• District Court, D. South Dakota

  Judge

  1979 – 2003 · 24 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter

• South Dakota Supreme Court

  Judge

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

Career

• Judge

  1980 – 1980

• Associate justice

  South Dakota Supreme Court

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  1976 – 1976

• prac

  1976 – 1976

• Private practice

  1959 – 1977 · 18 yrs

• State's attorney

  1957 – 1959 · 2 yrs

• State representative

  South Dakota

  1955 – 1957 · 2 yrs

• State's attorney

  1948 – 1952 · 4 yrs

• St. Paul

  Minnesota

  1947 – present · 79 yrs

• Private practice

  1947 – 1959 · 12 yrs

• Staff attorney

  Office of Temporary Controls

  1946 – 1947 · 1 yr

• Sioux Falls

  South Dakota

  1946 – present · 80 yrs

• U.S. Army

  1943 – 1946 · 3 yrs

Education