Protecting Your Family, Your Assets & Your Reputation
For more than five decades, our Sioux Falls attorneys have delivered trial-ready advocacy in family law, criminal defense, estate planning, and probate across South Dakota. Steady counsel when the stakes are highest.
One of only two AAML member firms in South Dakota
Comprehensive representation, focused expertise
We concentrate on the matters that shape families and futures — and we prepare every case as though it will go to trial.
A standard of advocacy built over generations
When your family, your assets, or your reputation is on the line, you need lawyers who prepare relentlessly and advocate without hesitation. That has been our approach since 1970.
About the FirmFive decades of trial experience
Founded in 1970, our firm has earned a reputation for principled, exhaustive advocacy across South Dakota courts.
Complex, high-asset matters
We routinely value and divide ranches, farms, businesses, and medical practices in sophisticated divorce cases.
Former public defenders
Our criminal defense team knows how prosecutors build cases — and how to dismantle them.
Counsel you can reach
Clients work directly with experienced attorneys who keep them informed at every step.
Outcomes that protect what matters most
Illustrative of the work we do. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Protected a family ranch and business interests
Secured a favorable property division that preserved a multi-generational ranch and a closely held business through a complex marital dissolution.
Charges resolved without conviction
Aggressive pre-trial work led to a resolution that protected the client's record and future.
A plan that held up when it mattered
Built a comprehensive estate plan that directed the disposition of assets exactly as the client intended and avoided dispute.
“They guided me through a difficult divorce with calm, clarity, and genuine care. I always knew where my case stood and felt protected the entire way.”
Family Law Client
Sioux Falls, SD
Credentials that reflect our commitment
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
- Best Law Firms — U.S. News & World Report
- Super Lawyers
- State Bar of South Dakota
- South Dakota Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
Let's talk about your case
Request a consultation and get clear, experienced guidance on your next steps. We serve clients throughout South Dakota.