The Magazine of the School of Law of The University of South Dakota Fall 2010

Mentorship Coin Program Takes Off

USD Hosts National NALSA Competition

The Lasting Legacy of Professor John Hagemann FROM THE DEAN

As some of you know, I had to have surgery for a detached retina in April. Unfortunately, the detachment was too serious for repair with laser treatment. It required full-blown surgery. Fortunately, the surgery went very well, and I have full use of my eye. Because the surgery was done with local anesthesia, I was able to hear what went on. I even chatted a bit with the surgeon, suggesting that the hospital should delete the Michael Jackson song from the soundtrack that was playing during the operation. He reassured me that they allow only professionals to use Propofol, the anesthesia that apparently killed Jackson. What most impressed me about what I heard was that the surgeon thanked the operating nurse every time she handed him a surgical instrument. After the surgery, I complimented him on this. His response was that the nurse was important to him and the surgery, because he depended on her to hand him the right instrument. Throughout the process, I was impressed by the surgeon’s professionalism in dealing with me, but I was even more impressed that he was just as professional with his support staff. At our hooding ceremony in May, I reminded our newest graduates that, as lawyers, we need to remember to be professional not only to clients and judges. We need to say thanks to the clerk of court, the court reporter, the secretary and the custodian who make it possible for us to do our work. We need to do that not only because it is in our self-interest, but also because all people deserve to be appreciated and recognized when they do a good job. So I want to use this space to say thanks to the people who make the Law School such a great place to learn and work. That includes a lot of people. I want to thank the faculty for their commitment to the education of our students and to the welfare of the Law School. They work hard to fulfill their teaching, research and service obligations. They care about their students and their areas of legal expertise. They care about the Law School and the legal profession. I want to thank the Law School staff who provide support to the faculty and students. Because of the State’s budget situation, the staff keeps getting smaller while the tasks seem to get more numerous. Law schools are complex institutions, and it takes a wide array of skills to keep one operating. I am fortunate that I have such a talented and dedicated staff. I want to thank the students who have decided to invest a great deal of time and money in getting a legal education at USD. If you are reading this, I don’t need to tell you how demanding the Law School is. Our students come to class prepared to learn, and they use the knowledge and skills we help develop to excel in our co-curricular programs and ultimately in the practice of law. One indicator of the ability and dedication of our students is that 100 percent of our first-time takers passed the bar exam in both South Dakota and Iowa in July. Finally, I want to thank you, our graduates and friends. Each year, scores of you contribute your time to some aspect of our educational program. You also contribute the funds that support our student organizations, scholarships and various enrichment activities. You hire our graduates and mentor them to become proficient practicing lawyers. Most importantly, you allow all of us at the Law School to serve society by using the legal education you received here to serve your clients. My eye surgery did much more than save my vision. What I heard in the operating room helped me see just how fortunate I am to be associated with the USD School of Law. I hope you feel the same way.

Barry R. Vickrey Dean & Professor South Dakotan Lawyer Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 2010

ADMINISTRATION Barry R. Vickrey Dean and Professor Thomas L. Sorensen Fall 2010 Associate Dean The Magazine of the School of Law of The University of South Dakota Angela R. Ericson Assistant Dean

EDITORIAL STAFF Kim Lee Editor, Marketing Communications and University Relations Features Raleigh Hansman Student Editor CONTRIBUTORS Mentorship Coin Matthew J. Abel Raleigh Hansman Program Takes Off Abigail A. Howell 14 Kim Lee The award-winning Mentorship Coin Program Robbie Rohl for young and experienced lawyers alike gains Marilyn F. Trefz national attention Meghan Woster

GRAPHIC DESIGN Eric Dalseide

PHOTOGRAPHY Nicole Choal USD Hosts National Eric Dalseide Gordana Filipovic NALSA Competition Royce Hansman 18 USD’s chapter played host to 42 teams Thomas Sorensen from all around the U.S.

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USD LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS The Lasting Legacy of President Richard L. Ericsson Professor John Hagemann Vice President Dana J. Frohling 21An inspiration to many, Hagemann’s scholarly Secretary Karen P. Hunt Treasurer Marilyn J. Hagberg passions live on at the The Hagemann Center for Legal and Public Policy Research CIRCUIT DIRECTORS 1st: Deborah J. Jesse, Lisa Z. Rothschadl 2nd: William C. Garry, Lisa J. Maguire 3rd: Thomas F. Martin, Chad C. Nelson 4th: Karen P. Hunt, Heather Lammers Bogard 5th: Dana J. Frohling, Roy A. Wise 6th: Curt Mortenson, William M. Van Camp, Jr. 7th: Ashley Parr, Jennifer M. Williams Barry R. Vickrey, Dean and Professor Departments Pamela R. Bollweg, Chair, Law School Committee MEMBERS AT LARGE 2 Briefs Richard L. Ericsson Robert E. Hayes Marilyn J. Hagberg 10 Our Newest Alumni EX OFFICIO Faculty Spotlights Hon. David E. Gilbertson, Chief Justice 23 Supreme Court of South Dakota Richard D. Casey, President 28 Class Notes State Bar of South Dakota Patrick Goetzinger, President-Elect State Bar of South Dakota 30 Honor Roll of Donors Thomas C. Barnett, Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director, State Bar of South Dakota Robert E. Hayes, Past President Law School Foundation FALL 2010 | 1 BRIEFS

Judge Lawrence Piersol Receives 2010 McKusick Award

The Honorable Lawrence 1965 from USD. During law school, Piersol served as editor- L. Piersol was awarded the in-chief of the South Dakota Law Review. He spent three years 2010 Marshall M. McKusick trying general court martial cases as an Army captain until Award by The University of joining Sioux Falls firm Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith South Dakota Student Bar in 1968. In 1993, President Bill Clinton, with the consent of Association (SBA) on Oct. 14 the Senate, appointed Piersol as a United States district judge. at the School of Law. Piersol He served as chief judge for the District of South Dakota from is a senior judge with the U.S. 1999 to 2006. District Court, District of South Dakota in Sioux Falls. The McKusick Award is given annually to an outstanding “The Student Bar Association was inspired by the personal member of the South Dakota Bar for contributions to the legal and professional accomplishments of Judge Piersol,” said profession. The McKusick Award recipient is chosen by the SBA president Mitchell Morrison, who presented the award. SBA, based upon nominations by South Dakota Bar members. “His contributions to the South Dakota legal profession and It is named after Marshall M. McKusick (1879-1950), who community are exactly what the McKusick Award is intended was a professor at the USD School of Law beginning in 1902 to recognize.” and named dean of the Law School in 1911. He served for Piersol received a B.A. degree in 1962 and a J.D. degree in nearly five decades.

Geu Receives John Wesley Jackson Award for Excellence in Teaching

Professor Thomas E. Geu’s Jackson Award.” include organizational, transactional, attention to professionalism in Geu’s and capital formation courses. He classroom teaching has been recognized scholarship and also writes broadly on business for the second time as recipient of the service to the organization law and has a research Law School’s John Wesley Jackson profession is interest in determining whether law is a Outstanding Faculty Award. Geu was extensive. He complex adaptive system, similar to an presented the 2010 Jackson Award and has served as ecosystem. also received the honor in 1997. national reporter The Jackson Award was established “Tom Geu is a dedicated for the Uniform in 1981 through a gift by Horace classroom teacher, innovative legal Limited Cooperative Act and as South and Dorothy Jackson of Rapid City, scholar and national leader in law Dakota Commissioner for the Uniform in honor of members of the Jackson reform,” said Dean Barry Vickrey. “He Laws Commission. The Uniform Act family. Recipients are chosen based works as hard as any other professor is under the National Conference on a demonstration of teaching I have known anywhere, in any of Commissioners of Uniform State excellence in law, including classroom discipline, to constantly improve the Laws (NCCUSL). Geu is also an effectiveness, efforts to improve legal instruction he provides students. The elected member of the American Law education in South Dakota, research USD Law School is truly fortunate to Institute and has been active in the and writing, and public service have him as a member of our faculty State Bar of South Dakota. His areas contributions. and he is a deserving recipient of the of teaching at the USD School of Law

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USD’s NALSA Named National Chapter of the Year

USD’s Native American Law Students Association extremely rewarding to know that, as a group, we’ve been (NALSA) chapter received the 2010 Chapter of the Year award recognized for not just events we enjoy being a part of but by at the 35th annual Indian Law Conference in Santa Fe, N.M. benefitting others as well.” Lonnie became national NALSA In recognition of the chapter’s hard work during the president in 2010 and began his third year of classes in fall 2009-10 academic year, USD’s NALSA chapter was recognized 2010. nationally for the second time in three years. Chapter of the Year USD’s chapter was recognized for several achievements, is presented to the NALSA chapter demonstrating exceptional including serving as hosts for the National NALSA Moot excellence in pro bono legal assistance, membership, community Court Competition, pro bono work with the Indian Wills recognition and overall commitment to promoting the mission Project, organizing a food drive to benefit the Cheyenne River goals of National NALSA. Sioux Tribe and coordinating a toy drive for children of the “This is impressive and a well-deserved accomplishment Rosebud Sioux Tribe (details below). for so many who worked very hard throughout the year,” said For information about NALSA at USD, please visit the Lonnie Wright, 2009-10 president of USD’s NALSA. “It’s organization’s website at www.usdnalsa.org.

Holidays a Bit Brighter for Rosebud Sioux Children, Thanks to USD NALSA

Christmas 2009 came early to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe as The University of South Dakota’s Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) delivered gifts to 175 children of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe just in time for the holidays. “Many of these families living in poverty lack even the most basic items and don’t have much hope of having toys under the tree at Christmas,” stated USD NALSA President Lonnie Wright. From Nov. 9 through Dec. 11, 2009, USD’s NALSA chapter raised more than $1,000 during the organization’s first-ever toy drive. Toys for children aged two to 12 were donated at the collection box at the USD School of Law, delivered to NALSA members or purchased using monetary donations. “As a student organization, we are very thankful that the toy drive was an overwhelming success,” added Wright. “We could not have done it without the generosity and support of so many.”

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Law Student Elected Client Counseling National NALSA & Negotiation President Board Takes Leap Lonnie Wright, then a Forward second-year law student at By Matthew J. Abel the USD School of Law, was elected President of National The 2009-10 academic year brought great Native American Law Students success for the Client Counseling and Negotiation (NNALSA) at the 35th annual Board. In the fall, Chris Wentzlaff, Matt Murphy, Indian Law Conference, April 8-9, Chad Jungman and Nick Carda travelled to in Santa Fe, N.M. Pittsburgh, Pa., where the team placed second in an Wright was elected by ABA Arbitration Competition. The team of Tom National NALSA members Callery, Mindy Cunningham, Cassidy Stalley and from law schools across the Sam Nelson participated in the Regional Negotiation United States. He served on the National Board as the Area 8 Competition in Des Moines, Iowa. Representative in 2009-10. During the fall, the board also held the annual National NALSA is a national student organization 1L Intramural Negotiation Competition. Matthew comprised of 34 local NALSA chapters from law schools Abel placed first, Kasey Wassenaar and Ellie Murphy across the country. Wright was elected in a closely-contested placed second and Jaclyn Aberson and Kelsie Austin election, based upon his demonstrated leadership as Area 8 placed third. Representative and as the president of USD NALSA, which, In the spring semester, the team of Allison under his leadership, won the honor of Chapter of the Year at the Marsland, Chad Jungman, Tom Callery and Chris Conference. Wentzlaff participated in an International Mediation “Lonnie is truly committed to the furtherance of NNALSA’s Competition, placing fifth out of 36 teams. Sam objectives and he has both the motivation and the dedication Nelson and Mike Gee also travelled to Virginia to to set viable goals for the organization and see that they are participate in an Environmental Law Competition. reached,” said Jay Fuson, a second-year law student and fellow The annual 1L Client Counseling Competition NALSA member, who nominated Wright for the position. “His was also held in the spring. Lindsay Harris and vision for the future of NNALSA is admirable, but what set him Mallory Freeman placed first, Jason Krause and apart from the other candidates is that his good intentions are Matthew Abel placed second and Jaclyn Aberson and always followed by a thoughtful plan and action.” Kelsie Austin placed third. After his second-place Wright, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was raised in finish, Jason Krause said, “I enjoyed participating Ridgeview, on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation. He received in the Client Counseling Competition because it bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from South Dakota gave me a chance to utilize the analytical skills we’d School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) in Rapid City. been honing all year. Additionally, the competition While an undergraduate, he served for four years as SDSM&T’s provided me with an excellent example of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society president. real world, day to day, applicability of my legal Additionally, USD NALSA member Nick Hamze of education.” Hartford, was awarded First-Year Law Student of the Year for his The Client Counseling and Negotiation Board contributions to the National NALSA website and his work with changed its name in fall 2010 to the Alternative USD NALSA. Hamze was also elected to serve as the National Dispute Resolution Board because the organization NALSA Public Relations Director. is expanding its activities to include more forms of out-of-court resolution, such as arbitration and mediation.

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Alumna Honors School of Law with Star Quilt

Shaun Eastman, ‘08, honored the USD School of Law with the donation of a beautiful star quilt as a token of appreciation to the staff, professors and supporters of the School of Law. Eastman, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, credits the School of Law for helping her realize her dream of being an attorney and working for her tribe. “I cannot describe the gratitude in my heart for the wonderful opportunity to study law at USD School of Law,” Eastman said in a letter accompanying the quilt. Eastman also had the initials “JH” sewn into the quilt in memory and celebration of the late Professor John Hagemann. “As most South Dakotans know, the receiving of a star quilt is one of the highest honors which can be given in my culture and much thought went into the color and design,” Eastman also stated in her letter. The star quilt is hanging on display near the School of Law faculty suite.

