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Richard E.T. Smith

Wahpeton, North Dakota
Partner

Phone: (701) 642-2668
Fax: (701) 642-4729
Email: Contact Me

My practice centers around business and estate planning, probate and tax issues. I handle complex development work as well as mergers and acquisitions. I have litigated tax issues at every level. I also represent many of the local school districts in our area.

There are many large farms and manufacturing concerns in our community, and estate planning and business planning can get quite sophisticated. I am proud that I am able to recommend and use simple and inexpensive tools as well as complex techniques as may be required by the situation.

I have advised clients everywhere in the Midwest and my practice takes me throughout the United States. However my roots are in local soil. My father and grandfather owned and operated grain elevators in the Red River Valley. Our family has made many friends in the area and I'm pleased to be able to work with them and others who need legal services.

My wife, Ann, and I have four children - Kelly, Kathleen, Kierann and Conor. Ann is originally from Wahpeton, and I grew up a few miles from here in Campbell, Minnesota. We are an active family, and most days you can find us enjoying the outdoors with our two golden retrievers.

Bar Admissions

  • North Dakota, 1977
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court District of North Dakota

Education

  • Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1977
    J.D.

  • Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1974
    B.S.B.A.

Honors and Awards

  • "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • North Dakota Bar Association
    Member

  • American Bar Association
    Member

  • Southeast Judicial District Bar Association
    Member

  • Richland County Bar Association
    President

  • North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, 2005 - Present

  • North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, 2007 - 2008
    Vice President

  • North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, 2008 - 2009
    President

  • North Dakota Attorney Disciplinary Board, 1995 - 2001
    Member and Past Chairman

  • North Dakota Inquiry Committee, 1987 - 1993
    Member

  • North Dakota Inquiry Committee, 2001 - 2007
    Member

  • North Dakota State College of Science Foundation Board
    Member, Board of Directors

  • North Dakota State College of Science Foundation Board
    Past President

  • North Dakota Council of School Attorneys, 1986
    Past President

  • St. Francis Medical Center, Breckenridge, Minnesota, 1984 - 1994
    Member, Board of Directors

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