Education

• University of South Dakota Law School, J.D., 2007 (Sterling Honor Society)

• Editor in Chief of the Great Plains Natural Resources Journal

• Author: “Waterkeeper Alliance v EPA:  A Demonstration in Regulating in Regulators,” 10 Great Plains Natural Resources Journal 17 (2006)

• Trial Team

• National Moot Court

• National Member of the Order of Barristers

• Graduate assistant for the General Counsel of the South Dakota Board of Regents

• University of Iowa, B.A, 2002

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Bar Admission

South Dakota, 2008

Iowa, 2008

Courts

Iowa State District Court

Iowa Supreme Court

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa

U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

South Dakota State Courts

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Professional and Community Organizations

Judicial Law Clerk, South Dakota Supreme Court

Faith Hope and Charity, Board Member

Middle School Mock Trial, Judge and Coach

Lake Preservation Association

Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity

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Memberships in Professional Organizations

Iowa Bar Association: Fellow and Governor District 3A

State Bar of South Dakota

Buena Vista County Bar Association, President

Participating Attorney with Iowa Title Guaranty