Admitted: 1976, Montana; 1977, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1986, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: University of San Diego, J.D.
Member: 5th Judicial District Bar Association (President, 1997); State Bar of Montana (Trustee, 1980-1987; Chairman of the Board, 1984-1987; President-Elect, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989; Immediate Past President, 1989-1990; State Bar ABA Delegate, 1989-1999; Member, Sections on: Business; Estates; Trusts; Tax; Real Property; Co-Chair, Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force, 1990-1993); State Bar of California; Utah State Bar; American Bar Association (Member: Sole Practitioners Subcommittee, 1980-1985; General Practice Section, 1980; ABA Delegate to House of Delegates, 1999-2008; Nominating Committee; Steering Committee of Nominating Committee; Executive Committee and Past President, National Caucus of State Bar Associations, 1997-2001; ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 2005-2008; Fellow of the American Bar Association, ABA Tax Section, Sales, Exchanges and Basis Committee, 2000).
Biography: Author: Comment, "United States v. Solis," San Diego Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, 410, 1976. Deputy Beaverhead Co-Attorney, 1978-1979. Chairman: City of Dillon Police Commission, 1982-1987; Western Montana College Foundation, 1986-1988. Director, Beaverhead County Chamber of Commerce, 1983-1989. Member, Montana Water Court, Mediation Steering Committee, 1992.
Born: Dillon, Montana, April 11, 1949