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President 2008-2010
2005-2013
Richie Smith, Wahpeton, N.D., was appointed to a second four-year term on the State Board of Higher Education in 2009. His second term will run through June 30, 2013.
A native of Campbell, Minn., Smith is a 1970 high school graduate of St. John's Preparatory School in Collegeville, Minn. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., in 1974 and a juris doctorate from Creighton University School of Law in 1977. He was captain of the 1973-74 Creighton University basketball team.
Smith is an attorney with Smith, Strege and Fredericksen, Ltd., in Wahpeton, N.D. He serves as president of the Richland County Bar Association and is a member of the North Dakota State Bar Association, the Federal District Court Bar, the U.S. Tax Court Bar and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He was chair of the North Dakota State Bar Association Disciplinary Board from 1999 to 2001. Smith also is past president of the North Dakota State College of Science Foundation Board.
Through more than 30 years of legal practice, Smith has assisted various businesses with acquiring and/or selling companies and assets and in the start-up of new business ventures. He has significant litigation experience in the U.S. Tax Court.
E-mail: Richard.E.Smith.2@ndus.edu
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