Admitted
1979, North Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 1980, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1991, Montana; 1996, U.S.
Law School
University of North Dakota, J.D., with distinction, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Elmhurst College, B.A., with honors, 1976
Memberships
Big Muddy Bar Association; State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Ethics Committee, 1983-1990; Chairman, 1985-1989); State Bar of Montana (Member, Indian Law Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute; American Employment Law Council; National Institute for Farm Safety.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, North Dakota Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: Courts-Navigable Waters-State Law, Not Federal, Determines Riparian Rights to Accretions, Vol. 54, No. 3, North Dakota Law Review, 1978. Law Clerk to Associate Justice William L. Paulson, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1979-1980. Associate, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Illinois, 1980-1982. Special Assistant Attorney General, North Dakota, 1996—.