47 ABA Journal North Dakota articles.
A federal judge has dismissed an age bias suit filed against Georgetown University Law Center by former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle dismissed…
May 14, 2013 11:35 AM CDT
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple acknowledges his state will face a legal fight over three new anti-abortion measures he signed into law on Tuesday.
One law bans abortions after a…
Mar 27, 2013 12:04 PM CDT
A North Dakota attorney has been reprimanded and ordered to pay more than $7,000 in disciplinary proceeding costs for representing two clients with a conflict of interest that could not…
Oct 17, 2012 4:47 PM CDT
A North Dakota personal injury lawyer who was beaten and robbed after confronting three men early Saturday plans to sue the alleged attackers, even though he has little expectation of…
Sep 11, 2012 11:35 AM CDT
The energy boom in North Dakota has lowered the unemployment rate to 2.9 percent but led to dramatic increases in crime, straining the indigent defense system, according to a report…
Aug 22, 2012 3:26 PM CDT
Rudolph Tollefson is the only attorney in North Dakota who has had his law license suspended due to late child-support payments, according to the director of the state agency that…
May 29, 2012 4:33 PM CDT
Bar authorities in North Dakota have extended for another year the suspension from law practice of a former federal prosecutor who admittedly shoplifted two knives in separate incidents last year.
…Sep 8, 2009 10:54 PM CDT
The dean of the University of North Dakota School of Law says U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking is wrong, and she’s asking for a correction.
U.S. News &…
Sep 8, 2009 3:20 PM CDT
A man who duped clients and colleagues into believing he was a lawyer has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison.
Howard Kieffer was sentenced Friday in…
Aug 17, 2009 11:32 AM CDT
A North Dakota woman has been charged with child neglect for allegedly breast-feeding her six-week-old infant while drunk.
However, a prosecutor says the claimed incident, in which Stacey Anvarinia is…
Apr 30, 2009 9:22 PM CDT
A man who duped clients and colleagues into believing he was a lawyer has been convicted of mail fraud and making false statements about his ability to practice law.
A…
Apr 16, 2009 11:10 AM CDT
Three lawyers testifying in the North Dakota trial of a nonlawyer accused of practicing law said they were duped into believing he had a law license because of his apparent…
Apr 15, 2009 4:29 PM CDT
A prominent North Dakota defense attorney and former federal prosecutor was arrested after a struggle with a loss prevention officer today and charged with disorderly conduct and suspicion of shoplifting.
…Aug 1, 2008 9:53 PM CDT
O.J. Simpson hinted that an armed robbery charge against him is politically motivated, in an interview he gave to a North Dakota radio station in a Fargo cigar bar.
“If…
Jun 27, 2008 5:32 PM CDT
Two North Dakota farmers have filed a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to force the Bush administration to allow them to grow hemp.
The Washington Post…
Nov 12, 2007 4:01 PM CST
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