Background
BYE, KERMIT was born on January 13, 1937 in Hatton, North Dakota, United States.
BYE, KERMIT was born on January 13, 1937 in Hatton, North Dakota, United States.
University of North Dakota (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1959. Juris Doctor, 1962). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, North Dakota Law Review, 1961-1962.
Deputy Securities Commissioner, State of North Dakota, 1962-1966.
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of North Dakota, 1962-1966. Assistant United States.
Attorney, District of North Dakota, 1966-1968.
Born in Hatton, North Dakota, Bye earned a Bachelor of Surgery from the University of North Dakota in 1959 and a law degree in 1962 from the University of North Dakota School of Law. After completing law school, Bye worked as deputy state securities commissioner in North Dakota from 1962 until 1964 and as a special assistant attorney general in North Dakota from 1964 until 1966. He then was an assistant United States. attorney for the district of North Dakota from 1966 until 1968.
Bye joined the Vogel law firm in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1968, and practiced at that firm until his judicial confirmation in 2000.
"I"m very pleased in the trust the president has placed in me and I"m honored to be able to follow my friend and 30-year law partner into this position," Bye told the Associated Press on the day of his nomination. "But it"s unfortunate that this opportunity for me arose from his death."
Although Bye"s nomination was unanimously approved by the United States. Senate"s Judiciary Committee on November 17, 1999, his nomination languished because of an impasse between President Clinton and Republicans in the Senate over the president"s use of recess appointments.
Ultimately, however, the United States. Senate confirmed Bye to the seat on the Eighth Circuit in a 98-0 vote on February 24, 2000, and he received his commission on March 9, 2000. "The process involved..can be complex at best, certainly at times confusing and at times even frustrating," Bye told his supporters at his June 1, 2000 swearing-in, according to an article on the Associated Press feed on June 2, 2000.
But "when it all works out, then it doesn"t seem so bad after all."
Bye assumed senior status on April 22, 2015.
United States v. Neil Scott Kramer.
Cass County, Minnesota State, Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar Association of North Dakota (President, 1983-1984). National Conference of Bar Presidents (Member, Executive Council, since 1983).
North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Securities Regulations Law, Corporate Finance and Litigation.