Law School Website Ranked Highly in Georgetown Study

A study by a Georgetown University law librarian put (ABA). Using 14 objective elements, the study assigned USD’s School of Law website on its short list of law school weighted values to the elements that were present in each site, sites that employ effective strategies for web users. with a score of 100 points possible. Out of the 195 ABA law The author, Roger Skalbeck, associate law librarian of school websites, www.usd.edu/law ranked 16th. Georgetown University Law Center, evaluated websites of 195 Some of the criteria on which the USD School of Law U.S. law schools accredited by the American Bar Association site ranked highly in the study include a hierarchal structure to help users understand a site’s logical organization, a user-controlled content carousel, law school-relevant news headlines, and ease of finding contact information and the site’s search function. Completed in late 2009, the study was published in January 2010 by Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and is entitled “Top 10 Law School Homepages of 2009.” To read the entire report, visit scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/ facpub/180.

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Heels of Power: South Dakota and USD Women in Law Unite at 2010 State Bar Convention By Abigail A. Howell, USD WIL President 2009-2010

Stephanie member will consider contributing members for the 2010-2011 academic Pochop was named support toward the committee’s year. 2010 Attorney purpose. Expect a ‘WIL - it’s not just for In spring 2010, WIL hosted a of the Year by women anymore’ campaign.” panel discussion on “Women in the USD Women In Among other exciting activities Courtroom.” The discussion featured Law (WIL) in during the 2009-2010 academic year, the Hon. Judith Meierhenry, South June at the State WIL participated in the Susan G. Dakota Supreme Court justice; the Bar Convention Komen Race for the Cure in September Hon. Kathleen Caldwell, presiding in Rapid City. 2009 and contributed a sizeable judge, and the Hon. Patricia Riepel, Pochop, chair of the South Dakota donation to the cause. Additionally, the judge, both of the Second Judicial State Bar WIL Committee, received the group hosted a breast cancer awareness Circuit. The event was a question and award during the “Heels of Power” event event, put on by the June E. Nylen answer format attended by law students, hosted by the South Dakota Women Cancer Center staff for female law faculty, and community and University in Law and the USD Women in Law. students, faculty and staff to attend. guests. All of the featured panelists have Together, both groups are working to Thanks to a productive T-shirt sale been instrumental in helping women create a forum for women in the legal fundraiser, the WIL group was also able feel more confident and inspired within field and to generate awareness of the to award three scholarships to WIL the legal profession. diversity within the South Dakota Bar. “Stephanie has been a tireless supporter and friend of women lawyers, young and old,” said Justice Meierhenry. Hagen Touted for ‘Best Defense’ “She is a good lawyer and a leader in the profession.” at D.C. Mock Trial After accepting the honor, Pochop Third-year law student Alex stated, “Receiving the WIL Attorney Hagen received top honors at the of the Year Award is a highlight in my second annual Capitol City Challenge legal career. Receiving it from Justice Mock Trial Competition at the Meierhenry and Judge Caldwell, two District of Columbia Superior Court women who epitomize success and in Washington, D.C. Hagen was fulfillment in the practice of law, makes named Best Defense Advocate for the this award an absolutely priceless tournament. memory for me.” Hagen and teammates Lindsey USD WIL plans to collaborate Quasney, Kelsey Clark and Jennifer further with South Dakota WIL in Ferris defeated a Villanova University the coming years to further its goal team in the first round, but lost in the of diversity. In sharing her hopes for quarterfinals to a Regent University the future of WIL throughout South School of Law team. A total of 16 Dakota, Pochop stated, “By the 2011 teams competed in the tournament, State Bar meeting, the WIL committee which was hosted by the American hopes to raise enough awareness of our University Washington College of Law Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy committee’s mission that every Bar Program and Mock Trial Honor Society.

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South Dakota Law Review Year Includes Article Cite by Florida Supreme Court By Meghan Woster The South Dakota Law Review experienced successes into Indian Law and coincided with the national NALSA moot throughout the year that ranged from an article being cited by court competition, hosted in February at the Law School. the Florida Supreme Court to hosting a scholarly symposium At the beginning of the academic year, the Law Review’s that tied into a national competition hosted at the School annual Wine Review drew a large crowd to Sioux Falls in of Law and featuring an educational discussion of the free honoring a USD Law Review alumnus, the Honorable exercise clause of the First Amendment. Roger Wollman, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Finding out that a published lead article was cited by the Circuit. The event provided food, fellowship, and an evening Florida Supreme Court was exciting. The Olmstead case was of opportunities to visit with friends and colleagues and to a long-awaited creditors’ rights decision concerning single- congratulate Judge Wollman. member LLCS and the charging order remedy. The article Aside from special events, the Law Review board of cited, “Reverse Piercing: A Single Member LLC Paradox,” by editors and staff writers remained busy cite-checking articles Carter Bishop, can be located at 54 S.D. L. REV. 199. and producing three issues for Volume 55. The outgoing board Another event considered major was the annual Law of editors also selected the new editorial board in the spring, Review Symposium, which consisted of two parts. A morning with seven new students taking the helm. Fourteen new staff session focused on the free exercise clause and a showcase of writers were also selected through the Law Review’s annual scholars from across the nation. The afternoon session delved “write-on competition” for the 2010-2011 school year.

MSU Law Professor Presents Dillon Lecture “Indian nations and advocates - and the federal judiciary that Indian Country and their - view Indian law through a reactionary lens, deciding major litigation specialists establish issues as the cases arise,” according to Matthew L.M. Fletcher, a litigation strategy in the first associate professor of law at the Michigan State University instance.” College of Law. Fletcher presented the keynote speech for the The Dillon Lecture was University’s annual Dillon Lecture, hosted in February by the presented in conjunction with School of Law. two other major events at the “There are a few mini-movements, long-term strategies USD School of Law: the biennial on a particular issue, such as the Cobell litigation, the fishing Indian Law Symposium and the rights cases of the 1960s and 1970s, and perhaps a few others. National Native American Law But even those series of cases could hardly be called a strategic Students Association (NNALSA) Moot Court Competition, all ‘movement.’ As a result of a lack of a viable long-term strategy, in February. Forty-two NALSA teams from across the United I posit that tribal interests are and will continue to be punching States competed in this preeminent Indian law competition, bags in Supreme Court litigation.” including teams from USD’s chapter. USD’s is the longest- Fletcher, director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center running Indian law symposium in the nation. at MSU and a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa In addition to teaching courses in Indian law, Fletcher and Chippewa Indians, presented the lecture, “Rebooting Indian sits as an appellate judge for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Law in the Supreme Court” in the Law School courtroom. Indians, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the “There are certain cases tribal interests can win in the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and is a consultant to the Seneca Nation of Supreme Court, or at least the federal appellate courts,” Fletcher Indians Court of Appeals. An author of several articles published predicted, adding that the point of his lecture was not to in national law journals, including the Harvard Journal on establish a “comprehensive blueprint” for a long-term litigation Legislation, Houston Law Review and Tulane Law Review, he is strategy. “Instead, my purpose is to encourage - and demand - writing a book on the history of the Grand Traverse Band.

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Moot Court Teams Advance To Quarterfinals, Tie for Law School Honors Logan Hollers, Neil Roesler, Robbie Rohl, Mark Joyce represent USD School of Law in a successful way.” Hollers, and Benjamin Wetherell led two Moot Court teams through Roesler and Rohl also received the Law School’s Alan Bogue the preliminary rounds to the quarterfinals in 2009-2010 Moot Court Award and the Horace R. & Dorothy L. Jackson as competitions took them to Malibu and Minneapolis in Memorial Award. two semesters. The teams also tied for Law School honors In the spring, Hollers, Mark Joyce and Wetherell for their hard work and successes in brief writing and overall advanced to the quarterfinals of the University of Minnesota performances. School of Law’s William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court members credited active participation in Moot Court Competition in Minneapolis, Minn. The three their student organization with gaining important, real-world also received the Bogue Moot Court Award and the Jackson experience and enjoying team camaraderie in the efforts it Memorial Award. The two teams tied for these awards. takes to be competitive. By March 2010, the Moot Court Board and members “Moot Court was a constructive outlet that enabled geared up to host the annual Sam Masten Tournament for me to work with teammates toward a common goal,” first-year law students. The entire first-year class participated in commented member César Juárez. James Berreth added, “I the tournament’s oral arguments (the Law School’s version of enjoy Moot Court because the quality and professionalism “March Madness”), having each written an appellate brief for of the individuals I work with are second to none.” Courtney Fundamental Legal Skills class, conducted under the direction Stottler pointed out, “Knowing what to expect when I walked of Rachel Alexander, assistant professor, legal writing director, in to argue in front of the South Dakota Supreme Court made and Moot Court advisor. First-year students Sarah Zinter Moot Court an invaluable experience!” and Kasey Wassenaar advanced to the final round, where In the fall, the team of Hollers, Roesler and Rohl they argued in front of the South Dakota Supreme Court. advanced to the quarterfinals of Pepperdine University School Wassenaar was recognized as the winner by the Court, which of Law’s National Entertainment Moot Court Competition judges the championship round at the end of the Court’s in Malibu, Calif. Roesler expressed, “Our Elite Eight finish at March Term, held annually at the Law School. (See Sam the National Entertainment Law Competition at Pepperdine Masten, p. 12) University was a great experience and we were proud to

Law Student from Haiti Coordinates Earthquake Relief Efforts on USD Campus In response to the Haitian earthquake and Science Building. As a result of her efforts, approximately crisis in January 2010, Sterella Martine $2,000 was raised. Financial donations were given through Yele. Jeanty, then a second-year law school student org which distributes 100 percent of its donations to assist Haiti and a Haiti native, worked with her local earthquake survivors. community to raise money and provide Jeanty personally delivered the collected supplies to resources to help with recovery efforts. Rome Haiti, a student organization at the University of South Unable to go home to attend to personal matters, Jeanty Florida comprised of doctors and students who went to Haiti coordinated fundraising efforts with the School of Law by a few weeks later. As a USF alumna and former member of placing collection bins labeled “Change 4 Change” at the the Haitian Student Organization, Jeanty chose Rome Haiti front desk of the Muenster University Center, the Law School to deliver the USD School of Law’s donations because of their circulation desk, and the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Medicine physical work and presence in the affected Haiti communities.

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New, major financial assistance will benefit selected USD Law School students who are tribal members or willing to provide public service, thanks to a $70,000 grant to the USD Foundation for the Law School from the John T. Vucurevich Foundation, which created the “Judge Lawrence Piersol Scholarship” to honor Law students, along with the rest of the University community, benefit a leader and friend. from the Vucurevich family’s donation to establish the Vucurevich Children’s Center.

The scholarhship, amounting to $7,000 to each related commissions, committees and associations, in addition outstanding law student, was awarded in spring 2010 to Alex to his frequent speaking and testifying on Native American Hagen, ’10, of Brandon and Morgan Brekke of Sioux Falls. and judicial independence issues. He is a past president of Special consideration for the scholarship will be given to the Federal Judges Association, Article III judges who are members of a federally-recognized Indian tribe or students devoted to protecting judicial independence. He has also who are willing to perform one year of public service. The advocated for the American Board of Trial Advocates and is John T. Vucurevich Foundation supports the arts, education, a member of the American Bar Association and the Federal health and human services, housing and transportation. Bar Association. Judge Piersol’s leadership roles have included “The Law School is honored to be able to give a scholarship chairing the Native American Ad Hoc Advisory Group of in the name of Judge Piersol,” declared Barry R. Vickrey, School the United States Sentencing Commission and serving on of Law dean and professor. “His career among the federal the Eighth Circuit Judicial Council Committee on Gender judiciary provides a model of excellence for our current and Fairness Implementation Committee. He served on the Eighth future students. The purposes for which the scholarship will Circuit Judicial Council, including as chair of the Tribal Court be used – to support the legal education of American Indian Committee, and chaired the Court Security Committee. students and to encourage practice in the public sector – are On the state level, he was minority whip (1971-72) and two of the foremost objectives of the Law School.” majority leader (1973-74) of the South Dakota House of Judge Piersol has been actively involved in a wide variety Representatives. He also served as chair in the reorganization of service roles, receiving honors along the way. He was of the executive branch of government in South Dakota. He presented the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association 2006 is a member of the State Bar of South Dakota. In 2006, he Fred J. Nichol Award for Outstanding Jurist. was presented the Fred J. Nichol (‘36) Award for Outstanding Judge Piersol’s leadership in the judiciary and elsewhere Jurist by the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. He in South Dakota and nationally is unquestionably clear. He received the 2010 Marshall M. McKusick Award (see p.2) has led and participated in a wide variety of important law- from the Student Bar Association.

