Admitted
1981, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School
University of South Dakota, J.D., with honors, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
South Dakota State University, B.S., 1978
Memberships
Second Judicial Circuit (President, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Symposium Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: United States v. Homestake Mining Company: That Ain't Gold in Gold Run Creek, 25 South Dakota Law Review 80, 1980; Jurisdictional Confusion on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation: United States v. Dupris, 25 South Dakota Law Review 355, 1980. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald J. Porter, U.S. District Court, South Dakota, 1981-1982.