UPCOMING EVENTS
CONTENTS
Fall 2024 VOLUME 71 , NUMBER 4
FEATURES
Estate Planning : On Sunsets and Cupcakes ..................................................................... 6 Navigating Medicare Legal Complexities ........................................................................ 8 One Morning in Wilton – Part 1 ................................................................................... 11 ALPS : Documenting What You ’ re Not Retained to Do Important Too ....................... 14 Inaugural Shotgun Shoot at Annual Meeting ................................................................ 15 The Science of Justifying Emotional Stress Compensation ............................................ 16
GAVEL
THE
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 20 • Free Webinar vLex Fastcase Benefit Introduction
December 5 • Fargo 2024 Business & Corporations Section Seminar
DEPARTMENTS
SBAND President ............................................................................................................ 4 SBAND Executive Director ............................................................................................. 5
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Scott O . Diamond , Ian McLean , and Joshua A . Swanson ............................................... 20
Finances and UND Law by Brian Pappas ....................................................................... 24
Rule of Court Authorizes Limited Professional Guardian Practice by Andy Forward ............................................................................................................. 26
American Bar Association 2024 Annual Meeting Update by Zack Pelham .................... 27 The Legal Writing Corner by Jennifer Cook and Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich ................... 28 Young Lawyer Showcase ................................................................................................ 30
Building a Lifeline : LSND ’ s New Disaster Legal Services Initiative for North Dakota ............................................................................................ 32
Get to Know Your Board Member ................................................................................. 34 Bar Foundation Update .................................................................................................. 35 Discipline ....................................................................................................................... 38
State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers
Board of Governors
Hon . Ted Sandburg , Grand Forks President Deb Hoffarth , Minot President-Elect Taylor Olson , Williston Immediate Past-President Rob Manly , Fargo Secretary-Treasurer Zack Pelham , Bismarck ABA Delegate Katie Schmidt , West Fargo EC Judicial District Paul Meyerchin , Bismarck SC Judicial District Diane Schull , Grand Forks NEC Judicial District
Ashley Ensrud , Minot NC Judicial District Hernando Perez , Williston NW Judicial District Amanda Engelstad , Dickinson SW Judicial District Ashley Lies , New Rockford SE Judicial District Ashley Samuelson , Devils Lake NE Judicial District Brian Pappas , Grand Forks Dean , UND Law School Erica Hovey , Fargo Young Lawyers Section Tony J . Weiler , Bismarck Executive Director
SBAND EDITORIAL BOARD
Sheldon Smith , Bismarck Chair
Joshua Swanson , Fargo Scott Diamond , Fargo Hope Hogan , Bismarck
Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich , Grand Forks
Jennifer Cook , Grand Forks Elizabeth Kriz , Bismarck Kat McNamara , West Fargo Jessica Klein , Minot Elizabeth Alvine , Fargo Katie Winbauer , Bismarck
December 5-6 • Fargo 2024 Real Property , Probate & Trust Section Seminar
December 11 • Webinar YLS Bench and Bar : SC Judicial District Mental Health Court
June 11-13 , 2025 • Bismarck SBAND Annual Meeting
State Bar Association of North Dakota
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