BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Born November 1, 1962 in Jamestown, ND
Fifth-generation North Dakotan, fourteenth-generation American
Honorable Discharge, Company B, 141st Battalion, North Dakota National Guard June 10th, 1981
First Degree Brown Belt in Shotokan Karate, July 9th, 1983
Admitted to the North Dakota Bar on October 4th, 1988
Admitted to the US District Court Bar for District of ND on April 27th, 1989
Admitted to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on November 29th, 2017
Executive Board Member, North Dakota Family Support Council, 1989-1993
Married to Susan Tschider, September 23rd, 1995; divorced October 3rd, 2003
Remarried November 25th, 2006—divorced for the second time January 11th, 2013
One child—Cassandra, born June 1st, 1998.
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