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10 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER The Class of 2010: Craig Adams Mary Ash Kristen Barry Amy Bartling Michael Beardsley Krista Benson Jami Bishop Nicholas Carda Kelsey Clark Thomas Cogley Adam de Hueck Jamie Decker Delia Druley Joseph Dylla Jennifer Ferris Melissa Fiksdal Peter Fischer John Fitzgerald John Gault Brian Giedd Carrie Gonsor Kelly Goslinga Alex Hagen Alex Halbach LeRae Hancock Sarah Harris Chelsey Hartner Kyle Hassett Jacob Henry Joshua Hilpert Logan Hollers Justin Holthus Ashley Huber Mark Joyce Chad Jungman Twyla Kalas Heather Karp Alexander King Joseph Kippley Allison Marsland Katie Morgan Matthew Murphy The Class of 2010 Jolene Nasser Zachary Nesbit Elizabeth Overmoe Kelly Peterson Our Newest Alumni Kinsley Powers Lindsey Quasney The 2010 Hooding Ceremony was held Friday, May 7 in USD’s Muenster Kathryn Rich Neil Roesler University Center ballroom with South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Glen Matthew Schlechter Severson (pictured left at podium), a graduate of the USD School of Law, Lisa Slepnikoff providing the keynote address. Prior to being appointed to the state’s highest Shane Smith Courtney Stottler court by Gov. Mike Rounds in February 2009, Severson was presiding judge David Stout for South Dakota’s 2nd Circuit Court. A former Huron city attorney, Severson Brooke Swier received his bachelor’s degree from USD in 1972 and his J.D. degree from The Trevor Thielen U in 1975. McLean Thompson Abby VanDenBerg Shea Wilger Karly Winter Jenny Winterfeld Find the Senior Spotlight at Jason Zenor www.usd.edu/law FALL 2010 | 11 Sam Masten Tourney

The competition was as close as it can get in this year’s School of Law Sam Masten Intramural Moot Court Competition, as Kasey Wassenaar of Sioux Falls narrowly defeated Sarah Zinter of Pierre for the win. Justice Judith Meierhenry and Champion Kasey Wassenaar

The contest was so close, Chief all efforts were under the direction of “Best Overall Brief.” The award for Justice David Gilbertson announced, third-year student Kathryn Rich as “Best Appellee’s Brief” was presented “We discussed at length whether there tournament director. to Andrea Rosenberg of North was a tie.” After he and the other In preparation for the competition, Tonawanda, New York. justices emerged from in-chambers the students rehearse remarks and Following the championship deliberations, he told the two finalists, points to cover that may never be heard round, the Sioux Falls law firm of “You both did excellent jobs. You came by the court. “One of the more fun Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith hosted through (as yourselves), not somebody and educational aspects of this is that a reception in the Al Neuharth Media you’re not.” you have to think on your feet,” said Center for the participants. James “I think it was as close as it could Alexander. “We stress that it’s supposed Wiederrich of the firm presented School have been,” said Professor Rachel to be a conversation with the court.” of Law Dean Barry Vickrey a check for Alexander, the Moot Court advisor. This year’s tournament case, written $5,000 to the Law School Foundation After scores from the first rounds by Alexander, involved a criminal in support of the USD Law School’s were tallied, including two preliminary procedure matter based on Terry v. Moot Court program. arguments and brief scores, those Ohio. After working on the case all The Sam Masten Moot Court students with the 32 highest scores semester, students were familiar with Tournament is named for a long- moved on to the bracketed part of the the details of the case going in to the time South Dakota trial lawyer who competition. It was single elimination tournament. practiced in the Canton area, was a from then on, in true “March “This competition is valuable leader of many organizations in the legal Madness” style. because it’s a confidence booster, and profession, and served as an adjunct Finalists Wassenaar and Zinter it’s the first time students get to practice professor at the School of Law. Masten were two of 78 who participated in the their persuasive skills,” Alexander stated. served as president of the State Bar competition which is mandatory for all “It’s great that they also get to interact of South Dakota, was instrumental first-year law students. The competition with the judges and regional lawyers in the creation of the South Dakota started March 15 and continued until who practice criminal law.” Trial Lawyers Association, and was the the final round on March 24 with the At the end of the tournament, State Delegate to the American Bar help of more than 100 volunteers. R.D. Hurd Best Brief Awards were Association House of Delegates for a The Moot Court board did much of presented to Kari Mouw of Hull, number of years. the heavy lifting for the event, and Iowa, for “Best Appellant’s Brief” and

12 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER Gunderson Seminar Features State Lawyer-Legislators The School of Law presented the preeminent annual lecture in 2009 as the Gunderson Seminar featured eight state senators and representatives with law degrees. The two panel sessions discussed the topics “The Role of Lawyers in the Legislature” and “Balancing Your Personal Life, Professional Practice and Your Public Service as a Lawyer-Legislator.”

“This year’s seminar was an interesting and and Union Counties; Rep. Richard Engels, Hartford, educational program for everyone. The School of Law District 9, representing Minnehaha County; Rep. was delighted to host these lawyer-legislators who Marc Feinstein, Sioux Falls, District 14, representing devote so much to serving the public,” stated Dean Minnehaha County; and Rep. Thomas Deadrick, Vickrey. “It is an honor to celebrate the late Professor Platte, District 21, representing Brule, Buffalo, Gunderson with such a worthwhile opportunity for Charles Mix, Jones and Lyman Counties. students, faculty and the greater USD community.” The Gunderson lectures and seminars began The panelists discussing “The Role of Lawyers at the Law School in the 1978-79 school year in the Legislature” were (pictured L-R) Rep. Eldon and honor the memory of Clark Y. Gunderson. Nygaard, Vermillion, District 17, representing Clay Gunderson presenters have included dedicated and Turner Counties; Rep. Roger Hunt, Brandon, leaders in the legal profession, who emphasize and District 10, representing Lincoln and Minnehaha support legal education and public service, very Counties; Dean Vickrey; Sen. Nancy Turbak Berry, much like Clark Gunderson. The wide range of Watertown, District 5, representing Codington guest speakers have included deans, justices, judges, County; and Rep. Brian Gosch, Rapid City, District professors, corporate general counsels, and the special 32, representing Pennington County. master for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Those discussing “Balancing Your Personal The event is made possible each year through the Law Life, Your Professional Practice, and Your Public School Foundation Trust Fund graciously established Service as a Lawyer-Legislator,” were Sen. Margaret by the Gunderson Family. Gillespie, Hudson, District 16, representing Lincoln

FALL 2010 | 13 COVER STORY

Minting a Tradition: Young Lawyer Mentorship Coin Program Takes Off By Kim Lee

The front of the coin is imprinted with the words “The State Bar of South Dakota, Scientia et Amicitia, 1931.” 14 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER The back is an imprint of the South Dakota quarter. Launched only a year ago, the chief knowledge they have acquired over years of designer of the Young Lawyer Mentorship practice. What makes the program unique Coin program is optimistic about the early is the use of bronze gold-plated coins as interest and holds hopes the idea will tangible reminders of these relationships. soar to great heights, creating “a culture of Originally named the “South Dakota mentorship” throughout the South Dakota Bar. State Bar Young Lawyer Mentor Coin Project,” Most bar associations across the country the Young Lawyer Board officially changed have mentorship programs in place but the name of the project in April 2010 to South Dakota’s is distinctive. As with other the “Hagemann - Morris Young Lawyer mentorship programs, it gives young lawyers Mentorship Coin Program” in honor of the the guidance and direction they seek from mentorship relationship between Bob Morris, more experienced lawyers, and it gives ’88, and his “classic mentor,” the late USD Law veteran lawyers the opportunity to pass along School Professor, John F. Hagemann.

How it Started experienced – across South Dakota. to our profession and community before State Bar President Bob Morris After about four months of planning self,” said Morris. “And we knew that if and Young Lawyer President Sarah and discussions, the project was it was sustainable, it would be desirable Sharp Theophilus, ’02, of the South launched. and would carry itself forward.” Dakota Young Lawyer Board, saw a “It was started with the hope that To cover the costs of the first need for a mentorship program that the mentor coin will represent integrity, minting of the coins, Theophilus was practicable and that incorporated dedication to the core values of the law, spearheaded the effort to garner a tangible and sustainable aspects. excellence in the profession, and service $2,000 grant from the Attorney “Historically, there has been a disconnect between the Young Lawyer Section and the general bar Top L-R: Beth Overmoe, 2009- association,” Theophilus observed. “We 10 Student Bar Association President and Dean Vickrey were wanted to find a way to bring everyone presented with silver mentorship together over a common interest they coins as representatives of the are all vested in.” Student Bar Association and the School of Law. Morris, as a United States Air Force veteran, was familiar with the Bottom L-R: Clint Sargent, 2009- 10 South Dakota Trial Lawyers concept of military challenge coins President (presented with silver (among other monikers), which are mentorship coin for South used to improve morale, foster unit Dakota Trial Lawyers); Stacy Kooistra, 2009-10 2nd Circuit esprit and honor service members Young Lawyer Board Member for their hard work. A unit’s coin (presenter); The Honorable Richard Sabers, retired justice of symbolizes integrity, dedication to the the South Dakota Supreme Court core values of the unit, excellence and (gold coin recipient); Lisa Marso, service before self. 2009-10 South Dakota Defense Lawyers President (presented Morris and Theophilus discussed with silver mentorship coin for how this concept could be adapted South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association). to convey the same sentiment and tradition to lawyers – both young and

FALL 2010 | 15 Liability Professional Society (ALPS). To help generate buzz and ensure Five hundred twenty coins – 500 the program stays fresh in the minds of Personal Perspectives bronze gold-plated and 20 pure silver – lawyers, the Young Lawyers maintain were minted shortly thereafter. “ALPS an active Facebook page and utilize Mentor was a perfect match for us, since they the State Bar Newsletter for updates to I remember asking an attorney in cover attorneys in the Dakotas,” stated the program. They have also attended Huron where I first practiced, how long Theophilus. “I submitted a proposal various legal organization functions and it took before a lawyer started feeling comfortable. He had been practicing about to them and they wrote out the check presented silver coins to various leaders. a dozen years at the time. “For me, about right away.” Throughout 2010, the Young another year,” he said. “I hope.” Lawyer Board held social events in each When the South Dakota State How it Works of the seven circuits across the state to Bar Association Young Lawyer Section Each young lawyer, beginning encourage socializing among young and announced the program, I knew I wanted with the 2009 new admittees to the veteran lawyers. The Young Lawyers to participate. I am not so certain of my knowledge in all instances. I am certain, South Dakota Bar, receives a mentor raised about $5,000 in sponsorships however, that I’m better than I was then. I coin bag containing two bronze from attorneys and law firms. What want to pass along the knowledge that I’ve gold-plated mentor coins. The young wasn’t used for the social events was gained in 22 years of practice. Even more lawyer gives one of the mentor coins donated to Access to Justice, Inc. than knowledge, I want to pass along the to a current or prospective mentor. “We got a tremendous response humility and philosophy and attitude that The recognition of or invitation to from lawyers and firms across the state,” I’ve gained in twenty-two years of practice. I am proud to be the voice that mentorship is an acknowledgement of said Theophilus. “It allowed us to be answers the calls and e-mails for help. I am the young lawyer’s trust in the mentor. able to hold these events where everyone blessed to be in a position to answer those Silver mentor coins are also could come together.” inquiries and guide someone through provided to various leaders of The Mentorship Coin Program their multitude of “firsts.” It is my hope organizations in or affiliated with has received national attention, being that my young lawyers will, over however the Bar. By accepting the silver coin, highlighted in the March/April 2010 much time it takes, get closer and closer to that “one more year” when they feel the recipients agree that they and the edition of the Young Lawyers Division comfortable. I don’t gain by withholding groups they represent will encourage, of the American Bar Association knowledge for competitive benefit. The support, and foster mentorship within publication The Affiliate. The newsletter mentorship coins I earn in the remaining the legal community. Theophilus cites the project as “arguably one years of my practice will be cherished, and presented a silver coin and bronze of the most unique programs The the one I’ve earned already is among my gold-plated coin to State Bar Executive Affiliate has seen.” As a result of this proudest achievements. Director Tom Barnett, as well as a silver publication, a former South Dakota Thomas M. Keller coin to Chief Justice David Gilbertson judge and South Dakota Bar member Keller Law Office, Sioux Falls and bronze gold-plated coins to him in Arizona contacted Theophilus and and each of the other Justices. Silver Morris, indicating the concept is being coins were also presented to Dean considered for a mentorship program Vickrey, Student Bar Association for youth at risk in Arizona. President Beth Overmoe, and the In addition, E&J Specialties of presidents of the South Dakota Trial Rapid City, which assisted in developing Products Association International’s Lawyers Association and South Dakota the mentor coin and the mentor coin (PPAI) Golden Pyramid Award. This Defense Lawyers Association. bag, submitted the program to an highly-coveted award recognizes award contest within their national the outstanding use of promotional Spreading the Word franchise organization, Adventures in products in business and institutional The project was formally Advertising (AIA). In July 2010, E&J programs. E&J will find out if they won introduced to law students in January brought home the MasterMind Award a gold, silver or bronze award in January 2010 by Overmoe and other members for Top Client Promotion, which 2011 at the PPAI Convention in Las of the Young Lawyer Board. Overmoe honors the creative use of promotional Vegas, Nevada. presented Dean Vickrey with a silver products. Subsequently, E&J was and a bronze-plated gold coin. selected as a winner of the Promotional

