Supreme Court applicant resume

Profiles of the North Dakota Supreme Court applicants

Douglas A. Bahr

Personal

Family. Married to the former Laura Allred of Aberdeen, South Dakota. Six children: Alan (17), Adam (15), Jonathan (13), Michael (11), Joseph (8), Kathleen (5).

Experience

Solicitor General, North Dakota Office of Attorney General. June 1999 to present.

Chief civil litigator for the State of North Dakota; director of Civil Litigation Division; supervise civil litigation attorneys, paralegals, and special assistant attorneys general; general counsel for North Dakota Risk Management Division; monitor and make recommendations regarding amicus curiae brief requests; tobacco counsel; areas of practice include appellate practice, constitutional law, administrative law, general civil litigation, and legislative work. Duties have also included teaching three North Dakota Basic courses at the North Dakota Highway Patrol (Constitutional Law; Civil Law; Criminal & Civil Liability Standards of Performance) and conducting other training and public presentations.

Acting Solicitor General, North Dakota Office of Attorney General. December 1998 to May 1999.

Assistant Attorney General, North Dakota Office of Attorney General. September 1991 to December 1998.

Appellate practice, administrative law, general civil litigation, civil rights litigation, unemployment compensation law, general counsel and litigation for state professional licensing boards, draft attorney general opinions, draft legislation and administrative rules.

Judicial Clerk, the Honorable Jerry L. Larson, Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. July 1990 to July 1991.

Research, writing and analysis of cases pending before the Supreme Court of Iowa. Duties included preparing bench memoranda, discussion of cases, drafting and editing opinions, attending oral argument, and library maintenance.

Bar Membership and Activity.

Supreme Court of the United States (Jan. 1999); North Dakota Supreme Court (Oct. 1991); U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota (Nov. 1991); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Jan. 1992); Member, Ethics Committee, State Bar Association of North Dakota; Member, Big Muddy Bar Association; Board of Directors, Association of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Education

University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota. Juris Doctor, May 1990.

Sterling Honor Graduate (top 10% of class).
Dean's List Fall 1988, Spring 1989, Fall 1989, Spring 1990.
Production Editor, South Dakota Law Review, Volume 35.
Comment Author, The Hypocrisy of South Dakota's Model Rule 1.6: A Call for Reform, 35 S.D.L. Rev. 66 (1990).
Casenote Author, Associated Press vs. Bradshaw: The Right of Press Access Extended to Juvenile Proceedings in South Dakota, 34 S.D.L. Rev. 738 (1989).
Recipient, Dean Marshall, Alice and Frances McKusick Law Scholarship, 1988-1989, 1989-1990.
Recipient, First Bank of South Dakota Trusts and Wills Scholarship, 1989-1990.
Book Awards: Outstanding Scholastic Achievement (Spring 1990); American Jurisprudence Awards for highest grade in course: Constitutional Law (Fall 1988), Insurance (Spring 1989), First Amendment Rights (Spring 1989), Trusts & Wills (Spring 1989), Legal Profession (Spring 1989), Corporations (Spring 1990).

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Bachelor of Science Degree, Family Science (pre-professional) 1987.

Classes covered topics including family and individual counseling, psychology, and sociology.

Community Service

Scoutmaster, Boys Scouts of America. January 2005 to present.

Scoutmaster for Scout troop consisting of Scouts ages 12 through 15. Responsibilities include supervising Scout meetings, activities and campouts; providing instruction, assistance, and encouragement to help Scouts complete merit badges and meet rank advancement goals; and providing leadership training.

Youth leader, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. January 2005 to present.

Responsibilities include assisting in organizing and supervising youth activities; providing youth leadership training; preparing and presenting Sunday religious lessons; and working with youth in setting and achieving goals in a personal progress program.

Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. October 1994 to December 2004.

Minister for the Bismarck/Mandan congregation of approximately 500 members. Responsibilities included overall administration of all congregation programs and activities (i.e., Sunday services, youth and adult instruction, youth and adult programs and activities); fiscal management of donations and expenses; administer church welfare assistance program; perform weddings and funerals; visit and counsel congregation members; and perform all other clergy duties. Position was voluntary (the Church has no paid clergy) and required an average of 20 to 25 hours a week.

Charter Representative, Boy Scouts of America. October 1994 to December 2004.

Liaison between charter organization and Boy Scouts of America.

April 27, 2005