SPRING 2017 VOLUME 64, NUMBER 2
CONTENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
GAVEL
THE
FEATURES
Changing Federal Regulations …................................................................................... 6
Grant Shaft: Practicing Law and Public Service…......................................................... 8
May 16
North Dakota Bankruptcy IVN
Various IVN Sites in ND
May 17
2017 Legislative IVN
Various IVN Sites in ND
Remembering Judge Bright…....................................................................................... 13 May 19
Joint ND & MN Bar Associations
CLE
UND School of Law, Grand Forks
DEPARTMENTS May 24
The Fundamentals of Law Webinar
Paralegal Webinar
When Nonprofit Boards Come Calling….................................................................... 10
UND Law Trial Team Competes at Nationals….......................................................... 12
Recent Investitures….................................................................................................... 14
SBAND President…....................................................................................................... 4
SBAND Executive Director........................................................................................... 5
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Michael J. Morley…................................ 18
Section Highlight: RPPT Section…............................................................................. 20
Court Amends Rules in Response to Marsy’s Law by Mike Hagburg…........................ 22
System Too Lean? by Kathryn R.L. Rand….................................................................. 24
Spring Brings Lawyers to Washington by Dan Traynor…............................................. 25
Internet Cloud Posting Waives Client File Protections by Justice Daniel Crothers......... 26
Community Corner…................................................................................................... 28
Get to Know Your Board Member…............................................................................ 29
Young Lawyer Showcase…........................................................................................... 30
June 14-16
SBAND Annual Meeting
Ramada Plaza Suites, Fargo
June 21-22
Indigent Defense Seminar
Ramkota Hotel, Bismarck
July 20-22
Human Trafficking CLE
Fargo
July 26
The Fundamentals of Law Webinar
Child Support Webinar
Notices.......................................................................................................................... 34
Lawyer Discipline......................................................................................................... 35
Lawyer Ethics…............................................................................................................ 35
Bar Foundation Update…............................................................................................. 38
State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers
The Gavel is published by the State Bar
Association of North Dakota
Board of Governors
Charles DeMakis, Minot
President
Darcie Einarson, Grafton
President-Elect
Joseph A. Wetch Jr., Fargo
Immediate Past-President
Aubrey Fiebelkorn Zuger, Fargo
Secretary-Treasurer
Daniel M. Traynor, Devils Lake
ABA Delegate
Jennifer Albaugh, Fargo
EC Judicial District
Zachary Pelham, Bismarck
SC Judicial District
Peter Welte, Grand Forks
NEC Judicial District
Carrie Francis, Minot
NC Judicial District
Jeff Nehring, Williston
NW Judicial District
Christina Wenko, Dickinson
SW Judicial District
Kimberly Radermacher, LaMoure
SE Judicial District
Michael Hurly, Devils Lake
NE Judicial District
Kathryn Rand, Grand Forks
Dean, UND Law School
Andrew Askew, Bismarck
Young Lawyers Section
Tony J. Weiler, Bismarck
Executive Director
State Bar
Association
of North Dakota
SBAND Editorial Board
Sheldon Smith, Bismarck
Chair
Eeva Greenley, Fargo
Lynn Block, Fargo
Michael Hurly, Devils Lake
Bradley Myers, Grand Forks
Mikayla Jahner, Bismarck
Mike Morley, Grand Forks
Taylor Olson, Williston
Ian McLean, Bismarck
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Bismarck, ND 58501
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