Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Intellectual Property; Education Law; Utility Law
Admitted: 1964, North Dakota and South Dakota
Law School: University of North Dakota, J.D., 1964
College: St. John's University, B.A., 1961
Member: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association (Delegate); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Counsel Association; Lex Mundi; National Association of College and University Attorneys; American Law Institute. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Member, North Dakota Law Review, 1963-1964. Member, South Dakota State Legislature, 1971-1974. Speaker of House of Representatives, 1973-1974. Life Member, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1977–; Chair, Executive Committee, 1995-1997; President, 1997-1999. Member, Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, 1999-2000.