Background
Barker, Kenneth E. was born on December 11, 1957 in Chadron, Nebraska, United States.
Barker, Kenneth E. was born on December 11, 1957 in Chadron, Nebraska, United States.
South Dakota State University (Bachelor of Science, 1982). University of South Dakota (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Quinn, Eiesland, Day & Barker (Belle Fourche, South Dakota) specializing in Civil Litigation (Plaintiff), Product Liability, Railroad, Professional Negligence, Natural Resources Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, South Dakota and Wyoming, United States. District Court, District of South Dakota, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Ninth Circuit and Tenth Circuit, United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Mortar Board. Topics Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1984-1985.
Member, Board of Directors, University of South Dakota Law School Foundation. Author: "The New Federalism: Time for States to Pull the Plow in Soil Conservation," Volume 30, No. 3, South Dakota Law Review.
Lecturer: Rising Stars Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1991. Western Trial Lawyers Seminar, Maui, Hawaii, May 1992. South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association 1994 Spring Seminar, "Demonstrative Evidence-Storyboards and PET Scans".
ATLA Jazz Fest Seminar, Spring, 1996. Student Regent, South Dakota Board of Regents, 1982-1985. President, Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce, 1987-1988.
President, Belle Fourche Area Community Center. South Dakota Buckaroos Board of Directors, 1994. President, Butte County Bar, 1990.
Member: The State Bar of South Dakota (Member, Committees on: Lawyer Referral and Negligence and Tort Law. President, 1995); American Bar Association. South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Member, Mortar Board. Topics Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1984-1985. Member, Board of Directors, University of South Dakota Law School Foundation.