Admitted: 1986, all Courts of South Dakota

Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D. with honors, 1986

College: Northern State College, B.S. with honors, 1973; Northern Illinois University, M.A.

Member: South Dakota Bar Examiner, 2001-present; State Bar of South Dakota (former Chair, Worker's Compensation Committee); American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; National Panel for Construction Dispute Resolution Services; recognized by the publication Best Lawyers in America and Great Plains Super Lawyers.

Biography: South Dakota Bar Examiner, 2001 to present; 1985 Regional XIV National Moot Court Competition Representative (best Brief; first place argument); Law Clerk, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; Author: "Textbook Loans to Parochial School Students: South Dakota's Continued Rejection of The Child Benefit Doctrine," 31 South Dakota Law Review, 1986.