16 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER Personal Perspectives Cozad Day In 2009, attorney Fred Mentee Cozad of Martin marked his The [mentorship] program is more than 60th year as the Veterans Service just pairing up a seasoned attorney with one Officer for Bennett County. In who is inexperienced. It’s about evaluating the aspirations of the mentee, the expertise recognition of this dedication, of the mentor and finding a combination that service and commitment to will benefit both parties involved. While I was veterans, as well as the many delighted to find that I was paired up with a contributions that Fred and successful solo practitioner, it was not until our his wife Luella have made to initial meeting where I was convinced that this L-R: Sarah Sharp Theophilus, former South South Dakota, the Cozads were Dakota Young Lawyers President; Luella program would be what I needed to survive as honored for their service when Cozad, The Honorable Larry Long, 2nd new new lawyer starting her own practice. My Circuit Judge; Fred Cozad. Judge Long was mentor took an entire afternoon (non-billable Sept. 19, 2009 was declared presented with mentorship coin bag and he afternoon, mind you) to meet with me. When I left “Fred and Luella Cozad Day” presented a mentor coin to his long-time his office I knew that not only was I paired with a mentor, Fred Cozad, at the Fred and Luella by Governor Mike Rounds. A Cozad Day Celebration in Martin. great lawyer, I was paired with an individual that September celebration was held genuinely cared about his clients, his practice, and in Martin, with a dinner and program with Circuit Court Judge Larry Long, a my success as a young attorney. When I think about how proud I am of my former Bennett County state’s attorney, as the keynote speaker. accomplishments so far, I attribute each and After Judge Long spoke, Theophilus presented a mentorship coin bag to every one of them to my mentor. My mentor has Judge Long containing two mentorship coins. She asked Judge Long to honor provided me with not only wonderfully pointed the Young Lawyers of South Dakota by presenting one of the mentorship coins legal and business advice, but also, through words to his mentor of nearly 37 years, Fred Cozad. of encouragement and understanding, a sense of capability and self-confidence that I never thought I would attain. Had it not been for the Hagemann-Morris Young Lawyer Mentorship Coin Program, I may have never had the courage to An overwhelmingly areas,” he said. “In my visits with law start my own practice or the opportunity to meet positive response is not students, most are willing to consider a such a passionate and driven attorney, mentor surprising, though, according rural practice but hold back for several and friend. to Theophilus, considering reasons. Chief among them is the lack of The mentor coin and coin bag will always be a that the program’s mutual access to an experienced lawyer in that reminder of what the practice of law is truly about: benefits are extraordinary. rural locale. The mentorship program selflessness and service to those who are in need. “With the current economy, signified by the coins is an attempt Colleen M. Zea more graduates are starting to reverse this trend, which benefits Attorney at Law, Vermillion their own practices,” she said. everyone in the state. “ “Being in a solo practice can be As for how the program is carried isolating, but having someone into the future, Morris is optimistic. “I to talk to can help alleviate that. This hope that the program is sustained; I’d Into the Future program gives those young lawyers the like for it to go on forever,” he said. “I’d The program’s overwhelming opportunity to formally have a mentor also like the young lawyer mentees to positive response is exactly what Morris to reach out to, and the veteran lawyers ultimately become veterans who mentor and Theophilus had hoped for. get to pass along information they’ve other young lawyers, with the hope Morris is proud of how well the gleaned throughout their years of that the rewards of mentorship just program has been received by State Bar experience. They get to leave a legacy in propagate throughout the bar and create members and the judiciary. “Everybody the State Bar.” a culture of mentorship.” thinks it’s a great program,” he said. “It Chief Justice Gilbertson agrees. “For is fulfilling to me that everyone seems to years, one of my chief concerns about have ownership, which will only result the South Dakota legal system has been in the program’s sustainability.” the steady decline of attorneys in rural

FALL 2010 | 17 Energetic USD NALSA Welcomes 42 Teams for National Moot Court Competition By Marilyn F. Trefz

On Feb. 19-20, 2010, a bold banner that reads “Welcome Participants” was placed above the USD School of Law entrance, marking the arrival of 42 enthusiastic teams invited as competitors in the 18th Annual National Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) Moot Court Competition.

USD’s NALSA chapter played host to 42 teams from about their professional skills as all around the United States, including law schools from future attorneys and the unique Arizona, California, Colorado, Columbia, Hawai’i, Iowa, challenges found in Indian Law Kansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and advocacy. Wisconsin. The top “Sweet 16” teams Competition judges included tribal, federal, and were announced at the welcome state judges and attorneys selected for their Indian law banquet on Friday night. On Saturday, intense rounds led expertise. Professor Frank Pommersheim authored the up to the final “championship” oral argument between competition problem, which addressed legal issues Wisconsin and UCLA, held in a standing room-only associated with a federal criminal prosecution of an courtroom, which was open to the public in the law American Indian who illegally possessed eagle feathers. school courtroom. Following each round of oral arguments, thoughtful The distinguished panel of judges for the final round feedback from the skilled judges created a wonderful was Judge Roger Wollman, Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of educational atmosphere for competitors to learn more Appeals; Chief Judge Karen Schreier, and Judge Jeffrey

18 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER Viken, both of South Dakota’s U.S. District Court; Chief Mato Nanji (Nakota-Yankton/Sioux), member of the Justice (retired) Robert Miller, South Dakota Supreme Court; popular band Indigenous, performed at the welcome banquet and, Attorney General Marty Jackley of South Dakota. held at USD’s sleek, new Muenster University Center ballroom on Friday evening. His style, described as “fierce USD Law School Community guitar with bluesy soul,” created a perfect end to the first day With great energy, USD law students carried out many of competition. Serene Thin-Elk also graced the stage, playing responsibilities during the competition, from creating a beautiful native flute music during Saturday’s awards banquet, website for the event, to serving on the hospitality committee, where traditional buffalo meat was served. to registering teams and coaches, to providing transportation to judges and competitors. Students also served as runners and bailiffs during competition rounds. The bench brief for the judges was written by USD third-year law student Alex Hagen, editor-in-chief of the South Dakota Law Review. Law School faculty and staff assisted with competition scoring calculations, helped train judges, and provided general administrative support. “This event was definitely a team effort,” Kelsey Collier- Wise, project coordinator for the competition, expressed. “We had students from every class and from multiple organizations who gave their time and energy to make it happen. And we definitely couldn’t have pulled it off without the amazing support we got from the USD Law support staff and administration.” Above: “Thundering Regional Native American Community Hooves” by Donald Montileaux (Oglala Moot Court participants received a true “South Dakota Lakota) experience,” as Chief John Spotted Tail of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe presented a traditional opening ceremony, blessing and Left: Serene Thin Elk honoring of participants. USD graduate student Damon provided flute music during Saturday’s Leadercharge (Sicangu-Oglala Lakota) of Parmalee and awards banquet. undergraduate student Thomas Cain, Jr. (Lac Courte Orielles- Ojibwe in Wisconsin) offered stirring songs on the drum “War Below: Mato Thunder” to open and close each day’s event. USD’s Native Nanji, member of the popular American Art Collection also enriched the walls of the USD band Indigenous, Law School. performed at the One piece, a prominently-displayed ledger drawing welcome banquet. entitled “Thundering Hooves” by artist Donald Montileaux (Oglala Lakota), features stylized prism-colored pencil images depicting four horses. This commissioned drawing, deemed the “official” competition artwork, was used in various media placements and publicity, with prints and posters presented to competitors, judges and volunteers. Other artisans and musicians also contributed to the cultural flavor of the event. Handmade star quilts by Diane Fried, featuring colors of the four directions, replaced traditional plaques for first-place awards to competition winners. A long, vertical fabric banner welcoming guests in eight Native languages and English was placed in the Law School lobby, just inside the main entrance, where it remains.

FALL 2010 | 19 L-R: Students Alison Grigonis and Robert Thompson, representing the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law; Hon. Marty J. Jackley, South Dakota Attorney General; Hon. Karen E. Schreier, chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota; Hon. Roger L. Wollman, Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Hon. Jeffrey L. Viken, judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota; Hon. Robert A. Miller, chief justice (retired), Supreme Court of South Dakota; and students Dan Lewerenz and Will Dalsen, representing the University of Wisconsin Law School.

National NALSA Community together with USD School of Law to create an opportunity for As an active participant in National NALSA, USD’s learning during a weekend of competition and hospitality. chapter originally made a bid to host the national competition At the end of the competition, Columbia University in May 2009. While up against much larger schools, the group School of Law indicated its intention to apply to host the emphasized the Law School’s location in the heart of Indian competition in 2011. The faculty advisors from Columbia, Country and in a state featuring nine Indian reservations one of the nation’s most prestigious law schools, said they were that include members of various federally-recognized tribes. inspired to carry forward the legacy of USD’s success as the Additionally, the group pointed to USD Law’s national 2010 host. reputation as a recognized leader in American Indian law. Watch the 2010 final round at www.sdpb.org/usdlaw. Teams expressed excitement to travel to the snowy plains, coming from as far away as Hawai’i to attend this year’s event. Each of the 42 teams came prepared to learn more about Indian law and ready to make well-thought, researched and 2010 Winners articulate arguments on behalf of their clients. Best Advocates: Jay Fuson, a member of one of the two competing USD teams and the transportation chairperson responsible for 1st: Dan Lewerenz and Will Dalsen, University of Wisconsin Law School shuttling teams from airports and hotels to USD, experienced at least one visiting student’s enthusiasm about being a part 2nd: Robert Thompson and Alison Grigonis, UCLA School of Law of this national event and visiting South Dakota for the first time. “The competitors were all funny, engaging, polite, and 3rd: Joshua Clause and Jeremy Braveheart, University of unbelievable representatives of their respective law schools,” Michigan Law School he said. “Even though the stress of the competition wore Best Oralist: on them, it did not wear on their personalities. We shared 1st: Dan Lewerenz, University of Wisconsin Law School miseries, excitements, trepidation and experiences of law 2nd: Will Dalsen, University of Wisconsin Law School school across state boundaries.” 3rd: Mark Kaetsu, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, William S. Competition director and USD NALSA President Lonnie Richardson School of Law Wright (Rosebud Sioux) expressed deep, heartfelt thanks to the hardworking students of his local chapter who tirelessly Best Brief: executed an impressive event, adding, “We didn’t do it alone. 1st: Alexander Hogan and Novika Ishar, Columbia We felt so much support from so many communities of University School of Law people. And there have been so many Native nations and 2nd: Caitlin Smith and Courtney Smith, Columbia University schools represented here.” School of Law Local, state, regional and national communities came 3rd: Charlotte Skar and Rhiannon Gorman, University of North Dakota School of Law

20 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER The Lasting Legacy of Professor John Hagemann 1939 - 2009

By Raleigh Hansman

In December 2009, The University of South Dakota School of Law lost a great professor, legal scholar and friend, as Professor John Hagemann passed away in his home. Professor Hagemann taught in the School of Law for 41 years, and for the last 31, served as director of the McKusick Law Library. His passion for the legal profession and his students is echoed in the practice of the majority of South Dakota’s current and, in some cases, retired attorneys.

Prior to his retirement from the USD School of books, legal research and the South Dakota Bar,” stated Law, Hagemann became very excited about a proposition Garry. made by his friend and colleague, Professor Patrick Garry. The initial objective of the center was to conduct Since Hagemann was recognized as the foremost research legal and public policy research that would be of scholar in the state, Garry proposed forming a research particular interest to the South Dakota legal community. center that would bear Hagemann’s name. Hagemann Most of the projects are empirical research projects, a ultimately agreed to serve as its president and Garry method of research that is relatively new in the field of became its director. legal scholarship, according to Garry. Always ahead of Hagemann was eager to have the center as an his time, Professor Hagemann recognized the potential interest that he could pursue in his years of retirement. of these projects as providing great benefits to the South But because of his untimely passing, the center, which Dakota Bar. All of the center’s empirical research projects came to be known as The Hagemann Center for Legal have been published in legal journals, with the majority of and Public Policy Research, was formed largely after his them receiving various forms of recognition. death in keeping with Hagemann’s scholarly passions. “In Professor Hagemann’s lifelong interest in books led a way, the mission and work of the Hagemann Center to two additional branches of the Hagemann Center. mirrors the three great interests of John’s professional life: After his death, the Hagemann Center launched the

FALL 2010 | 21 Hagemann Rare Book Collection under the curatorship of C. Moen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at USD, Doris Hodgen. As Professor Garry noted, “This Rare Book wrote, “A Scholar’s Pursuit is an irresistible collection of pithy Collection was a project John had long dreamed of, and it’s quotes compiled over a lifetime by a man who appreciated fitting that the collection is now housed in John’s former both classical and legal education.” office.” The Rare Book Collection has received positive The Hagemann Center Press has also published Cases reviews by all who have visited, including the Supreme Court and Materials on Family Law for the South Dakota Lawyer, justices of South Dakota. 7th Edition, by Professor Roger Baron. With the majority of The second book-related function of the Hagemann family law issues being local in nature and governed by State Center was the creation of the Hagemann Center Press. law, the printing of a publication dedicated exclusively to Eloquently named in honor of Professor Hagemann, the South Dakota statutes and case law fulfilled the mission of the Hagemann Center Press is the branch of the center dedicated Hagemann Center Press. Eric J. Strawn, a former student of to publishing books of interest to the South Dakota academic, both Professor Hagemann and Professor Baron, stated, “Many legal and public policy communities. As such, the Hagemann of the expensive books that I purchased in other classes have Center Press publishes books, which because of the relatively become outdated and generally deal with law outside the state. small population of South Dakota, would not otherwise be The book gives incredible insight into the inner workings of published by larger commercial publishing houses. The press family law in South Dakota and is simply irreplaceable.” thus serves an important reference resource and legal education Professor Hagemann was a great friend and mentor role within the state of South Dakota. to many in the South Dakota legal community. Though In early 2010, the first publication by the Hagemann his absence will be long felt, the creation of the Hagemann Center Press was released. A Scholar’s Pursuit is the compilation Center for Legal and Public Policy Research and its branches, of Professor Hagemann’s years of collecting a wide array the Rare Book Collection and Hagemann Center Press, of unusual, insightful, and often humorous quotations. will ensure that the upcoming generations of legal scholars, Organized under subject headings, A Scholar’s Pursuit promises professionals and students will benefit from his passion for to be an invaluable resource for speakers and writers. Matthew South Dakota and the law.

To learn more about the Hagemann Center, visit www.usd.edu/law/hagemann-center.cfm.

