Job Announcement

A job announcement for Contract Attorneys for the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in the Northwest, South Central and Southeast Judicial Districts has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General (Civil Litigation) with the Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General (Criminal and Regulatory) with the Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General to serve as director of the Medicaid Fraud Unit in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

Four job announcements for Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of North Dakota have been posted.

Justin N. Silicz 1986-2019

UND School of Law graduate Justin N. Silicz died June 2. A member of the Manitoba bar, he worked as an attorney in Winnipeg. Funeral services are at St. John Brébeuf Parish in Winnipeg on Saturday, June 8 at 9:30 a.m.

Federalist Society offers free CLE event June 12

The North Dakota Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will present a free continuing legal education event at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 in the Mozart Room at the Delta Hotels by Marriott in Fargo.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Attorney I with the Child Support Division of the Department of Human Services in Bismarck has been posted.

Dakota Datebook: The most remarkable trial

Prairie Public: "On this date in 1912, the Bismarck Tribune reported that Myron R. Kent quietly passed away in the state penitentiary. The news did not cause much of a stir. But at one time, Kent was at the center of what had been dubbed 'the most remarkable trial in the annals of the west.'"

Patrick Morley 1950-2019

Longtime Grand Forks attorney Patrick Morley died June 5. He was 68. A graduate of the UND School of Law, he was admitted to the bar in 1976. A celebration of life will take place Sunday, June 23 at 2 p.m. at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks.

N.D. will turn vet MPs into police officers with just 2 weeks of training

Military Times: "The North Dakota National Guard struck a deal recently with the North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to offer certain military police officers a partial training waiver."

19th Amendment passed a century ago today

G.F. Herald: "A century ago today, on June 4, 1919, Congress passed a resolution in support of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would give women the right to vote."

Donald R. Holloway 1936-2019

Donald R. Holloway, 82, died June 2. After earning a law degree at the UND School of Law, he was North Dakota Securities Commissioner from 1968 to 1976, practiced law in Bismarck from 1976 to 1990, and was an Administrative Law Judge until 2007. His funeral is at 10 a.m. on June 6 at Hope Lutheran Church in Fargo.

Jacque G. Stockman 1923-2019

Jacque G. Stockman, 95, died on May 26. A 1950 UND School of Law graduate, he established a law practice, farmed north of Fargo, served in the North Dakota House of Representatives and was a Fargo City Commissioner. A private memorial event will be held at a later date.

U.S. Attorney's Office to focus on white collar crimes, narcotics trafficking, violence in Indian Country

G.F. Herald: "After 42 days as North Dakota’s U.S. attorney, Drew Wrigley said he has focused on strengthening the office and plans to add new team members to help prosecute white-collar crimes and narcotics trafficking while also focusing on violence in Indian Country."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General with the Criminal and Regulatory Division of the North Dakota Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.

Richard L. Healy 1929-2019

Longtime Hankinson and Fargo attorney Richard L. Healy died Jan. 15. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on June 1 at Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Hankinson.

Russell Rodrick “Rod” Mather 1927-2019

Longtime attorney Russell Rodrick “Rod” Mather, died May 20 at 91 years old. A University of Colorado law school graduate, he began practicing in Bismarck in 1953.

Robert Wheeler 1922-2019

Longtime attorney Robert "Bert" Wheeler, 96, died May 18 in Fargo. A remembrance event will be held at the Bismarck Elks Club on Tuesday, May 28, from 5-7 p.m.

Coordination between programs key to curbing recidivism, North Dakota paper says

Fargo Forum: "A new paper just published in the North Dakota State Bar magazine tackles the complicated issue of prison sentences, repeat offenders and how the state can make a difference with a more coordinated justice system."

North Dakota honors fallen officers at memorial service

Bismarck Tribune: "A bell rang 64 times near the North Dakota Peace Officers Memorial on the state Capitol grounds on Wednesday, each time proceeding the reading of the name of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty since 1882."

Job Announcement

Job announcements for two Assistant United States Attorney vacancies with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota have been posted.

N.D. Attorney General opinion: May 14

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued an opinion that a city may not enact an ordinance similar to or identical to a state criminal law unless given specific statutory authority to regulate that area.