Admitted
1965, North Dakota; 1966, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Dakota, J.D., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
University of North Dakota, B.A., 1963
Memberships
Cass County (President, 1977-1978) and American (Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Attorney Standards Committee, 1986-1999; Chairman, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Committee, 1986-1988 ); North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Founding Member, 1975; President, 1986-1987; Member: Board of Directors, 1984—; State Key Person Committee, 1987—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (President's Council, 1986-1988; Board of Governors, 1989—; Key Person Committee, 1986—; Co-chair, Quality of Life and Substance Abuse Committee, 1996—; Budget Committee, 1997-1998; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (State Captain, Board of Directors, 1988-1996); Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Roscoe Pound Foundation; Civil Justice Foundation; Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorney's of California; Inns of Court (Master, 1996—); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Directors, North Dakota Law Review, 1964-1965. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America, 1990—. Assistant City Attorney, Fargo, ND, 1967-1968. Assistant States Attorney, Cass County, 1971-1975. Recipient: Wiedemann-Wysocki Citation of Excellence given by The Association of Trial Lawyers in America, 1991-1992, 1994-1998 and 2002; Diplomate in Trial Advocacy 1994, awarded by National College of Advocacy for The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1994. Faculty Instructor, National College of Advocacy, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 2000 and 2002. Member of Faculty: Basic College of Trial Advocacy, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Scottsdale, AZ, 1990; Princeton, NJ, 1990; Hastings School of Law, San Francisco, CA, 1991; University of Alabama Law School, Tuscaloosa, 1993; University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997; Ultimate Course in Trial Advocacy, Harvard Law School, 1993, 1998, 2000 and 2002; Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Stanford University Law School, 1995; U.C. Berkley, 1997; Overcoming Juror Bias College, 2001, 2002 and 2003; and Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Fargo, North Dakota, 1976-1979.