Max Main

Education:

     South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Bachelor of Science
      in Mechanical Engineering, with high honors

     University of Colorado, Juris Doctor

Admitted to Practice:

     State Bar of South Dakota (Bar Commissioner 1991-1994;
      Chair, Natural Resources Committee, 1982-1985; 1996-1999; 2008-2010)

     Wyoming State Bar

     United States District Court, District of South Dakota

     United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Organizations:

     Best Lawyers in America, 1989 to present

    Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Trustee 1986 to present; Executive Committee 2003-2005; Treasurer 2005-2007; Vice President 2009-2010; President 2010-2011)

Reported Cases:

     Bartels v. Anaconda Co., 304 NW2d 108 (SD 1981)
     Pinson v. DEPCO, Inc., 602 FSupp 27 (DSD 1985)
     Heikkila v. Carver, 416 NW2d 593 (SD 1987)
     Carver v. Heikkila, 465 NW2d 183 (SD 1990)
     Wold v. Lawrence County Commn. and Golden Reward Mining Co., 465 NW2d 622 (SD 1991)
     Golden Reward Mining Co. v. Jervis B. Webb Co., 772 FSupp 1118 (DSD 1991)
     Englehart v. Larson, 1997 SD 84, 566 NW2d 152
     Grynberg, et al. v. Citation Oil & Gas Corp., 1997 SD 121, 573 NW2d 493
     Englehart v. Larson, 2000 SD 41, 608 NW2d 673
     Elk Horn Ranch, Inc. v. The Board of County Commissioners of Crook County, Wyoming, 2007 WY 158, 168 P3d 845.

Practice Areas:

     Natural Resources; Oil & Gas; Mining; Environmental; Water.