John Foster

Affiliated Faculty

John S. Foster is the President of the law firm of Zimney, Foster, Johnson, Dittus & Flaten (Chartered) in Grand Forks, where his practice is devoted to banking law, commercial transactions and creditors rights in bankruptcy.

He earned his BA degree cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin and his Juris Doctor degree, with distinction, from the University of North Dakota School of Law. Foster is also Special Assistant Attorney General for North Dakota Mill & Elevator Association, and a former Assistant State's Attorney for Grand Forks County.

He teaches Debtor/Creditor Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Paper and Advanced Commercial Transactions at the University of North Dakota School of Law and has lectured on Uniform Commercial Code, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, issues for lawyers' and bankers' associations.