Dick has more than 30 years of trying a wide range of jury cases in many courtrooms, federal and state, including over 100 to a jury verdict. He is listed on the rosters of the American Arbitration Association in both commercial and employment arbitration, and also does construction arbitration, having completed hundreds of ADR cases. After earning his law degree from the University of Minnesota, Dick served in the United States Army before joining this law firm, where he is now the senior partner.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has been listed for over ten consecutive years in Best Lawyers in America . These three national organizations of trial specialists limit their membership to a very small percentage of well-recognized litigation specialists through nomination by peers and action by their national Boards of Governors.

Some of Dick's other professional recognitions include: The American Research Institute has listed him as a specialist (limited to the top six percent of Minnesota attorneys) in six categories: ADR (Mediation/Arbitration), Commercial Litigation, Employment Law: Individual, Employment Law: Management, Personal Injury Defense Law General, and Personal Injury Law General. Minnesota Law & Politics magazine designated him as number 2 among all Personal Injury Super Lawyers 2001, number 6 among all Super Lawyers 2002, among the top 40 Healthcare Super Lawyers 2003, and number 2 among all ADR Super Lawyers 2003 and consistently as one of the top 100 Super Lawyers in Minnesota - all categories . Minnesota Lawyer listed him as one of nine outstanding Minnesota lawyers of 1999.

He has served as President of the Minnesota State Bar Association; twice as a member of the MSBA Continuing Legal Education Committee; six years as a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board; has served on various Supreme Court Committees, including Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee and Rules of Civil Procedure Advisory Committee; nine years as chair of Minnesota Racing Commission; and more than 12 years as member of Minnesota Judicial Selection Commission.

Dick is also a lecturer and author on a wide variety of subjects, including at the national level, and has served as platform chairman, parliamentarian, and meeting facilitator at multi-state assemblies.

Dick has been married to his wife, Betty Joan, since college days. They have three sons, a daughter, and grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys the out of doors, literature, and the arts.