Practice Areas:
- Civil Litigation
- Class Actions
- Estate Planning Law
- Farm Law
- Indian Law
- Ranch Law
- Taxation Law
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- LL.M. - 1965
- University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana
- LL.B. - 1962
- Honors: With Honors
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- S.J.D. Candidate
Bar Admissions
- Montana, 1962
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1974
- U.S. District Court District of Montana, 1967
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1967
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1965
- Crow Tribal Court, 1970
- Fort Peck Tribal Court, 1990
- Fort Belknap Tribal Court, 1971
- Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court, 1987
- Federal Claims Court, 1965
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1965
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2000
- U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, 1992
- U.S. Tax Court, 1968
- U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 1963
Honors
- Named as 1 of 12 Best State Officials in the Nation in July 1983 Issue of "Washington Monthly"
- Named as 1 of 10 Best State Officials in the Nation in Feb.-Mar. 1984 Issue of "Mother Jones"
- Democratic Candidate for Congress, 1976.
- Listed as #26 of the 100 most Influential Montanans in the 20th century
Professional Associations
- Montana Bar Association
- American Hereford Association
- Billings Breakfast Optimist Club
- Alternatives, Incorporated (Halfway House), 1977
- VOA (Group Homes for Emotionally Disturbed Kids), 1985
- First National Bank & Trust, Wibaux, Montana, 1987 to 1992
- American Bar Association, 2002
- Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 2000
Current Employment Position
- Of Counsel
Representative Clients
- Farmers and Ranchers
- Rivendell of Billings
- United Mine Workers of America
- 1st National Bank & Trust, Wibaux, Montana
- Crow Tribe
References
- 1st National Bank & Trust, Wibaux, Montana
- Norwest National Bank, Billings, Montana
- First Interstate Bank, Billings Hgts., Montana
Published Works
- Unavoidable Accident Instruction Held Reversible Error in Negligence Actions (Chapter in a book edited by Melvin Belli), 2 Tort and Medical Yearbook 484, 1962
- Criminal Pre-Trial Procedures in France, Tulane Law Review, 38 Tulane L. Rev 469, 1964
- Fundamental Rights in the Soviet Union: A Comparative Approach, 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1251, June 1967, 1967
- Truth and Individual Rights: A Comparison of United States and French Pre-Trial Procedures, 3 Am. Crim. L. Q. 159, Summer 1964, 1964
- Natural Law and the Ninth Amendment, 2 Pepp. L. Rev. 270, Spring 1975, 1975
- A Growing Awareness of Privacy in America, 37 Mont. L. Rev. 39, Winter 1976, 1976
- Revenue and Finance Under Montana's 1972 Constitution, 51 Mont. L. Rev. 399, Summer 1990, 1990