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Practice Areas: Employment Law (discrimination, litigation, employee handbooks, management & sexual harassment training and other workplace issues); Education Law
Admitted: 1985, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1984
College: University of South Dakota, B.A., magna cum laude, 1981
Member: Pennington County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Chair, Practice Rules Revision Committee, 1990-1995; Lawyer Competency Committee, 1995-1996); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1996); Employers Counsel Network; Assoc. Justice, Oglala Sioux Nation Supreme Court, 1998-2005; Editor, South Dakota Employment Law Letter, 1996-current.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. International Graduate of the Year, 1984. South Dakota Law Review Board. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, South Dakota, Southern Division, 1984-1986. Member, Federal Advisory Committee for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1994–1997, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, State Advisory Committee, 1995-1997.
Publications: HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference, Chapter Author, M. Lee Smith Publications LLC, November 2009
"Employment Theories for the South Dakota Practitioner." Author, Vol. 52, South Dakota Law Review.
"The Evolving Boundaries of the At-Will Employment Doctrine in South Dakota," Co-Author, Vol. 38, South Dakota Law Review.
Languages: French
Reported Cases: Jones v. American State Bank, 676 FSupp 291 (DSD 1987) affd, 857 F2d494 (8th Cir 1988); Sedlacek v. South Dakota Teen Softball Program, 437 NW2d 866 (S.D. 1989); Niesent v. Homestake Mining Co., 505 NW2nd 781 (S.D. 1993); People in Interest of S.A.H. 537 NW2d 1 (S.D. 1995); Trovese v. O'Meara 493 NW2d 221 (S.D. 1992).
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