YOUNG LAWYER SHOWCASE
The SBAND Young Lawyers Section (YLS) is continuing its efforts to integrate young lawyers with other attorneys in our state
and within the communities we live. YLS has continued to host community service events, webinars, and luncheons.
The YLS Community Service Committee hosted the Fourth Annual Feed Your Community Food and Fund Drive in April. Thank
you to Taylor Olson and Cassie Marka for co-chairing the Community Service Committee and organizing the event this year.
Thank you to those city coordinators who provided assistance in making the event a success.
Please contact Jill Martin, YLS president, at [email protected] to nominate a young lawyer for future showcases or to
discuss opportunities to become involved in YLS.
KAITLIN DECRESCENTE
Kaitlin DeCrescente is an
associate with Furuseth Olson
& Evert, PC, in Williston. She
also serves as an assistant
city attorney for the cities
of Williston and Stanley.
She practices primarily civil
litigation with an interest in oil
and gas, trusts and estates,
and real property.
In 2011, she graduated summa cum laude from the
University of North Dakota with a bachelor of arts in
English and communication. She was also inducted into
the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In 2016, she earned
her juris doctor from Washington and Lee University
School of Law (W&L) in Lexington, Va.
During law school, DeCrescente worked as a judicial
extern for Judge David B. Carson in the Roanoke, Va.
City Circuit Court. She was a senior articles editor and
staff writer for the Journal of Energy, Climate, and the
Environment. Her note, which analyzes the intertwining
legal issues in oil and gas, estates, and property law
in North Dakota, won the 2015 Best Note Award and
was selected for publication. DeCrescente was also the
executive editor and online editor for W&L’s newspaper,
The Law News. While she served on the editorial board,
The Law News won the ABA’s National Law School
Newspaper Award for three consecutive years.
DeCrescente grew up in Williston and worked there as
a paralegal at Furuseth Law Firm between college and
law school. She and her husband, Chris, were happy for
the opportunity to return to North Dakota. She enjoys
making time to play with her pets, run, travel, and
entertain friends and family.
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ALEX STOCK
Alex Stock is an assistant county
attorney for Clay County in
Moorhead, Minn. His caseload is
focused primarily on DWIs and
domestic assaults. He joined
Clay County in June 2016.
Previously, Stock was an assistant
Burleigh County state’s attorney
in Bismarck, where he handled
all types of criminal cases,
including drug, personal, and
property crimes. He was also the juvenile prosecution team
leader and enjoyed being a member of Burleigh County’s
Juvenile Drug Court team. In his young legal career, Stock
has handled approximately 20 jury trials across both North
Dakota and Minnesota, and has had the pleasure of arguing
before the North Dakota Supreme Court six times.
While in law school at the University of North Dakota
(UND), he was a published member of the North Dakota
Law Review, and he was also active in the Student Trial
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