Introduction

Bill is a member of Fredrikson & Byron’s Corporate and Energy Groups. He focuses on natural resources law, and taxation and public utility law.

Education

• Northwestern University, J.D. 1971
• Purdue University and Northwestern University, B.A.; 1962; M.S. 1964; Ph.D. 1967

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of North Dakota, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1974

Practice Areas

• Energy
• Oil & Gas
• Real Estate
• Corporate

Languages

• French
• German

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Speaker, “North Dakota Milling and Mineral Law,” 26th Annual Real Estate Institute, November 2008
• Speaker, Oil, Gas and Mineral Land Law Seminar, October 2008
• “2007-2008 Sales & Use Tax Deskbook,” North Dakota Chapter, American Bar Association, December 2007
• “Dormant Minerals & Reunification of Estates,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, “Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, and Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations,” February, 2005
• “Acquiring Mineral Rights of Unknown or Unlocatable Heirs,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 1994 Annual Institute
• Co-Author, “North Dakota Mineral Title Standards,” State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1989
• “Keeping Oil and Gas Leases Alive,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on Problems and Opportunities During Hard Times in the Minerals Industry, May, 1986
• “The Basis of the Implied Covenants,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Workshop, November, 1986
• “Methodology of Reviewing Title Data and Preparing the Title Opinion,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute, “Mineral Title Examination III,” February, 1992
• “Surface Damages and the Oil and Gas Operator in North Dakota,” 58 North Dakota Law Review 457, 1982

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, Oil and Gas Law, University of North Dakota School of Law, 1983-1989, 2006-present
• Adjunct Professor, Astronomy and Meteorology, Bismarck State College, 1995-present
• Member, Board of Directors and Legal Committee of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, 1984-1999
• Member, Board of Directors of North Dakota Oil and Gas Association, 1999-present
• Member, Grants Committee of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• Burleigh County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• State Bar Association of North Dakota

Honors & Distinctions

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Order of the Coif
• Sigma Xi

Community Involvement

• Member, Board of Directors, Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association (1976-present)
• Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer, Library Foundation, Inc. (1978-present)