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Faculty Spotlights the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies in Chicago. Prior to joining USD’s faculty, Horton spent 28 years litigating and trying antitrust and complex civil cases in federal Thomas J. Horton courts throughout the United States, with governmental Assistant Professor stints with the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Assistant Division and the Federal Trade Commission. In private Professor Tom practice, he was a partner with several major international Horton joined the law firms in the District of Columbia, including Howrey & faculty of the USD Simon, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP. In 1991, School of Law in he was appointed to serve as an assistant special counsel August 2009. He investigating and presenting televised hearings on the collapse teaches in the areas of Rhode Island’s state banking system. The investigation of trial techniques, uncovered a web of political corruption and organized crime trial advocacy and ties. antitrust law, while Horton holds a J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve working to continue University, an M.A.L.S. (American Studies) from Georgetown building trial team University and a B.A. in biological sciences from Harvard opportunities for the University. His memberships, admissions and appointments School of Law students. In the spring of 2011, he also will have included the Ohio State Bar, the District of Columbia teach an undergraduate seminar on the economic, legal and Bar and the Council for Excellence in Government. He is also cultural underpinnings of America’s antitrust laws and their a member of The Order of the Coif. enforcement. Horton has been married to his wife Karen for 27 years. Throughout his career, Horton has organized, chaired They have four children, including two who are currently and taught courses on trial and litigation skills, including undergraduates at USD. He has been active in a variety of deposition skills for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy civic organizations and boards, including managing Little (NITA) and trial skills for ALI-ABA. He also has been active in League baseball teams, coaching Odyssey of the Mind and the pro bono representation of indigent criminal defendants, tutoring juvenile inmates. He also enjoys music and playing including a Georgia death row inmate, and was appointed by the drums. the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to handle several prisoners’ rights suits. In 2009, Horton was appointed by the American Rachel K. Alexander Antitrust Institute (AAI) to serve as a member of its advisory Assistant Professor and Director of Legal Writing board. In 2006, as part of an AAI symposium on the science As a member of the USD of complexity and antitrust, he authored a published article School of Law’s faculty since entitled “Competition or Monopoly? The Implications of August of 2008, Assistant Complexity Science, Chaos Theory, and Evolutionary Biology Professor Rachel Alexander for Antitrust and Competition Policy,” 51 Antitrust Bull. 195. keeps a full plate with teaching, In 2010, Horton completed two scholarly law review director of the Fundamental publications: “The Coming Extinction of Homo Economicus Legal Skills program, and and the Decline of the Chicago School of Antitrust: designing successions of Applying Evolutionary Biology and Ethics to Structural courses that best serve USD’s and Behavioral Antitrust Analyses,”42 Loyola University law students. Chicago (forthcoming), and “Fixing Merger Litigation ‘Fixes’: Alexander teaches Reforming the Litigation of Proposed Merger Remedies Under primarily in the areas of legal writing and research, including Section 7 of the Clayton Act,” 55 S.D. L. Rev. 166. In April, legal analysis and formulation of written and oral legal he delivered his merger paper to the 10th annual meeting of argument. She also designs and manages advanced courses

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involving legal writing, drafting, and other advocacy Faculty Notes issues. As the Moot Court Board Advisor, Alexander has Faculty were asked to provide notes on their scholarship, service, authored and compiled the hypothetical cases for the honors and accomplishments – in and outside the classroom. These annual Sam Masten Intramural Moot Court Competition are some examples. for the past two years. A graduate of Creighton University School of Law, Roger Baron magna cum laude, she also completed her B.A. and began Professor her career as a legal writing instructor at Creighton. Baron published the 7th Edition of his In addition to teaching legal writing, she practiced family law book, Cases and Materials on labor and employment law in Omaha. Alexander’s Family Law for the South Dakota Lawyer, legal practice involved pursing and defending labor through the Hagemann Center Press in and employment matters in venues across the country, July 2010. including appearances before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in over 25 states. Her bar admissions include the South Dakota, David Day Nebraska and Minnesota Supreme Courts; the United Professor States District Court for the Districts of Nebraska and With his co-authors, Day completed Minnesota; and the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th edition of his case book, Cases the Eighth and Ninth Circuits. and Materials on Constitutional Law, Alexander’s scholarship reflects her practice in used at law schools across the country. employment litigation, as demonstrated by three He continues to donate the royalties forthcoming articles being published in the fall of earned from his case book sales to USD 2010: the article, “E-Discovery Practice, Theory, and students in an endowment fund he Precedent: Finding the Right Pond, Lure, and Lines created at the Law School for a student scholarship. Day’s most- without Going on a Fishing Expedition,” S.D. L. Rev.; recent publications include “Some Reflection On Modern Free “Bridging the Title VII Gap: Protecting All Workers from Exercise Doctrine: A Review Essay,” 55 South Dakota Law Review ‘Work Authorization’ Discrimination,” 9 U. MD. J.L. 498 (2010), and “The Expanded Concept of Facial Discrimination Race, Religion, Gender & Class; and “Recognizing the in the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine,” 40 Creighton Law Nature of American Medical Practice: An Argument for Review 497 (2006). He also wrote a brief for the Sioux Falls Adopting Federal Medical Licensure,” co-authored with Public Defender’s Office, pro bono, for a free speech case. In a Dr. Michael S. Young, 13 DePaul J. Health Care L. She consultation matter, he helped prepare an amicus brief to the has also published numerous pieces on employment issues South Dakota Supreme Court. Day and Professor Michael Myers in the Nebraska Lawyer and in publications for the Society organized a noon forum on the constitutionality of the federal for Human Resource Management and the Council for healthcare reform legislation. Education in Management. Alexander’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. She was Patrick Garry a 2010 nominee for the prestigious USD Belbas-Larson Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching as well as the 2010 Garry has received five book awards, John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding including the National Best Book Award Professor. and the Jack Eadon Book Award. In Her service activities include the Vermillion Federal addition, An Entrenched Legacy: How Credit Union Board of Directors, editor of The Barrister, the New Deal Constitutional Revolution lecturer for the National Association of Legal Assistants Continues to Shape the Role of the and South Dakota Paralegal Association and a volunteer Supreme Court was named a finalist for and foster home provider for the Internet Miniature the Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award, and his most Pinscher Service. recent book received Honorable Mention for the World Magazine 2010 Book of the Year.

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Thomas E. Geu WNAX, Yankton, and KDSJ, Deadwood, which produced Professor approximately 150 phone calls to his Senior Legal Helpline, In 2010, Geu received the through which he provided pro bono information and advice prestigious John Wesley Jackson to seniors. Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor of Law at USD. He also Jo Pasqualucci published two co-authored law Professor review articles; both, generally, Pasqualucci taught a course entitled about the appropriate interpretive “Introduction to Human Rights and analytic protocol to apply to the public and private law of Law” in The Hague, Netherlands limited liability companies. in July 2010, where she attended a special reception at the U.S. Randall Gingiss Ambassador’s residence in honor Professor of retiring ICJ Judge Thomas This past year, Gingiss took over Buergenthal, her long-time mentor. She also signed a contract the editing of Charitable Giving, with the University of Cambridge Press to write a second published by Warren, Gorham, and edition of her book The Practice and Procedure of the Inter- Lamont. American Court of Human Rights. In addition, she published three articles and book chapters. Frank Pommersheim Professor Patrice Kunesh Pommersheim recently published Associate Professor a new book, Broken Landscape: Kunesh completed a Master of Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Public Administration at the Constitution (Oxford University Harvard University Kennedy Press), and continued distribution School of Government in May of his series of poetry cards, The 2010 through a Bush Leadership Buddha Correspondence. Fellowship, and had two pieces published. One, an essay on Charles M. Thatcher educational self-determination entitled “Living the Lessons Professor We Have Learned,” is published in the Harvard Gazette, and Thatcher is now the senior member the other is an article on economic self-determination entitled of the law school faculty, having “Constant Governments: Tribal Resilience and Regeneration taught at the School of Law for in Changing Times,” and is published at 19 Kansas Journal of the past 33 years. He is currently Law and Public Policy 8 (2009). working on an article identifying rare cases in which a seller of Michael Myers goods might be entitled to specific Associate Professor performance of the breaching buyer’s duties rather than be Myers’ most significant professional limited to the recovery of the price of the goods. Thatcher accomplishment during the was again elected to chair the Faculty Performance Evaluation last academic year was related Committee during the 2009-2010 academic year and is the to his elder law specialization. faculty advisor to the Black Law Students Association. He has The production and airing of 52 continued to develop the courses he teaches by incorporating Elderlaw Forum radio programs more drafting exercises in the class assignments. were broadcast weekly over

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Jonathan Van Patten Professor In 2010, Van Patten published an article entitled “Suing the Prosecutor” in Volume 55, Issue 2 of South Dakota Law Review.

Barry Vickrey Dean and Professor As chair of the Questionnaire Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Vickrey was responsible for implementation of significant changes in the collection of racial and ethnic data on law school students, faculty and staff. The changes were mandated by the U.S. Department of Education, which recognizes the ABA as the accreditor of law schools. He also chaired a subcommittee that prepared a section of the University’s self-study for the University-wide accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which will visit the University in the spring of 2011. John H. Davidson Professor Emeritus Davidson recently authored “Adapting to Climate Change: Transbasin Water Diversion and an Example from the Missouri River Valley,” 11 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 757 (2010). He joined Professor Eric Freyfogle (Univ. Illinois Law School faculty) as co-visitor and speaker to a law school Environmental Ethics course at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln Law School in September 2010; he also served as a member of a response panel, speaking on Collaborating “Across Fences: Law’s Role in Managing Wildlife Resources in Ranch Country,” sponsored by Grassland Foundation of the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska in October 2010. Davidson is a national expert on environmental, water, and in particular, Missouri River issues.

26 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER State Bar Meeting The South Dakota State Bar annual meeting was held June 16- 18, 2010 in Rapid City. Over 750 people attended Wednesday’s opening night event, which featured not only great food, but also the talented and highly energetic Sioux Falls band PowerPlay.

Pictured from top left to bottom right: • (L-R) Fredric Cozad, ‘49, SD Bar Pres.-elect Pat Goetzinger, ‘88, Erin Goetzinger and Luella Cozad • Prof. John Larson (retired), ‘51, and David Larson, ‘75 • Hon. Pat Riepel, ‘81 (L), Rita Allen, ‘82 (C), and Jana Miner, ‘83 (R) share smilles during a break in SD Bar activities • Longtime friends Tom Collins (L), 2010 SD Bar keynote speaker & Richard Casey, ‘77, the new SD Bar president • Jacob Williams, future law student (R), with Jennifer (C) and William (L), both Class of ‘05 • SBA Past President Elizabeth Overmoe, ‘10, holds her place in a bar-exam-study book just long enough to smile at the camera • Stephanie Pochop, ‘91 (R), USD Women In Law Attorney of the Year, with law student Meghan Woster (L) • Prof. Tom Geu (L) with retired Prof. John Larson, ‘51 • Student and WIL President Catherine Schlimgen (C) poses with her parents, Hon. Pat Riepel, ‘81 (L), and Hon. John Schlimgen, ‘81 (R) • Hon. Art Rusch, ‘71, received the first (2010) Volunteer Service Award from the USD School of Law Student Bar Association • J.R. LaPlante, ‘09 (L), and Dani Daugherty, ‘00 (R), visit during a reception • Richard Ericsson, ‘74, Law School Foundation president, addresses members of the SD Bar

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Hon. Wally Eklund, ‘71, Gregory, membership limited to 250 men and Class Notes was sworn in as a judge for the 7th women. The purpose of the association Judicial Circuit of South Dakota. He is to aid trial lawyers’ effectiveness and was appointed to fill a vacancy created generally promote the interests of the 1940s by the retirement of the Hon. Merton Iowa trial lawyer. Grace Day, ’49, is one of the “oldest” Tice, who had been a circuit judge since (her word) practicing female lawyers in 1975 and resigned in January. Wally took 1980s the state of Missouri and was honored his judicial oath and was honored at a William Garry, ’81, Sioux Falls, was by the YWCA in St. Joseph, Missouri, reception just a day after being presented re-elected to a two-year term as a Second- who gave Day a Lifetime Achievement the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award at the Circuit Director on the board of the USD Workplace Award. Day is 83 and is in June annual meeting of the South Dakota Law School Foundation at the board’s her 60th year of practicing law. She Trial Lawyers Association in Rapid City. annual meeting in June in Rapid City. concentrates in family law and handles cases such as divorces, annulments and Richard Ericsson, ’74, Madison, was Hon. John Schlimgen, ’81, Sioux Falls, adoptions. re-elected to a one-year term as president received a Toast of the Trial Lawyer Award on the executive committee of the on June 17 during the annual meeting 1960s USD Law School Foundation Board of of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Robert R. Gehler, ’60, is the “longest- Directors at the board’s annual meeting in Association in June in Rapid City. tenured” city attorney in the state June in Rapid City. of Colorado. He began in 1968 and Hon. Tim Tucker, ’82, Madison, was continues today. Robert and his wife, Roy Wise, ’74, Aberdeen, was re-elected presented the Fred J. Nichol (’36) Award Terri, reside in Aurora, Colorado. He to a two-year term as a Fifth-Circuit for Outstanding Jurist 2010 at the annual is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Director on the board of the USD Law meeting in June of the South Dakota Trial fraternity. School Foundation at the board’s annual Lawyers Association in Rapid City. meeting in June in Rapid City. Ronald Campbell, Miller, Dennis Dana Frohling, ‘84, was re-elected to Padrnos, Mitchell, James Law, Clear Robert Hayes, ’76, Sioux Falls, was re- a second, one-year term as vice-president Lake, Chet Groseclose, Sioux Falls, elected to serve as Investment Committee on the executive committee of the Hon. Carlyle Richards, Aberdeen, all Representative for the USD Law School USD Law School Foundation Board of ’60, and Duane Anderson, Sioux Falls, Foundation. Bob also continues to serve Directors at the board’s annual meeting in received awards as 50-year veterans in the as the LSF immediate past-president as an June in Rapid City. South Dakota Bar during the Bar’s annual ex-officio board member. meeting in June in Rapid City. Each Lisa Rothschadl, ’87, Tyndall was received a plaque and a reception in their Richard Casey, ’77, Sioux Falls, was elected to a two-year term as a First- honor was held afterward. installed as the new president of the Circuit Director on the board of the USD State Bar of South Dakota at the June Law School Foundation at the board’s Thomas Martin, ’65, Brookings, was 18 annual meeting in Rapid City. annual meeting in June in Rapid City. re-elected to a two-year term as a Third- Dick sincerely thanked his immediate Circuit Director on the board of the USD predecessor, Bob Morris, ’88, Belle Patrick Goetzinger, ’88, Rapid City, Law School Foundation at the board’s Fourche, Tom Barnett, ’75, Pierre, was unanimously elected president-elect annual meeting in June in Rapid City. State Bar secretary-treasurer, and the of the State Bar of South Dakota by Bar staff for their leadership and hard members at the annual meeting June Michael DeMersseman, ’67, Rapid work, especially during the difficult time 18 in Rapid City. Among the several City, received a Toast of the Trial Lawyer stemming from the loss of staff member nomination speeches was an impressive Award on June 17 during the annual Kelly Krell, who was killed in a traffic and eloquent oration by Fredric Cozad, meeting of the South Dakota Trial crash. ’49, of Martin. Cozad was thanked with Lawyers Association. an immediate standing ovation. Michael P. Jacobs, ’79, a partner in the 1970s Sioux City law firm of Rawlings, Nieland, Matthew Thomas, ’88, was named vice Mark Meierhenry, ‘70, Sioux Falls, Killinger, Ellwanger, Jacobs, Mohrhauser president of football administration for presented the keynote speech at the 2010 & Nelson, was recently named a the Cleveland Browns. Thomas joins the annual meeting of the South Dakota Trial Fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Browns after spending 12 seasons with Lawyers Association in June in Rapid Lawyers. The Academy is an association the Miami Dolphins. City. of attorneys who regularly appear as trial counsel in the courts of Iowa with

