Fall 2019 VOLUME 66, NUMBER 4
CONTENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
GAVEL
THE
FEATURES
Welte Embraces New Role as U.S. District Court Judge................................................ 6
Advance Care Planning.................................................................................................. 8
ALPS: The Ins and Outs of Tail Coverage................................................................... 10
6 Lessons about Lawyering – And Life........................................................................ 12
When Crime Tries to Cover Its Digital Tracks............................................................. 14
DEPARTMENTS
SBAND President.......................................................................................................... 4
SBAND Executive Director........................................................................................... 5
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Michael J. Morley.................................... 16
Bristling with Energy: Exciting Times at UND Law by Michael McGinniss................. 18
November 20
Webinar: Are you Lawyering or Laboring?
December 5
2019 Business & Corporations
Section Seminar
Bismarck
December 5-6
2019 Real Property, Probate &
Trust Law Section Seminar
Bismarck
December 16
Webinar: Ethics – The Ethics Rules
Have Changed – Simple Legal Tech
Security Measures
January 13
Webinar: Champagne Legal
Technology on a Beer Budget
February 14
Webinar: A Lawyer’s Guide to PDF Files
Hey, I Know Your Chief ! by Dan Traynor..................................................................... 20
Amendments to Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Rules by Mike Hagburg......................... 22
Young Lawyer Showcase............................................................................................... 24
Get to Know Your Board Member .............................................................................. 26
Bar Foundation Update................................................................................................. 28
Lawyer Discipline......................................................................................................... 34
Board of Governors
Deb Hoffarth, Minot
NC Judicial District
Taylor Olson, Williston
NW Judicial District
Christina Wenko, Dickinson
SW Judicial District
Tonya Duffy, LaMoure
SE Judicial District
Hon. Michael Hurly, Rugby
NE Judicial District
Michael McGinniss, Grand Forks
Dean, UND Law School
Andrew Askew, Bismarck
Young Lawyers Section
Tony J. Weiler, Bismarck
Executive Director
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President
Carrie Francis, Minot
President-Elect
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Immediate Past-President
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Secretary-Treasurer
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ABA Delegate
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SC Judicial District
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NEC Judicial District
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Association
of North Dakota
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Chair
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