Admitted: 1978, South Dakota; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, Minnesota
Law School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, J.D.
Member: State Bar of South Dakota (Member, Criminal Law Section, 1986; Member, Pattern Criminal Jury Instruction Committee); Black Hills Criminal Defense Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; Minnesota State Bar Association.
Biography: Order of the Coif. Listed in: National Directory of Criminal Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America. Chairman, Board of Directors, Black Hills Legal Services Corporation, 1983-1985. President, Black Hills Criminal Defense Association, 1987. First Federal Public Defender, U.S. District of South Dakota, 1999-2003. Criminal reform law consultant, Republics of Uzbekistan and Armenia (2004).
Born: Bassett, Nebraska, July 25, 1946