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Deborah Jesse, ’89, North Sioux Foundation at the board’s annual meeting In Memoriam City, was elected to a two-year term as in June in Rapid City. Curt Ewinger, ’83, Aberdeen, on Jan. First-Circuit Director on the Board of 20, 2010. the USD Law School Foundation at the 2000s board’s annual meeting in June in Rapid Amy Amundson, ’02, received the Harry M. Farley, ’85, Lincoln, City. first (annual) Deb Oberlander New Nebraska, on Feb. 26, 2010. Lawyer Award given by the Minnesota 1990s Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA). Keith Glenn Thompson, ’83, George, Margo Tschetter Julius, ’91, Rapid The award was created in memory of Indiana., on Aug. 31, 2009. City, received a Toast of the Trial Lawyer MDLA’s former executive director, who Award June 17th during the annual passed away in 2008, to recognize the John Hagemann, Vermillion, longtime meeting of the South Dakota Trial professionalism, service and contribution professor in the School of Law and law Lawyers Association. to excellence in the practice of law by a librarian, on Dec. 13, 2009. new lawyer. Amundson was an associate Stephanie Pochop, ’91, Gregory, at Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson, Kelly A. Krell, 49, Fort Pierre, passed received the Attorney of the Year Award Pennsylvania, and is an adjunct instructor away Sunday, April 18, 2010. As a from USD Women In Law in June at the Law School. member of the staff of the State Bar of during activities associated with the South Dakota, Kelly is remembered by annual meeting of the State Bar of South Karen Hunt, ’03, Spearfish, was elected those who knew her through her work as Dakota in Rapid City. secretary on the executive board and was a talented professional, whose help and re-elected to a two-year term as a Fourth- friendship will be missed. Curtis Mortenson, ’91, Fort Pierre, Circuit Director on the board of the USD was elected to a two-term term as Sixth- Law School Foundation at the board’s Professor Marion R. Smyser, Grand Circuit Director on the board of the USD annual meeting in June in Rapid City. Junction, Colorado, died June 20, Law School Foundation at the board’s 2010, at the age of 94. According to his annual meeting in June in Rapid City. Chad Nelson, 03, Clear Lake and obituary in The Daily Sentinel of Grand Milbank, was re-elected to a two-year Junction, Marion served in the U.S. Navy Charles T. Abourezk, ’92, has term as a Third-Circuit Director on until 1945. He received a J.D. degree in a feature-length documentary in the board of the USD Law School 1946 from the University of Wyoming production entitled “Red State Blues,” Foundation at the board’s annual meeting and LL.M. degree at George Washington narrated by actor Peter Coyote. in June in Rapid City. University in 1947. He was an attorney for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Hon. Joni Cutler, ’95, Sioux Falls, Jennifer Williams, ’05, Rapid City, Railroad before joining the faculty of received a Toast of the Trial Lawyer Award was re-elected to a two-year term as a The University of South Dakota School June 17th during the annual meeting Seventh-Circuit Director on the board of of Law in Vermillion. He and his wife, of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers the USD Law School Foundation at the Margaret, were married in 1961 and Association. board’s annual meeting in June in Rapid moved to Vermillion in 1963. Professor City. Smyser retired in 1981 and lived in William M. Van Camp, Jr., ’95, Pierre, Grand Junction since 1990. was elected to a two-year term as Sixth- Carrie L. Henrichsen, ’07, was hired Circuit Director on the board of the USD as a staff attorney with Nevada Legal Births Law School Foundation at the board’s Services in Carson City, Nevada. Carrie To Denise (Karst) Pearce, ’00, and annual meeting in June in Rapid City. resides in Carson City. her husband, Marc, a daughter, Keelyn Marie, born May 31, 2009. Keelyn joins Lisa Maguire, ’98, Sioux Falls, was Shiloh MacNally, ’07, is an attorney at sister Erica Jo (4 ½). re-elected to a two-year term as a Second- law with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Circuit Director on the board of the USD Ashmore, LLP. MacNally resides in Rapid To Justin O’Neill, ’05, and his wife Law School Foundation at the board’s City. Licia, a son, William Henry, born Feb. annual meeting in June in Rapid City. 21, 2010. The family lives in Hot Springs. Meghann M. Reifenrath, ’09, and Marilyn Hagberg, ’98, Sioux City, Mark Joyce, ‘10, were married Oct. 3, To Krista (Voyles) Benson, ’10, and Iowa, was re-elected treasurer on the 2009. The couple resides in Sioux Falls. Adam Benson, Boone, Iowa, a daughter, executive committee and was re-elected to Lila Benson, born May 15, 2010. a two-year term as an At-Large Director on the board of the USD Law School

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Honor Roll of Donors Partners in Excellence

Dean’s Circle 1958 David A. Gerdes, Century Advocate Senior Partner ($5,000 and above) Andrew Aberle, Supporters & Friends Partner ($1,000 to $4,999) Travis H. Lewin, Partner 1969 Everett E. Hoyt, Century Advocate Advocates 1959 Charles M. Thompson, Century Advocate Golden Advocate ($500 to $999) James S. Nelson, Supporters & Friends Larry C. Johnson, Century Advocate Century Advocate ($100 to $499) J. D. Austin, Century Advocate Charles P. Schroyer, Partner

Supporters & Friends ($1 to $99) 1960 1970 Carlyle E. Richards, Partner Mark V. Meierhenry, Century Advocate Russell R. Greenfield, Century Advocate Robert D. Hiaring, Supporters & Friends 1941 Chet Groseclose, Partner Peter J. Horner, Century Advocate Joe W. Cadwell, Century Advocate Michael B. Marion (Dec), Century Advocate Paul F. Angel, Supporters & Friends George P. Williams, Century Advocate 1942 1961 Richard A. Bauerly, Golden Advocate Laurence M. Lesser, Century Advocate Earl L. Kellett, Century Advocate Allen B. Brown, Century Advocate 1971 1943 Michael R. Austin, Century Advocate Donald J. Porter (Dec), Supporters & Friends 1962 Thomas G. Fritz, Century Advocate Richard O. Gregerson, Century Advocate Dennis W. Finch, Century Advocate 1948 Roger L. Wollman, Century Advocate Gregory A. Eiesland, Golden Advocate John H. Zimmer, Golden Advocate William G. Taylor, Century Advocate 1963 Jan S. Amundson, Golden Advocate 1949 Robert A. Miller, Century Advocate Arthur L. Rusch, Century Advocate Grace S. Day, Century Advocate Nicholas V. O’Hara, Century Advocate Ronald J. Wheeler, Golden Advocate Raymond G. Ross, Century Advocate Thomas V. Conway, Century Advocate 1964 Orrin S. Estebo, Partner 1950 Roger E. Haugo, Supporters & Friends John S. Theeler, Golden Advocate Dale E. Bradshaw, Century Advocate Thomas J. Green (Dec), Century Advocate Frank G. Stickney, Supporters & Friends 1972 1951 Richard L. Kolker, Century Advocate Michael E. McCann, Supporters & Friends James M. Peterson, Century Advocate D. D. Titus, Century Advocate John W. Larson, Partner 1965 Rodney J. Steele, Century Advocate Ervin E. Dupper, Supporters & Friends Richard A. Cutler, Partner Andrew S. Bogue, Partner James R. Haar, Century Advocate Allen G. Nelson, Century Advocate 1952 David L. Blair, Century Advocate Glen H. Johnson, Golden Advocate Edward D. Collins, Supporters & Friends Thomas F. Martin, Century Advocate George L. Hirschbach, Senior Partner Joseph S. Lesser, Senior Partner Lawrence L. Piersol, Senior Partner Perry S. Patterson, Century Advocate Robert C. Smith, Supporters & Friends Frank D. Brost, Supporters & Friends 1973 1953 1966 Fred M. Winkler, Senior Partner Richard H. Battey, Golden Advocate Richard W. Sabers, Century Advocate Harvey C. Jewett, Senior Partner Erwin L. Wiest, Supporters & Friends Stuart A. VanMeveren, Supporters & Friends Beth A. Chapman, Golden Advocate John B. Jones, Partner Robert A. Warder, Partner Douglas M. Deibert, Century Advocate Charles L. Riter, Supporters & Friends N. D. Nasser, Century Advocate 1954 Kerry M. Cameron, Supporters & Friends Dale L. Morman (Dec), Supporters & Friends 1967 John T. Hughes, Supporters & Friends John W. Grieves, Century Advocate Charles V. Sederstrom, Senior Partner Lyle W. Petersen, Supporters & Friends Michael J. Myers, Century Advocate Robert C. Riter, Century Advocate 1955 Keith R. Smit, Supporters & Friends John L. Morgan, Century Advocate Virgil K. Johnson, Senior Partner 1974 Merle A. Johnson, Century Advocate Fredric F. Tilton, Century Advocate Derald W. Wiehl, Century Advocate Robert L. Thomas, Supporters & Friends 1956 1968 Harry W. Christianson, Partner Carleton R. Hoy, Century Advocate Michael S. Walsh, Supporters & Friends John K. Konenkamp, Century Advocate Robert D. Hofer, Century Advocate Larry L. Bohning, Century Advocate Philip D. Donohue, Supporters & Friends John E. Simko, Supporters & Friends Warren R. Neufeld, Partner

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Stanley E. Whiting, Supporters & Friends Glen W. Eng, Century Advocate Gene A. Wiley, Supporters & Friends Timothy R. Johns, Century Advocate James M. Wiederrich, Century Advocate Marsha K. Stacey, Century Advocate Eric S. Marzluf, Golden Advocate Richard L. Travis, Century Advocate Jeffrey P. Maks, Century Advocate Steven W. Sanford, Century Advocate Mark J. Gherty, Century Advocate Scott M. Perrenoud, Century Advocate John C. Palmer, Supporters & Friends Mitchell C. LaFleur, Century Advocate R. A. Peterson, Century Advocate James P. Hurley, Supporters & Friends Kenneth W. Cotton, Supporters & Friends Robin L. Zephier, Supporters & Friends Michael A. Wilson, Supporters & Friends 1975 1981 Nancy O. Titze, Century Advocate Edwin E. Evans, Golden Advocate Donald G. Karras, Century Advocate Glenn A. Metcalf, Century Advocate Thomas J. Welk, Golden Advocate Marilyn J. Maloney, Golden Advocate Steven L. Zinter, Century Advocate Patrick M. Schroeder, Century Advocate 1987 Bruce W. Cutler, Century Advocate William C. Garry, Century Advocate Lisa A. Rothschadl, Century Advocate David Gilbertson, Supporters & Friends Jon S. Flemmer, Century Advocate Michael W. Strain, Supporters & Friends Vance R. Goldammer, Century Advocate Jeffrey R. Mohrhauser, Century Advocate Thomes C. Dodd, Century Advocate Thomas C. Barnett, Century Advocate Patricia Riepel, Golden Advocate Vincent A. Foley, Supporters & Friends Dennis D. Evenson, Supporters & Friends Craig K. Thompson, Supporters & Friends Rebecca A. Porter, Century Advocate Troy N. Leonard, Century Advocate 1976 1982 Catherine A. Tanck, Supporters & Friends James A. Craig, Century Advocate Kimberley K. Mortenson, Golden Advocate Robert R. Nelson, Supporters & Friends Thomas E. Graslie, Supporters & Friends John T. Vucurevich (Dec), Senior Partner Donald P. Knudsen, Supporters & Friends Barry R. Buehler, Supporters & Friends Timothy W. Bjorkman, Century Advocate Karen R. Twitchell, Century Advocate Craig A. Kennedy, Century Advocate Tim D. Tucker, Century Advocate Mary J. Cleary, Century Advocate Lonnie R. Braun, Century Advocate 1988 Robert E. Hayes, Partner Carol K. Bjorkman, Century Advocate Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum, Partner Gary L. Monserud, Century Advocate Terry L. Hofer, Supporters & Friends Patrick G. Goetzinger, Supporters & Friends C. J. Neiles, Century Advocate Rita Allen, Century Advocate Martin P. Oyos, Century Advocate Michael M. Hickey, Century Advocate Judith C. Arnold, Century Advocate William D. Froke, Century Advocate 1983 Susan N. Steele, Supporters & Friends Gary P. Thimsen, Century Advocate Deborah A. Olson, Century Advocate Gregory G. Giles, Supporters & Friends Harold H. Deering, Supporters & Friends Michael W. Day, Supporters & Friends Darrell A. Jesse, Partner Michael E. Unke, Century Advocate Rick W. Orr, Supporters & Friends Brian K. Kirby, Supporters & Friends Thomas M. Frankman, Supporters & Friends Dan M. Flynn, Century Advocate Ted Lautenschlager, Century Advocate Richard A. Johnson, Century Advocate John G. Shultz, Century Advocate Catherine E. Mattson, Supporters & Friends 1989 1977 Roger W. Damgaard, Century Advocate James E. Moore, Century Advocate Robert M. Nash, Century Advocate Deborah J. Jesse, Partner Richard D. Casey, Partner 1984 John F. Archer, Supporters & Friends Dana J. Frohling, Century Advocate 1990 Thomas J. Johnson, Century Advocate Jane L. Pfeifle, Supporters & Friends Jeffrey G. Hurd, Supporters & Friends Amy K. Peacock, Supporters & Friends Timothy J. Dougherty, Century Advocate Sandi B. Zellmer, Supporters & Friends Judith K. Meierhenry, Century Advocate Kent D. Brick, Supporters & Friends Brent E. Walz, Century Advocate Howard W. Paulson, Century Advocate Martin G. Farrell, Supporters & Friends Rodney W. Schlauger, Supporters & Friends Ann C. Jones, Century Advocate Timothy L. Thomas, Century Advocate Terry G. Westergaard, Supporters & Friends Mary E. 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Haraldson, Century Advocate Douglas E. Hoffman, Supporters & Friends John A. Gors, Century Advocate Robert A. Martin, Partner Kay Cee Hodson, Golden Advocate Jeanne M. Combs, Century Advocate Sarah L. Larson, Golden Advocate Kenneth E. Barker, Century Advocate Sandra K. Hoglund-Hanson, Golden Advocate James C. Roby, Century Advocate Judith D. Cooper, Century Advocate Donald W. Kallenberger, Century Advocate John H. Raforth, Supporters & Friends 1993 Reed A. Rasmussen, Golden Advocate Robert O. Beck, Century Advocate Terri L. Williams, Supporters & Friends Jeffrey T. Sveen, Senior Partner Brian J. Donahoe, Century Advocate 1986 Renee H. Christensen, Century Advocate 1980 George J. Nelson, Supporters & Friends Elizabeth A. Lewis, Century Advocate James D. Wilkerson, Supporters & Friends Timothy M. Gebhart, Supporters & Friends Kristine K. O’Connell, Golden Advocate

