The State Bar Association of North Dakota Spring 2015 Gavel Magazine | Page 32

NORTH DAKOTA
BAR FOUNDATION
Swanson receives Annual
NDBF Case Comment Award

Thaddeus Swanson accepts the
North Dakota Bar Foundation
2015 Outstanding Case
Comment Award from NDBF
Board Member Judge Lolita
Romanick at the UND Law Review
banquet in April. His article was
entitled Controlled Substances
Chaos: The Department of
Justice’s New Policy Position on
Marijuana and What it Means for
Industrial Hemp Farming in North
Dakota.

32 THE GAVEL

Pro Bono
Service
Award

Kelsch Honored
at Law Day
Luncheon

SBAND Executive Director Tony J. Weiler
presents Alex Kelsch with the Big Muddy
Volunteer of the Year award for providing
280 hours of pro bono service to those in
need at the Big Muddy Law Day luncheon
on May 1.