Timothy Q. Purdon
Timothy Q. Purdon was nominated by President Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as North Dakota’s 18th U.S. Attorney on August 5, 2010. Prior to becoming U.S. Attorney, Tim practiced law at the Vogel Law Firm in Bismarck, North Dakota. His focus was criminal defense, personal injury, and consumer fraud litigation. In 2007 and 2009 Tim was named a Great Plains “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine. This honor was awarded to only the top five percent of lawyers in North Dakota. Prior to joining the Vogel Law Firm in 2005 Tim practiced for nine years at the Bismarck firm of Dickson & Purdon, where he gained extensive jury trial experience in both criminal and civil cases.
Tim attended the North Dakota State College of Science and Moorhead State University and received his B.A. Summa Cum Laude in 1991. He graduated Cum Laude from the Hamline University School of Law in 1994 and was a member of the Silver Gavel Honor Society. While at Hamline University School of Law he was a member of the Law Review. Following law school he clerked for the Hon. Bruce M. Van Sickle, United States District Court, District of North Dakota.
As U.S. Attorney, Tim has placed special emphasis on the issues of increasing public safety in tribal communities in North Dakota and on national security and drug trafficking issues associated with North Dakota’s international border with Canada. In 2013, Tim was appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to be the Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee’s Native America Issues Subcommittee. Tim had served as the Vice-Chair of the NAIS in 2012. The NAIS is made up of 30 U.S. Attorneys from across the United States whose Districts contain Indian Country and is responsible for making policy recommendations to the Attorney General of the United States regarding public safety and legal issues that impact tribal communities. Tim also serves on the Environmental Issues Working Group and Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee (Vice Chair, Northern Border Working Group, 2011) at the Department of Justice.
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