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Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Public Law; Personal Injury
Admitted: 1977, South Dakota and U. S. District Court, Southern District of South Dakota
Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1977
College: University of South Dakota, B.A., 1974
Member: The State Bar of South Dakota (President, 2010 - 2011; (Chair - Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2005-2009); American Association for Justice (Vice President, President's Council, 2000-2001); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1999-2000); Tri-County (President, 1982-1983) and Minnehaha County Bar Associations.
Biography: Member, South Dakota Board of Elections, 2003-; Federal Judicial Center Foundation Board, District of Columbia, 2000. Deputy States Attorney, 1977-1985 and States Attorney, 1985-1987, Lake County. Member, Board of Directors, Bar Commissioner, State of South Dakota, 1985-1988. Pi Sigma Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Author: "The 1976 Revision of the South Dakota Criminal Code: Putting the Field Code Out to Pasture," 22 South Dakota Law Review, No. l, 1977.
Identified as an Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rated attorney (the highest available), recognized Chambers and Partners for Labor & Employment and in Best Lawyers in America for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Labor & Employment Law.
Reported Cases: Jaros v. Lodgenet, 171 F.Supp2d. 992 (D.S.D., 2001); City of Marshall v. Heartland Consumers Power District, 384 F. Ed. 517 (2004); Voeltz v. Arctic Cat, Inc., 406 F. Ed. 1047 (2005)
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