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1994 Gail C. Eichstadt, Century Advocate Friends Lisa K. Marso, Century Advocate Abourezk Law Firm, Century Advocate Gail D. Eiesland, Century Advocate 2001 American Bar Endowment - Charles M. Jennifer K. Trucano, Supporters & Friends Sara M. Frankenstein, Supporters & Friends Thompson, Century Advocate Thomas J. Linngren, Century Advocate Mary A. Akkerman, Golden Advocate Avery Brothers, LLC, Century Advocate Melanie L. Carpenter, Century Advocate Scott J. Odenbach, Supporters & Friends Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons, L.L.P, Bryan S. Vanmeveren, Supporters & Friends John A. Becker, Century Advocate Century Advocate Pamela R. Bollweg, Century Advocate Patrick J. Manley, Century Advocate Barker Wilson Law Firm, L.L.P, Century Advocate Chad A. Williams, Supporters & Friends Beck and Cooper, Lawyers, Century Advocate 1995 Robert L. Meadors, Century Advocate Best & Flanagan, LLP, Century Advocate Charles M. Thompson, Century Advocate Cerney Law, Prof. LLC, Century Advocate Bonnie E. Wachsmuth, Century Advocate 2002 Clerk U.S. District Court, Century Advocate Lyndia Y. Harris, Supporters & Friends Shawn M. Nichols, Century Advocate Covidien, Century Advocate Victoria M. Duehr, Supporters & Friends Ann M. Wittgraf, Supporters & Friends Dardis Law Office PC, Century Advocate Jay E. Heit, Supporters & Friends Finch Maks, Prof. LLC, Century Advocate William M. Van Camp, Golden Advocate 2003 Frohling Law Office, Century Advocate Jayna M. Voss, Century Advocate Chad C. Nelson, Golden Advocate Great Western Bank, Century Advocate Brad J. Lee, Century Advocate Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP, 1996 Ryan W. Snell, Century Advocate Century Advocate Stephanie E. Bengford, Supporters & Friends Eric J. Pickar, Supporters & Friends John A. Gors, P.C., Century Advocate Donald M. McCarty, Century Advocate Johnson & Christensen Law Office, PC, Century Christopher C. Houlette, Supporters & Friends 2004 Advocate Patrick J. Knecht, Supporters & Friends David L. Rezac, Supporters & Friends Karras Family Foundation, Century Advocate Marie H. Ruettgers, Golden Advocate Kolker Law Office, Century Advocate 1997 John V. Jones, Century Advocate Law School Admission Council, Century Richard A. Cutler, Partner Thomas J. Von Wald, Supporters & Friends Advocate Paul H. Linde, Century Advocate Erin C. Cameron, Supporters & Friends Mediation and Settlement, Inc., Century Gregory J. Erlandson, Supporters & Friends Advocate Jeffrey R. Pawelski, Supporters & Friends 2005 Morman Law Firm, Century Advocate David E. Lust, Supporters & Friends David K. Wheeler, Supporters & Friends Science Applications International Corporation, Michael A. Henderson, Century Advocate William A. Williams, Supporters & Friends Century Advocate Kari A. Bartling-Somsen, Century Advocate Mark C. Cord, Supporters & Friends Seward & Odenbach, P.C., Century Advocate Steve R. Nolan, Supporters & Friends Jennifer M. Williams, Supporters & Friends South Dakota Community Foundation, Century Rena M. Hymans, Supporters & Friends Sander J. Morehead, Century Advocate Advocate Kirsten M. Taggart, Supporters & Friends South Dakota Judges Association, Century 1998 James C. Cerney, Century Advocate Advocate Candi L. Thomson, Supporters & Friends U.S. Bancorp, Century Advocate Marilyn J. Hagberg, Century Advocate 2006 VanMeveren Law Group, P.C., Century Advocate Brigitta Sharpe, Century Advocate Kathryn A. Ritter, Century Advocate Worden-Wachsmuth Law Ofc., Century Advocate Cory A. Kallheim, Century Advocate Eric R. Johnson, Supporters & Friends Zieser & Rothschadl, Century Advocate Charlene R. Henry, Supporters & Friends Joy C. Hobart, Century Advocate Daniel B. Akkerman, Century Advocate Lisa J. Maguire, Century Advocate Jeffrey R. Connolly, Supporters & Friends Jackie L. Austin, Century Advocate Thomas E. Simmons, Supporters & Friends Jeffrey J. Roby, Century Advocate Maylou Austin, Century Advocate Bradley J. Lindeman, Century Advocate Quentin L. Riggins, Supporters & Friends Brianne C. Barnett Roby, Century Advocate Clint L. Sargent, Century Advocate Michele A. Karel, Century Advocate Richard E. Bogue, Century Advocate James D. Seward, Supporters & Friends Julie L. Brink, Century Advocate 2007 Gloria J. Brown, Century Advocate 1999 Carla R. Kock, Supporters & Friends Roberta J. Brown, Century Advocate Todd L. Brink, Century Advocate Shiloh M. MacNally, Supporters & Friends Charles H. Burke (Dec), Century Advocate Mark D. Munson, Century Advocate Tiffany M. Miller, Supporters & Friends Mary R. Burke (Dec), Century Advocate Elizabeth E. Eiesland, Century Advocate Denise J. Kracl, Century Advocate Mary S. Carpenter, Century Advocate Thomas L. Sorensen, Century Advocate Anthony M. Hohn, Supporters & Friends Mary Conway, Century Advocate Suzanne M. Dardis, Century Advocate David S. Day, Century Advocate Todd Beresford, Supporters & Friends 2008 Lynne D. Day, Century Advocate Jennifer L. Wollman, Century Advocate Shane E. Eden, Supporters & Friends Milton J. Day, Century Advocate David W. Kotab, Century Advocate Daniel J. Vondrachek, II, Golden Advocate Sharla L. Duerre, Century Advocate Dale M. Kadlec, Supporters & Friends Tonnis H. Venhuizen, Century Advocate Patricia K. Eirinberg, Century Advocate Eric C. Schulte, Supporters & Friends Jennifer L. Keating, Supporters & Friends Sheryl B. Etling, Century Advocate Matthew V. Rusch, Supporters & Friends Shaun M. Eastman, Supporters & Friends Pamela Fritz, Century Advocate Rebecca L. Mann, Supporters & Friends Barbara K. Froke, Century Advocate 2000 Patrick M. Garry, Century Advocate Aaron D. Eiesland, Century Advocate 2009 Karen A. Gerdes, Century Advocate Julia M. Dvorak, Supporters & Friends Class of 2009, School of Law, Century Advocate Patricia Gors, Century Advocate Stephanie R. Amiotte, Golden Advocate Adam R. Hoier, Century Advocate Sharon Haar, Century Advocate Jerad G. Seurer, Golden Advocate Kyle L. Wiese, Supporters & Friends John F. Hagemann (Dec), Century Advocate

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Lee H. Hamann, Century Advocate Thompson Law PC, Partner Audrey A. Gillen, Supporters & Friends Janet K. Kolker, Century Advocate Anonymous, Partner Joseph W. Gillen, Supporters & Friends Caroline A. Kornmann, Century Advocate Claudia E. Baron, Partner Carol M. Graslie, Supporters & Friends Charles B. Kornmann, Century Advocate Roger M. Baron, Partner David Hoffman, Supporters & Friends Ericka L. Kotab, Century Advocate Frances Biegelmeier Lowenstein, Partner Gretchen A. Hoffman, Supporters & Friends Kenneth L. MacRitchie, Century Advocate Leslie S. Bogue, Partner Patricia K. Holmes, Supporters & Friends Anne McCarty, Century Advocate Bev Casey, Partner Roger L. Holmes, Supporters & Friends Rene L. Mohrhauser, Century Advocate Barbara L. Christianson, Partner Denice M. Houlette, Supporters & Friends Lance Morgan, Century Advocate Sharon A. Cutler, Partner Marvin W. Huber, Supporters & Friends Robert O’Connell, Century Advocate Peggy Cvach, Partner Shirley M. Huber, Supporters & Friends Helen E. Olsen, Century Advocate Nancy Estebo (Dec), Partner Ronald R. Jeffries, Supporters & Friends Michael L. Olson, Century Advocate George A. Hagemann, Partner W. C. Johnston, Supporters & Friends Ann Puckett, Century Advocate George P. Hagemann, Partner Charles N. Kaufman, Supporters & Friends Mary Lynn Reiser, Century Advocate Kimberly E. Hayes, Partner Fern Kaufman, Supporters & Friends Carolyn Riter, Century Advocate Flora Larson, Partner Gene N. Lebrun, Supporters & Friends Lynn B. Rognstad, Century Advocate Deborah L. Martin, Partner Corinne Milburn, Supporters & Friends Richard L. Rognstad, Century Advocate Barbara F. Piehler, Partner Sidney E. Milburn (Dec), Supporters & Friends Lana K. Rusch, Century Advocate Betsy Rice, Partner Matthew C. Moen, Supporters & Friends Colleen Sabers (Dec), Century Advocate Bonny K. Schroyer, Partner Kellee L. Nelson, Supporters & Friends Larissa A. Sargent, Century Advocate Louise F. Sherman, Partner Darlene Nichols, Supporters & Friends William K. Sauck, Century Advocate Richard G. Sherman, Partner Patricia Olson Lebrun, Supporters & Friends Karen E. Schreier, Century Advocate Barry R. Vickrey, Partner Luann S. Ouellette, Supporters & Friends Mary L. Sorensen, Century Advocate Mary G. Vickrey, Partner Mary Paradeis, Supporters & Friends Blair C. Titze, Century Advocate ALPS, Senior Partner Faith A. Pawelski, Supporters & Friends Colleen K. Tucker, Century Advocate Augustana College, Senior Partner Harriet J. Porter, Supporters & Friends Robert C. Twitchell, Century Advocate John T. Vucurevich Foundation, Senior Partner Charles L. Roegiers, Supporters & Friends Shane D. Voss, Century Advocate Prairieland Pork Producers, Inc., Senior Partner Rosellen E. Roegiers, Supporters & Friends Karri A. Wiederrich, Century Advocate SD Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Senior Suzanne T. Schriber, Supporters & Friends Sharon L. Wieman, Century Advocate Partner Kathleen N. Selakovich, Supporters & Friends Dennis L. Williams, Century Advocate SD Trial Lawyers’ Association, Senior Partner Walter G. Selakovich (Dec), Supporters & Friends Sandra J. Zinter, Century Advocate Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C., Senior Mary E. Selbe, Supporters & Friends Green, Roby, Oviatt, Cummings & Linngren, Partner Molly Walters, Supporters & Friends Golden Advocate Gretchen Hirschbach, Senior Partner Kristin N. Wheeler, Supporters & Friends Ho-Chunk, Inc., Golden Advocate Cynthia A. Jewett, Senior Partner Vaneta Youngworth, Supporters & Friends Maloney & Maloney, Golden Advocate Marcia Sveen, Senior Partner Nasser Law Offices, Golden Advocate JoAnn L. Winkler, Senior Partner Memorial Gifts Nelson Law Office, P.C., Golden Advocate Princeton Regional Educational Support Staff, Andrew W. Bogue Northwestern Mutual, Golden Advocate Supporters & Friends Sydney H. Buttz Pew Charitable Trust, Golden Advocate Regional Shelter-All, Inc., Supporters & Friends Neil Carsrud Shirley Battey, Golden Advocate Steele & Steele, P.C., Supporters & Friends Martha S. Davis Wade Dahood, Golden Advocate Vermillion Federal Credit Union, Supporters & Harold C. Doyle Lorys H. Eiesland, Golden Advocate Friends Helen Driscoll Carol C. Geu, Golden Advocate Western Benefits Group, Supporters & Friends Levi B. French Thomas E. Geu, Golden Advocate Keva Aberle, Supporters & Friends Louis B. French Karen A. Michels, Golden Advocate Gene F. Allstot, Supporters & Friends Willis W. French Michael E. Mumford, Golden Advocate Paula J. Allstot, Supporters & Friends John F. Hagemann John A. Schlimgen, Golden Advocate Roberta S. Ambur, Supporters & Friends Brian B. Meyer Dawn K. Seurer, Golden Advocate Jeffrey R. Beck, Supporters & Friends Robert E. Morgan Nancy A. Theeler, Golden Advocate Paul Bengford, Supporters & Friends Glen N. Nelson Genevieve T. Welk, Golden Advocate Vickie Berendse, Supporters & Friends Frank J. Slagle Marie Wheeler, Golden Advocate Bonnie E. Bogue, Supporters & Friends Robert R. Slocum ALPS/Law School Foundation Golf Tournament, David H. Bogue, Supporters & Friends John L. Wilds Partner Martha E. Brost, Supporters & Friends Cadwell, Sanford, Deibert & Garry, LLP, Partner Lynne J. Brown, Supporters & Friends Claude W. Schutter Trust, Partner Ralph J. Brown, Supporters & Friends Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Partner James M. Campbell, Supporters & Friends Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L. L. P., John F. Cogley, Supporters & Friends Partner Mary S. Day, Supporters & Friends Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum, P.C., Partner Dennis R. DeCock, Supporters & Friends Fredericks Pebbles & Morgan, LLP, Partner James J. Dee, Supporters & Friends Gregory A. Eiesland, PC, Partner Darlene K. Deering, Supporters & Friends KPMG Foundation, Partner Jack Doyle, Supporters & Friends Prairie Island Tribal Council, Partner Lois Doyle, Supporters & Friends Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, Partner Nancy E. Finch, Supporters & Friends State Bar of South Dakota, Partner Thomas H. Frieberg, Supporters & Friends

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Participating Alumni/Friends 2009-2010 The School of Law each year attempts to collect the names of all the lawyers and judges who contributed, in some respect, to the success of our academic program. In addition to those listed in the Honor Roll of Donors for their financial support, we offer sincere thanks to those listed below who gave their time and expertise. Without all of you, we would not be the great school we are. We apologize to anyone we may have inadvertently omitted from the list.

