John Michael Michael Nilles

Background

Nilles, John Michael was born on August 20, 1930 in Langdon, North Dakota, United States. Son of John Joseph and Isabele Mary (O'Neil) Nilles.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, St. Johns U., 1955; Juris Doctor cum laude with distinction, U. North Dakota, 1958.

Career

Shareholder, director, president, Nilles, Hansen and Davies, Ltd., Fargo, North Dakota, 1958-1990; of counsel, Nilles, Hansen and Davies, Ltd., Fargo, North Dakota, 1990-1995; executive vice president, general counsel, Metropolitan Finance Corporation, Minneapolis, 1990-1995; executive vice president, general counsel, First Bank Financial Stability Board, Minneapolis, 1995; retired, 1996. President, board directors Legal Aid Society North Dakota, Fargo, 1970-1976, Red River Estate Planning Council, 1980-1987. Vice-chairman disciplinary board Supreme Court North Dakota, 1984-1990.

Achievements

• Bar: North Dakota 1958, United States District Court North Dakota 1958, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit)1958, Minnesota 1991.

Membership

Member of executive board Red. River Valley county Boy Scouts American, 1959-1970. Board regents U. Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1967-1977.

President, board directors Catholic Charities, Fargo, 1959-1965, Southeast Mental Health Center, Fargo, 1972-1980. Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1951-1954. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel (state director 1979-1990).

Member American Bar Association, State Bar Association North Dakota, Minnesota Bar Association, Order of Coif.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, hunting, gun collecting.

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Cook, June 22, 1957. Children: Trese M., Daniel J., Marcia L., Thomas M., Margaret J.

Father:

John Joseph Nilles

Mother:

Isabele Mary (O'Neil) Nilles

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Cook

child:

Daniel J. Nilles

child:

Marcia L. Nilles

child:

Trese M. Nilles

child:

Thomas M. Nilles

child:

Margaret J. Nilles