Position:  Partner

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Civil Rights, Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Corporations - Business Litigation, and Criminal Defense

Admitted: 1977, South Dakota; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1980, Eight Circuit Court of Appeals; 1981, Oglala Sioux Tribal Court; 1998, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court

Educated: University of South Dakota (B.S., Government, 1974); University of South Dakota, School of Law (J.D., 1977)

Member: State Bar of South Dakota; Pennington County Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Black Hills Legal Services (Chairman 1996 - 1999; Board of Directors 1988 - 1999); Board of the South Dakota Law Review 1996 - 1999; Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Born: Toledo, Oregon, March 13, 1952.