Admitted: 1980, South Dakota

Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., with honors, 1980

College: University of South Dakota, B.S., 1977; University of South Dakota, M.B.A., 1980

Member: State Bar of South Dakota (Co-Chair, Business Law Committee, 1996-2000); American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; American College of Mortgage Attorneys.

Biography: Certified Public Accountant (inactive), South Dakota. Symposium Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1979-1980. Author, "South Dakota's System of Financing Public Education: Is It Constitutional?" South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 24. Law Clerk to Chief Justice, Supreme Court of South Dakota, 1980-1981. Selected to be included in "Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business" Publication.  Listed in "Great Plains Super Lawyers" for Business / Corporate Law.  Martindale-Hubbell. "AV" Rated lawyer.