Joel Warren Gilbertson

Background

Gilbertson, Joel Warren was born on November 9, 1949 in Valley City, North Dakota, United States. Son of Roy W. and Gwen D. (Haugen) Gilbertson.

Education

Concordia College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). University of North Dakota (Juris Doctor, 1975). Phi Delta Phi.

Career

Worked at Pearce and Durick (Bismarck, North Dakota) specializing in General Civil Practice before all Courts and Administrative Agencies. Products Liability, Oil and Gas and Mining, Real Estate, Corporate, Trials, Appeals, Insurance Defense, Negligence, Taxation, Probate and Estate Planning, Commercial and Banking, Public Utility, Bankruptcy, Education and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, North Dakota and United States.

District Court, District of North Dakota.

United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Company-Author: "The Changing Insurance Market-Who Will Bear the Risks?" 32 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 17-1, 1986.

Staff Attorney, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1976-1978. Executive Director, State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1978-1981.

Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota (President, 1992-1993.

President-Elect, 1991-1992. Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1994. Member, Law School Committee, 1982-1993.

Member, Legislative Committee, 1978-1986).

Big Muddy, South Central District (President, 1989-1991. Vice-President, 1987-1989.

Secretary-Treasurer, 1983-1987) and American (Member, Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation) Bar Associations. Listed in Best Lawyers in America.

North Dakota Bar Foundation (Chairman, 1986-1989.

Vice-Chairman, 1981-1986). Product Liability Advisory Council. Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.

North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association.

National Conference of Bar Presidents. Pearce & Durick traces its roots back to 1919 when Edward Cox joined Herbert O"Hare in the practice of law in Bismarck, North Dakota.

The firm offers a wide range of legal services throughout North Dakota and the Midwestern and Western States and specializes in products liability law, insurance defense law, natural resources law and education law. Included on the support staff are two paralegals, a private investigator and a certified public accountants

All attorneys and professional support staff regularly participate in continuing education seminars and professional association activities.

Achievements

• Joel Warren Gilbertson has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota (President, 1992-1993. President-Elect, 1991-1992. Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1994.

Member, Law School Committee, 1982-1993.

Member, Legislative Committee, 1978-1986). Big Muddy, South Central District (President, 1989-1991.

Vice-President, 1987-1989. Secretary-Treasurer, 1983-1987) and American (Member, Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation) Bar Associations.

Listed in Best Lawyers in America.

North Dakota Bar Foundation (Chairman, 1986-1989. Vice-Chairman, 1981-1986). Product Liability Advisory Council.

Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.

North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association. National Conference of Bar Presidents.

Interests

• Avocations: piano, softball.

Connections

Married Jan Erikson, June 11, 1972. Children: David, Lisa.

Father:

Roy W. Gilbertson

Mother:

Gwen D. (Haugen) Gilbertson

Spouse:

Jan Erikson

child:

Lisa Gilbertson

child:

David Gilbertson