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Easton, Stephen Douglas was born on May 11, 1958 in Pasco, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Technology Alex and Zona Gayle (Walker) Easton.
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How to win jury trials: Building credibility with judges and jurors
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By James R. Devine - Devine, Fisch, Easton, and Aronson's Problems, Cases and Materials on Professional Responsibility, 3d: 3rd (third) Edition
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Stephen D. Easton
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Stephen Douglas Easton, American lawyer, educator. Bar: North Dakota 1983, United States District Court North Dakota 1984, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 1990, Montana 1994, Missouri 1998. Recipient 1st annual Warren E. Burger prize, American Inns of Court, 2004, Richard S. Jacobson award for excellence in teaching trial advocacy The Pound Civil Justice Institute, 2006.
Education
Associate of Arts, Northland Community College, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 1978; Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Dickinson (North Dakota) State University, 1980; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1983.
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, 1983, North Dakota.
1984, United States.
District Court, District of North Dakota. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1993, United States. Supreme Court.
1994, Montana.
Associate Managing Editor, 1982-1983, Stanford Law Review.
President, Stanford Law Forum, 1981-1982. Commencement Speaker, Dickinson State University, 1991.
United States. Attorney, District of North Dakota, 1990-1993.
Law Clerk to the Honorary Joseph T. Sneed, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984.
Author: "Doe Defendants and Other State Relation Back Doctrines in Federal Diversity Cases," 35 Stanford Law Review 297. "Turning the Tide in Jury Trials: Overcoming Jury Sympathy for Injured Plaintiffs," June 1996, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles"s Foreign The Defense: The Magazine Foreign Defense, Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
"Destroying the Credibility of a Professional Products Expert," 1995 Products Liability Annual Issue, October 1995, Foreign The Defense.
"The Real World Rules of Evidence," January 1966, ALI/American Bar Association The Practical Litigator. "Losing Your Appeal," November/December 1995, The Federal Lawyer. "Hidden Gems in the Federal Rules of Evidence," July 1996, The Federal Lawyer.
Trial (and Error!).
Surviving Your First Few Trials, Summer 1996, American Bar Association Barrister. Truth in Trial: Overcoming Jurors" Mistrust, October 1996, Bench & Bar of Minnesota. Dynamite Use of Experts in Product Liability Trials, February 14, 1997, Product Safety & Liability Reporter.
Certified Public Accountant, North Dakota, 1980.
Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Attorney Standards Committee, 1991-1994. Ethics Committee, 1996.
Joint Commission on Lawyer Discipline and Admissions, 1992-1994). State Bar of Montana.
North Dakota Society of Certified Public Accountants.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Defense Research Institute (Member, Steering Committee, Trial Tactics Committee) National Association of Former United States Attorneys. American Inns of Court (Vice President, Bruce M. VanSickle Inn of Court, 1995).
North Dakota Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).
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.
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Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota (Member, Attorney Standards Committee, 1991-1994. Ethics Committee, 1996. Joint Commission on Lawyer Discipline and Admissions, 1992-1994).
State Bar of Montana.
North Dakota Society of Certified Public Accountants. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Defense Research Institute (Member, Steering Committee, Trial Tactics Committee) National Association of Former United States Attorneys. American Inns of Court (Vice President, Bruce M. VanSickle Inn of Court, 1995).
North Dakota Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).
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Married Marivern Slaveck, July 12, 1986.
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Religion
Roman Catholic