He received a Master’s Degree in Trial Practice and Procedure from New York University in 1973 and his JD from the University of Idaho in 1971. He previously practiced with Rothblatt, Rothblatt, Seijas and Peskin in New York City from 1971 to 1973. He served as Ada County Prosecuting Attorney from 1974 to 1979 and as Idaho Attorney General from 1979 to 1983.