Graduate of the Year, 1984. Editor: South Dakota Employment Law Letter. Author: The Right to Personal Notice of Farm Loan Deferral: Relief after Curry v. Block, Vol. 28; In Search of Liability for Hazardous Waste Dumping, Vol., 29, South Dakota Law Review. Co-Author: The Evolving Boundaries of the At-Will Employment Doctrine in South Dakota, Vol. 38, South Dakota Law Review. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, South Dakota, Southern Division, 1984-1986. Member, Federal Advisory Committee for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994—, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, State Advisory Committee, 1995-1997.