Admitted
1956, South Dakota; 1959, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of South Dakota, J.D., 1956
Law School Graduation Year
1956
Memberships
Second Judicial Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (President, 1974-1975; Judicial Qualifications Committee, 1979-1983; Chairman, Task Force on Professionalism Committee, 1991); Federal District of South Dakota (Chairman, Advisory Committee for the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, Committeeman Advisory Committee on Local Rules); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; National Conference of Bar Presidents; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1969-1970); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. State's Attorney, Tripp and Todd Counties, 1958-1961. President, South Dakota Junior Bar Association, 1962-1963. Trial Judge for Rosebud Sioux Tribe, 1964-1971. President, 11th Judicial Circuit Bar Association, 1964-1965. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Counsel Association. Life Member, American Bar Foundation. Member of: Sicangu Oyate Bar Association; Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court; Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Court; Crow Creek Tribal Court; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Court.