EDUCATION

• University of North Dakota School of Law (J.D. with Distinction 1989)
• North Dakota Law Review, Managing Research Editor
• All school Moot Court championship team
• Valley City State University (B.A. cum laude 1986)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• North Dakota
• Minnesota
• South Dakota
• United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
• Unites States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Past member and chair of the Ethics Committee for the State Bar Association of North Dakota (SBAND)
• Past Secretary-Treasurer for the SBAND Board of Governors
• Former member of the SBAND Joint Committee on Attorney Standards
• Active in First Lutheran Church, Fargo, N.D., including past member of the First Lutheran Church Foundation Board

EXPERIENCE & HONORS

• Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, which is a group whose membership is determined solely by invitation and is limited to one percent of the practicing lawyers in any state.
• Selected as a “Super Lawyer” since 2007 and currently listed as a Top-Rated Business Litigation Attorney.
• Listed by Chambers USA as being in the top band [tier] of commercial litigation lawyers in the State of North Dakota.

AREAS OF PRACTICE