Laurie Jean Loveland was born September 5, 1958, at Minot, North Dakota, to George and Caroline (Borgen) Loveland. She graduated from Minot High School in 1976, as a National Merit Scholarship finalist. She studied advanced German language and literature at the Universitaet Stuttgart in West Germany in 1979 and earned a B.A. with honors from North Dakota State University, Fargo, in 1979. In June 1983, she received a juris doctorate degree at Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
Laurie, who worked for Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota law firms during her college years, was an associate attorney with Sonnenschein Carlin Nath and Rosenthal law firm in Chicago beginning in June 1983. In August 1984 she became a law clerk for Judge Albert J. Engel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals at Grand Rapids, Michigan. From September 1985 to April 1989 she was North Dakota Assistant Attorney General. After a short time directing the State and Local Government Division in the Attorney General's office, she served as a Supreme Court Fellow in Washington, D.C. From September 1989 to November 1998, she was Solicitor General of North Dakota.
Instrumental in drafting and negotiating the national settlement of the states' tobacco litigation, she joined the Ness Motley law firm, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, in its Providence office. Her legal work involved important cases including the Quill Corp. constitutional challenge on collecting sales taxes on out-of-state direct marketing; a case on the 21st Amendment (North Dakota v. United States); and Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools constitutional challenge to state school transportation, all heard in the U.S. Supreme Court; and Bismarck Public Schools v. Sinner, a constitutional challenge to state education funding system. She was admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Courts for North Dakota and the Northern District of Illinois, and North Dakota, Illinois and Rhode Island Supreme Courts.
She received the Burgum-Johanneson award as lawyer of the year in 1987. The National Association of Attorneys General named the Loveland award for her this year. She lectured on legal issues at legal education seminars and conferences, was a certified literacy volunteer reading tutor, and took part in Legal Assistance programs.
Laurie, who worked for Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota law firms during her college years, was an associate attorney with Sonnenschein Carlin Nath and Rosenthal law firm in Chicago beginning in June 1983. In August 1984 she became a law clerk for Judge Albert J. Engel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals at Grand Rapids, Michigan. From September 1985 to April 1989 she was North Dakota Assistant Attorney General. After a short time directing the State and Local Government Division in the Attorney General's office, she served as a Supreme Court Fellow in Washington, D.C. From September 1989 to November 1998, she was Solicitor General of North Dakota.
Instrumental in drafting and negotiating the national settlement of the states' tobacco litigation, she joined the Ness Motley law firm, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, in its Providence office. Her legal work involved important cases including the Quill Corp. constitutional challenge on collecting sales taxes on out-of-state direct marketing; a case on the 21st Amendment (North Dakota v. United States); and Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools constitutional challenge to state school transportation, all heard in the U.S. Supreme Court; and Bismarck Public Schools v. Sinner, a constitutional challenge to state education funding system. She was admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Courts for North Dakota and the Northern District of Illinois, and North Dakota, Illinois and Rhode Island Supreme Courts.
She received the Burgum-Johanneson award as lawyer of the year in 1987. The National Association of Attorneys General named the Loveland award for her this year. She lectured on legal issues at legal education seminars and conferences, was a certified literacy volunteer reading tutor, and took part in Legal Assistance programs.
Laurie Jean Loveland was born September 5, 1958, at Minot, North Dakota, to George and Caroline (Borgen) Loveland. She graduated from Minot High School in 1976, as a National Merit Scholarship finalist. She studied advanced German language and literature at the Universitaet Stuttgart in West Germany in 1979 and earned a B.A. with honors from North Dakota State University, Fargo, in 1979. In June 1983, she received a juris doctorate degree at Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
Laurie, who worked for Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota law firms during her college years, was an associate attorney with Sonnenschein Carlin Nath and Rosenthal law firm in Chicago beginning in June 1983. In August 1984 she became a law clerk for Judge Albert J. Engel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals at Grand Rapids, Michigan. From September 1985 to April 1989 she was North Dakota Assistant Attorney General. After a short time directing the State and Local Government Division in the Attorney General's office, she served as a Supreme Court Fellow in Washington, D.C. From September 1989 to November 1998, she was Solicitor General of North Dakota.
Instrumental in drafting and negotiating the national settlement of the states' tobacco litigation, she joined the Ness Motley law firm, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, in its Providence office. Her legal work involved important cases including the Quill Corp. constitutional challenge on collecting sales taxes on out-of-state direct marketing; a case on the 21st Amendment (North Dakota v. United States); and Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools constitutional challenge to state school transportation, all heard in the U.S. Supreme Court; and Bismarck Public Schools v. Sinner, a constitutional challenge to state education funding system. She was admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Courts for North Dakota and the Northern District of Illinois, and North Dakota, Illinois and Rhode Island Supreme Courts.
She received the Burgum-Johanneson award as lawyer of the year in 1987. The National Association of Attorneys General named the Loveland award for her this year. She lectured on legal issues at legal education seminars and conferences, was a certified literacy volunteer reading tutor, and took part in Legal Assistance programs.
Laurie, who worked for Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota law firms during her college years, was an associate attorney with Sonnenschein Carlin Nath and Rosenthal law firm in Chicago beginning in June 1983. In August 1984 she became a law clerk for Judge Albert J. Engel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals at Grand Rapids, Michigan. From September 1985 to April 1989 she was North Dakota Assistant Attorney General. After a short time directing the State and Local Government Division in the Attorney General's office, she served as a Supreme Court Fellow in Washington, D.C. From September 1989 to November 1998, she was Solicitor General of North Dakota.
Instrumental in drafting and negotiating the national settlement of the states' tobacco litigation, she joined the Ness Motley law firm, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, in its Providence office. Her legal work involved important cases including the Quill Corp. constitutional challenge on collecting sales taxes on out-of-state direct marketing; a case on the 21st Amendment (North Dakota v. United States); and Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools constitutional challenge to state school transportation, all heard in the U.S. Supreme Court; and Bismarck Public Schools v. Sinner, a constitutional challenge to state education funding system. She was admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Courts for North Dakota and the Northern District of Illinois, and North Dakota, Illinois and Rhode Island Supreme Courts.
She received the Burgum-Johanneson award as lawyer of the year in 1987. The National Association of Attorneys General named the Loveland award for her this year. She lectured on legal issues at legal education seminars and conferences, was a certified literacy volunteer reading tutor, and took part in Legal Assistance programs.
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