Aaron McGowan Gary Colbath Leo Disburg Hon. Roger Wollman Adam Hoier George Hirschbach Leroy Not Afraid Ron Wheeler Alan Peterson George Johnson Linda Kogel Roy Wise Alexis Tracy Hon. Glen Eng Lindsay Hovden Ryan Kolbeck Annamarie Michels Hon. Glen Severson Lisa Maguire Ryan Snell Hon. Arthur Rusch Glenn Brenner Lisa Rothschadl Ryland Deinert Ashley Parr Greg Huckabee Hon. Lori Wilbur Samuel Goodhope Ben Fenner Gregg Peterman Hon. Marc Feinstein Sandy McKeown Bernice Delorme Heather Bogard Hon. Margaret Gillespie Sara Show Bill Delaney Henry Evans Marie Ruettgers Sarah Bouwman Bradley Zell J.R. LaPlante Marilyn Hagberg Sarah Richardson Larson Brandon Dugan James Abbott Mark Faulk Sarah Theophilus Brendan Johnson James Moore Mark Fitzgerald Sarah Ward Hon. Brian Gosch Jamie James Mark Kadi Scott McGregor Brian Vakulskas Jana Miner Mark Salter Hon. Scott Myren Caitlin Collier Janet Routzen Marshall Lovrien Scott Swier Camela Theeler Hon. Janine Kern Marty Jackley Hon. Sean O’Brien Carol Hamvas Hon. Jeff Davis Mary Akkerman Shane Thin Elk Carole James Jeff Larson Mary Jo Hunter Sheridan Anderson Catherine Piersol Jeff Shultz Hon. Mary Thorstenson Sidney Strange Catherine Storms Hon. Jeff Viken Mato Standing High Stephanie Pochop Cathy Knecht Jeffrey Clapper Matt Michels Steve Emery Chad Nelson Jennifer Bear Eagle Matt Rappold Steve Siegel Hon. Charles Kornmann Jennifer Goldammer Matthew Fletcher Hon. Steven Jensen Cheryl Three Stars Valandra Jennifer Williams Matthew Tobin Steven Sanford Cheryle Wiedmeier Gering Jeremy Jehangiri Megan Poppen Steven Wise Clint Sargent Jeromy Pankratz Meghan Dilges Hon. Steven Zinter Craig Krogstad Jim McCulloch Meghann Joyce Susan Aasen Craig Thompson Jim Wiederrich Melissa Jelen Susan Sabers Curt Mortenson John Blackburn Michael Miller Hon. Tami Bern Curtis Carroll John Duffy Michael Roche Tana Fye Dan Doyle John Fitzgerald Michael Stevens Hon. Terry Huitink Dana Frohling John Guhin Michele Munson Hon. Thomas Deadrick Dana Gaskins Hon. John Konenkamp Monica Colbath Tim Langley Daniel Donohue Hon. John Schlimgen Paige Wilbur Hon. Tim Tucker Daniel El-Dweek Hon. John Simko Pamela Bollweg Hon. Timothy Bjorkman Danielle Smith John Wallace Hon. Patricia Riepel Tom Barnett Hon. Daryl Hecht Hon. Joni Cutler Patrick Duffy Tom Davies David Blair Joseph Haas Patrick Goetzinger Tom Martin Hon. David Gilbertson Hon. Joseph Neiles Patrick Jennings Tom Mortland David Pfeifle Hon. Judith Meierhenry Hon. Patrick Kiner Tom Welk Dean Spader Judith Roberts Paul Blackburn Tom Wilka Deborah Dubray Julie Hofer Pete Gregory Tom Wright Deborah Jesse Justin Smith Hon. Peter Lieberman Traci Smith Diana Ryan Karen Hunt Philip Terwilliger Travis Jones Diane Best Hon. Karen Schreier Rena Hymans Hon. Veronica Duffy Doug Cummings Hon. Kathleen Caldwell Richard Casey Hon. Wally Eklund Douglas Hoffman Hon. Kathleen Trandahl Richard Cutler William Garry Ed Evans Kelsey Collier-Wise Hon. Richard Engels Hon. William Gerdes Hon. Eldon Nygaard Kenny Jacobs Richard Ericsson William Kunstle Elizabeth Duffy Kit McCahren Richard Moe William Larson Elizabeth Lorina Klint Cowen Hon. Richard Sabers William Van Camp Elizabeth Rosenbaum Kyle Wiese Robert Frieberg Yvette Lafrentz Emily White Hat Hon. Larry Long Robert Hayes Zacheree Kelin Eric Lochen Larry Nelson Hon. Robert Miller Eric Schulte Hon. Lawrence Piersol Hon. Robert Ulrich Erik Evans Lee Schoenbeck Hon. Roger Hunt

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Endowed Funds Partners in Excellence

Jeff & Marcia Sveen Scholarship* Herbert A. Heidepriem Memorial Scholarship Jerome Norgren Estate Environmental Law Scholarship* George L. Hirschbach Law Library/John F. Hagemann Book Judge Andrew Bogue Family & Clerks* Fred J. Homeyer John T. Vucurevich, Judge Lawrence Piersol Scholarship** Preben C. & Christine Hvistendahl Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith Scholarships** Horace R. & Dorothy L. Jackson Award John Hagemann & Family** John Wesley Jackson Outstanding Faculty Award Charles Sederstrom & Virgil Johnson (Erickson & Sederstrom Law Firm)** E.O. Jones, B.C. Matthews & E.G. Jones Memorial Library Shultz Family Fund, Donald R. Shultz** John W. Larson/Delta Theta Phi Myrtle M. Smith Scholarship Mary J. Leamy Frank & Louise Fischer (Sahr Award) H. Lauren Lewis Law School Enrichment Flynn Family Scholarship H. Lauren Lewis Faculty Development Kenneth E. Raschke Memorial Scholarship Robert B. & Kevin E. Looby Scholarship Winkler/Lovre Family Law Kelton S. Lynn Scholarship P. Daniel & Laura Donohue Scholarship Sam Masten Award Law School General William R. McCann Memorial Scholarship Alan Cross Tax Scholarship McKusick Law Library Everett A. Bogue Memorial Law Scholarship Judith & Mark Meierhenry Family Roy E. Willy-Law Lyman & Lucille Melby George Applegate Scholarship Brian B. Meyer Scholarship J.Timon Burke Memorial Scholarship George S. Mickelson Law School Scholarship The Honorable Peder K. Ecker Memorial Scholarship George T. Mickelson Law School Scholarship M. Plin Beebe Memorial Scholarship Ruth M. West Moses & Lloyd R. Moses McKusick Law Library Alan Bogue Memorial Law Awards & Scholarship Ruth M. West Moses & Lloyd R. Moses Scholarship George Jonathan Danforth Memorial Law Scholarship Theodore R. Muenster, Jr. Francis J. Dillon Law School Fund Judge Fred Nichol Memorial Scholarship Levi B., W.W. & Louis B. French Memorial Scholarship Michael F. Pieplow Scholarship Edward Hope Thomas E. Poe, Jr. Law Library Research Assistant Marshall, Alice & Francis McKusick Donald I. Porter Memorial Scholarship Thomas Sterling Kurt Preszler Memorial Eleanor Keuter Law Scholarship Gene E. Pruitt Scholarship Mary W. Hanson-Law School Susie Radigan Memorial Professor Frank J. and Ruth Ann Slagle Scholarship Roy K. Rietz Scholarship Irlbeck/Housker Law School Faculty Business Law and Taxation Development Riter Family Memorial Scholarship Law School General Fund Max Royhl Memorial Hannah Anderson UCC Prize William K. Sahr Law School Foundation Scholarship Alan L. Austin M.Q. & Emily Sharpe and Lorena Sharpe Leedy Scholarship Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons Stanley E. Siegel Memorial Scholarship Joseph H. Barnett Memorial Harry & Marie Siver Scholarship Justice Frank Biegelmeier Deming Smith Memorial Andrew & Elizabeth Bogue Scholarship Marion R. Smyser Jurist-In-Residence Program William F. Brady Memorial Scholarship Cindy Spears Memorial Joseph M. Butler Scholarship Georgiabelle & Erwin Stainbrook Dwight Campbell Memorial State Bar RPPT Law Award Gary G. Colbath, Sr. W. Richard Stengel Research Scholarship Costello, Porter, Hill, Nelson, Heisterkamp & Bushnell Gayla Gull Worthington Memorial Fred & Luella Cozad Scholarship Native American Law Student Association George J. Danforth, Jr Memorial Law Scholarship Leslie C. & Gertrude L. Winters Scholarship James E. Doyle Scholarship Harvey J. & Alwayne B. Gunderson Law Teaching Justice James M. Doyle Scholarship Elinor M. & Robert E. Driscoll, Jr. Mary L. Drury Ellsworth E. Evans Memorial Hubbard Freemont Fellows Scholarship Clark. Y. Gunderson Memorial Edwin J. Hadd Law School Scholarship Roland W. Hagemann Prize in Water Law * New Philo I. Hall ** New, for current scholarships

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USD Law School Foundation Annual Fund Campaign www.usd.edu/law/giving.cfm - Select “Make a Donation”

Please support the Law School as a Partner in Excellence. Your dollars will be used to support student organizations, faculty research assistantships, and other special initiatives of the Law School. Partners in Excellence put their dollars to work by investing in the future of legal education in South Dakota.

Name: q Please find enclosed my gift of $ (Please note Law School on the check) Address: Make checks payable to USD Foundation, PO Box 5555, Vermillion, S.D. 57069

q Please charge my gift of $ q q Telephone: to my VISA MasterCard Account #: q Information has changed. Please update records. Three Digit Code: Expiration Date: I will support the Law School with my gift/pledge for the Name: period of July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010. (as it appears on credit card) Signature: Dean’s Circle (required for credit gifts) q Senior Partner, $5,000 or above q Partner, $1,000 –$4,999 q I/We pledge $ Please bill me in q Dec. q March q June Advocates q Golden Advocate, $500 – $999 q Please put my gift where it is needed most q Century Advocate, $100 – $499 among the Partners in Excellence priorities.

Supporters and Friends q Please restrict my gift to q $1 – $99 (example: specific program or scholarship)

What’s new with you? We want to hear from you! Please provide us with information about your activities (employment changes/promotions, awards, publications, speeches) and address changes.

You can reach us by e-mail at [email protected] or visit www.usd.edu/law/ and select “Alumni” at left of page.

Employment Opportunities Information may be sent to [email protected]. The e-mail should include a job description, if possible, along with the date the position is available, the employer’s name and contact information, and any instructions applicants need to follow to submit an application.

36 | SOUTH DAKOTAN LAWYER Dear Alumni, Thank you for answering the call.

Every year, alumni and friends of The University of South Dakota School of Law receive a call from the USD Foundation asking for support. Your annual contributions support the many activities and programs of student organizations, along with student scholarships, assistantships and events of the School of Law. Your gift may also be designated to a specific law student organization. Your gifts are important to the success of the programs that help enrich the students’ classroom experiences. This support is not only an investment in the School of Law, but it is also an investment in the quality of legal education and the South Dakota legal system. You may answer the call electronically at www.usd.edu/law/giving.cfm or by check, payable to the USD Foundation with a memo stating that gift is for the School of Law. In order for your gift to be credited to this fiscal year, it must be received before June 30, 2011.

Please answer the call with a generous pledge of support.

Thank you, Raleigh Hansman Student Assistant

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Law Alumni Reunited in Afghanistan Five USD School of Law alumni were recently reunited in Kabul, Afghanistan. From left to right are LTC Don McCarty, ‘96; LTC Pat Pardy, ’96; CPT Nathan Lukkes, ‘06; LTC Gary Schumacher, ‘98; and MAJ Phil Stiles, ‘03. “I just returned from my deployment and the others in the photo are still there,” said McCarty in a note accompanying the photo he sent. “They will remain in Kabul until April or May 2011.”