South Dakota

DeMersseman Jensen Christianson Stanton & Huffman LLP
PO Box 1820
Rapid City, SD 57709 605/342-2814 (phone)
605/342-0732 (fax)

http://www.demjen.com
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DeMersseman Jensen Christianson Stanton & Huffman, LLP is a regional law firm with attorneys who have a wide variety of work backgrounds and experience. The firm emphasizes business and commercial law and government relations at all levels. The firm serves clients throughout the western South Dakota region. Our lawyers work as a team to advance our clients' interests, by using our resources to provide more than conventional legal services. We pride ourselves on providing prompt, quality service at reasonable rates and we work hard to avoid unnecessary expense for our clients.

Several of our attorneys worked in other fields before entering private practice, and they add that perspective to every case they handle. Our attorneys seek to determine our clients' objectives and then devise legal, political and business strategies to achieve those objectives as effectively and economically as possible. Our attorneys' extensive contacts with state and local governments have been valuable resources for our clients in the western South Dakota region, a region which is enjoying economic growth and increasing diversity.

The firm enjoys an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating.

MICHAEL DEMERSSEMAN was admitted to bar in 1967, South Dakota. Education: College of St. Thomas (B.A., 1964); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1967). Member, South Dakota House of Representatives 1995-97. Mr. DeMersseman's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporations, environmental law, personal injury and employment law. He has served as Labor Relations Counsel for a number of major employers in South Dakota. Mr. DeMersseman frequently advises our business clients on employment law matters, including discrimination claims, wrongful termination cases and compliance with federal and state employment laws. He has conducted an active personal injury practice for many years, along with his commercial litigation and legislative practice.

HARRY CHRISTIANSON was admitted to bar in 1974, South Dakota. Education: Kemper Military College (A.A. 1969); University of South Dakota (B.S., 1971); University of South Dakota (J.D. 1974). Mr. Christianson has served as counsel to Governor William J. Janklow and as the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Commerce and Regulation. He serves as a lobbyist and as administrative law counsel for numerous major corporations and trade associations before the South Dakota Legislature and state and federal agencies. Mr. Christianson has been instrumental in the development of several businesses in Western South Dakota, assisting with capital formation from both private and governmental sources, and regulatory approval for our clients in these efforts. Mr. Christianson serves on the South Dakota Banking Commission and is a member of the Gaming Law Committee of the South Dakota Bar Association.