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| | Address | | 305 Sixth Avenue, S.E., P.O. Box 970 | | Aberdeen, South Dakota 57402-0970 | | (Brown Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 605-225-2232 | | Fax: 605-225-2497 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bantzlaw.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Bantz, Gosch & Cremer, L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Corporation, Insurance, Real Property, Probate, Bankruptcy and Banking Law, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation. Trials and Appeals, Family Law, Education Law, Criminal. | | Year Established: 1963 | | Firm Size: 7 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Dacotah Banks, Inc. |
ATTORNEYS FOR: Aberdeen School District; Aid Association for Lutherans; All Nation Insurance Co.; American Concept Insurance Co.; American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co.; Citizens Security Group, Inc.; Colonial Penn Insurance Co.; Continental Western Group, Tri State Region; Dacotah Banks; Economy Fire & Casualty Co.; Edmunds Central School District; Employers Mutual Insurance Cos.; ; Farm and City Insurance Co.; Faulton School District; Federal Home Life Insurance Co.; First State Bank of Claremont, Claremont, S.D.; Hawkeye Insurance Co.; Heritage Insurance Co.; Home Insurance Co.; Hub Area Vocational Technical School; James Valley Telecommunications; Lloyds of London; Meridian Insurance; Milwaukee Insurance Co.; New Hampshire Insurance Co.; Northern Valley Communications; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.; State Auto and Casualty Underwriters; Transamerica Insurance Group; Tudor Insurance Co.; United Fire & Casualty Co.; United Pacific Insurance Co.; Webster School District. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Douglas W. Bantz (1909-1983). | | Kennith L. Gosch (Member) born Mobridge, South Dakota, June 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Northern State College (B.A., with highest honors, 1968); University of South Dakota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1970-1971. Law Clerk to Honorable Fred J. Nichol, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 1971-1972. Member: Brown County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; American Judicature Society; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; International Association of Insurance Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Business; Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Kennith L. Gosch | | James M. Cremer (Member) born Mitchell, South Dakota, May 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University and University of South Dakota (B.S., 1974); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1977). Managing Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk for the Honorable Fred J. Nichol, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 1977-1978. Member: Brown County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Commissioner, 1981-1984); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business; Banking and Commercial Law; Real Estate. Email: James M. Cremer | | Rory King (Member) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, September 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1970; J.D., with honors, 1973). Delta Theta Phi. President, South Dakota Moot Court Board, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Hon. Fred J. Nichol, U.S. District Judge, 1973-1974. President, Board of Trustees, Presentation College, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1984-1988. Member: Brown County and American (Member, Section on: Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1975-1976); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1982); International Association of Defense Counsel; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance; Business Law; School Law; Estate Planning. Email: Rory King | | Melissa E. Neville (Partner) born Sturgis, South Dakota, November 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 2002, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., 1995); University of South Dakota (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk to Honorable David Gilbertson, Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court. President, Moot Court Board, 2000-2001. Vice-President, Women In Law, 1999-2000. Member: Brown County and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Transactions; Administrative Law; Insurance; School Law; Social Security; Social Security Appeals; Social Security Disability; Social Security Disability Insurance; Supplemental Security Income; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Melissa E. Neville | | Greg L. Peterson (Member) born Huron, South Dakota, December 18, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1991, North Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Projects Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1979-1980. Law Clerk, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1980-1981. Member: Brown County Bar Association; The State Bar of South Dakota (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1983-1986); Christian Legal Society; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; National Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation. Email: Greg L. Peterson | | Richard A. Sommers (Member) born Webster, South Dakota, August 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., 1981); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1984). Chief Deputy State's Attorney, Brown County, 1986-1988. Member, South Dakota State's Attorneys Association, 1986-1988; National District Attorney's Association, 1986-1988. Member: Brown County Bar Association; The State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; South Dakota Municipal Attorney's Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Litigation; Family Law. Email: Richard A. Sommers | | Ronald A. Wager (Member) born Hoven, South Dakota, August 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota. Education: Northern State College (B.S., 1985); University of South Dakota (J.D., sterling honors, 1989). Presidential Scholarship List. Comments Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to Honorable Donald J. Porter, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Member: The State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Malpractice. Email: Ronald A. Wager | | ASSOCIATES | | Justin M. Scott (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., with honors, 2004); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., with distinction, 2007). Law Clerk, Presiding Circuit Court Judge, 2007-2008. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association. | | Stacy M. Johnson (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, South Dakota; 2004, Minnesota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.A., 1998); University of South Dakota (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk, South Dakota Supreme Court, 2002. Member: Brown County Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. |
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