Background
Born in Mahnomen, Minnesota, Spaeth grew up in Valley City, Fargo, and Bismarck in North Dakota.
Born in Mahnomen, Minnesota, Spaeth grew up in Valley City, Fargo, and Bismarck in North Dakota.
AB, Stanford University, 1972. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1977. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1974.
Law clerk United States Court Appeals 8th circuit, Fargo, North Dakota, 1977-1978. Law clerk to Justice Byron White United States Supreme Court, Washington, 1978-1979. Attorney private practice, 1979-1984.
Attorney general State of North Dakota, Bismarck, 1985—1993. Partner Dorsey & Whitney, Fargo, North Dakota, 1993-1999, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Minneapolis, 1999, Cooley Godward, Palo Alto, California, 1999—2000. Sr vice president, general counsel & secretary General Electric Employers Reinsurance Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas, 2000—2003.
Sr vice president, general counsel & secretary Intuit Inc., Mountain View, California, 2003—2004. Senior vice president, law & public policy, chief legal officer Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, 2004—2007. Partner Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, 2007.
Executive vice president, general counsel and chief risk officer Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, 2007—2009. Adjunct professor law University Minnesota, 1980-1983.
Married Cindy Spaeth. Children: Gawain Kevin, Carl Wilson, William James, Elizabeth Bedont.