Admitted
1989, South Dakota
Law School
University of South Dakota, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
University of South Dakota, B.S., 1982
Memberships
American College of Trust and Estates Counsel (Fellow); State Bar of South Dakota (Chair, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 1996-1998, Member, 1998— and Chair, 1999—, Business Law Committee; Chair, Philanthropy Committee, 1997-1999); American Bar Association (Member, General Practice Section; Chair, Estate Planning and Probate Committee; Editor in Chief, Best of ABA Sections; Division Director; Council Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section).
Biographical
Law Clerk to Hon. Fred J. Nichol, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, South Dakota, 1988-1989. Co-Author: The South Dakota Limited Liability Company Act: the Next Generation Begins, South Dakota L. Rev., Vol. 44, Iss. 2, 1999. Contributing Author: American Bar Association, Property Tax Handbook, 1994—. National Business Institute, Author and Lecturer on Estate Planning and Business Issues. Director, West River Estate Planning Council, 1990-1992, 1994-1996. Member, Biomedical Ethics Committee, Rapid City Regional Hospital. Member, Board of Directors: The Catholic Education Fund, Inc.; Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation, Inc. Trustee, 4-H Foundation, 1999—. South Dakota Contact, Council on State Taxation Cost, State Taxation Committee, Washington, D.C. State President, South Dakota Planned Giving Council, 1996-1998. Member: Governor's Trust Task Force, 1997—; Family Business Initiative. South Dakota Editor, Real Property Tax Symposium. Listed in: Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers in Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Property.