Admitted
1985, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1986, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of South Dakota, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Augustana College, B.A., 1982
Memberships
Kansas City Metropolitan, Pennington County (President, 1995) and American (Vice Chair, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Defamation and Media Torts Committee, 1995—) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; State Bar of South Dakota (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1993-1994; Bar Commissioner, 1996—); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, South Dakota Moot Court Board, 1983-1985. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of South Dakota, 1985-1986.