FARGO — Don Campbell has been hired as senior vice president and chief legal officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND).

As chief legal officer at BCBSND, Campbell is responsible for overseeing the legal department, public affairs and the corporate governance committee of the organization. He is further involved in the company's strategic planning in his role as senior vice president.

Prior to joining BCBSND, Campbell was a partner at an Am Law 200 law firm in Minneapolis where he practiced business and commercial litigation with an emphasis in the areas of health care, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, as well as ERISA litigation for health plans and their administrators. For more than 20 years he served as first-chair counsel on multiple bench and jury trials, arbitrations and appeals on a nationwide basis. Campbell litigated cases in more than 30 states and federal judicial districts and three tribal courts.

Campbell attained a Bachelor of Arts in economics and international business from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and went on to earn a doctorate in law from The University of North Dakota School of Law in Grand Forks, N.D.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
BCBSND (www.BCBSND.com) was founded in 1940 with the mission to provide members with affordable access to health care across the state. As a member-owned, not-for-profit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), BCBSND is committed to transforming care and health across the state to improve outcomes, lower cost trends and make it easier to shop, buy and use health care coverage. Members have access to unmatched local service and to a comprehensive network of health care providers across the state, the nation and in 200 countries.

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Contact: Andrea Dinneen, Communications Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
1415 Mapleton Ave., Bismarck, ND
701-282-1071 (work) | 320-894-4423 (mobile)
andrea.dinneen@bcbsnd.com