- University of South Dakota, Bachelor of Science 1990
- University of South Dakota, Juris Doctor 1993
- South Dakota 1993
- Wyoming 2006
- 1993-1994 Clerk for South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Amundson
- President, Butte County Bar Association 1996
- President, South Dakota Council of School Attorneys 2002-2003
- President, South Dakota Municipal Attorneys Association 2003-2004
- Bar Commissioner, South Dakota State Bar 2002-2005
- Best Lawyers in America, 2007 to present
- Northern Hills United Way, President, 2008
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Trustee 2010 to present)
- In Re Estate of Hamilton, 2012 SD 34, 814 NW2d 141
- Kirksey v. Grohman, 2008 SD 76, 754 NW2d 825
- Grynberg Exploration Corp. v. Puckett, 2004 SD 77, 682 NW2d 317
- Burkhart v. Lillehaug, 2003 SD 62, 664 NW2d 41
- Shevling v. Butte County, 1999 SD 88, 596 NW2d 728
- New v. Weber, 1999 SD 125, 600 NW2d 568
- Oelrichs School Dist. 23-3 v. Sides; 1997 SD 55, 562 NW2d 907
- Pluimer v. City of Belle Fourche, 1996 SD 65, 549 NW2d 202.
- Niemi v. Fredlund Township, et al., 2015 S.D. 62
- Holsti v. Kimber, et al., 2014 S.D. 21
