MEMBERS OF FIRM
Hugh Agor (1892-1970).
Stanley E. Siegel (1928-1996).
Joseph H. Barnett (1931-1985).
Terence A. O'Keefe (1938-1999).
Harvey C. Jewett (Partner) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, October 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, South Dakota, and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., cum laude, 1970; J.D., with honors, 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, South Dakota Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk for Andrew W. Bogue, U.S. District Judge, 1973-1974. General Counsel, Super 8 Motels, Inc., 1976-1993. Member: Board of Directors Law School Foundation, 1981-1984, 1996-1999; University of South Dakota Foundation, 1998-2007; Board of Trustees, College St. Benedict, 1992; South Dakota Board of Regents, 1997; Board of Directors, South Dakota Student Loan Corporation, 1979-1999; Great Plains Education Foundation, 1998; The Hatterscheidt Foundation, Inc., 1997. Member: Brown County and American (Member: Section of Torts and Insurance Practice; Small Business Committee, Sub-committee on Franchising, Products Liability, 1984) Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; American Judicature Society; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Federation of Insurance Counsel; Association of Insurance Attorneys. Practice Areas: Corporate Planning and Finance; Franchising.Email: Harvey C. Jewett
Jeffrey T. Sveen (Partner) born Lincoln, Nebraska, November 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; U. S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Claims Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Northern State College and University of South Dakota (B.A., 1976); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1979). Board of Editors for South Dakota Law Review, 1978-1979. Intern with United States Attorney's Office in Rapid City, South Dakota, 1979. South Dakota Bar Commissioner, 1984-1987. Member, Board of Directors, South Dakota Trial Lawyers, 1985-1986. Committee Chairman (various committees), South Dakota State Bar Association, 1992. Chairman of the Board, Dakota Turkey Growers. Member: Brown County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota (President, 2000; Disciplinary Board Member, 2006); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; ALPS (Board of Directors, 2001). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Corporate Law; Criminal and Civil Litigation; Agricultural Law.Email: Jeffrey T. Sveen
Joseph P. Barnett (Partner) born Ft. Knox, Kentucky, February 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, South Dakota, and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: St. Johns University (B.A., 1977); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1981). Member: Brown County and American (Member, Section on: Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Worker's Compensation; Collections; Subrogation; Creditor's Rights.Email: Joseph P. Barnett
Reed Rasmussen (Partner) born Watertown, South Dakota, February 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Dakota, and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1976, Phi Beta Kappa); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1979). Member, Board of Editors, South Dakota Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to Hon. Andrew W. Bogue, U.S. District Judge, 1979-1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1981-1986. Member, Federal Advisory Committee for Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Member: Brown County and American (Member, Section on: Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation.Email: Reed Rasmussen
Gregg C. Magera (Partner) born Yankton, South Dakota, November 10, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, South Dakota, and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Member: Brown County and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Family Law; and General Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1998-1999); South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Civil Litigation; Family Law; Criminal Law.Email: Gregg C. Magera
Julia M. Dvorak (Partner) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, September 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, South Dakota, North Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2003, Montana; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Montana and District of North Dakota. Education: Northern State University (B.S., 1992); University of South Dakota (J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 2000). Editor-in-Chief, South Dakota Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Brown County Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; State Bar Commissioner; South Dakota State Bar Association CLE Committee (Chairperson). Practice Areas: Adoption Law; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Julia M. Dvorak
Rodrick L. Tobin (Partner) born Miller, South Dakota, October 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, South Dakota; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of South Dakota. Education: Southwest State University (B.S., 1989); University of South Dakota (M.B.A., J.D., 1992). Abstracter, South Dakota, 1997-Insurance, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana, 1999. Member: Brown County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business; Property; Probate and Trust Law); State Bar of South Dakota Bar Commission (Chair, Title Standards Committee, 1997-1999). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Taxation.
ASSOCIATES
Douglas R. Aberle (Associate) born Mobridge, South Dakota, April 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 2009, South Dakota. Education: Northern State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2000); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., with distinction, 2003). Member: State Bar of South Dakota; Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Taxation; Civil Litigation.Email: Douglas R. Aberle
Christopher A. Jung (Associate) born 1984; (Admission pending). Education: Northern State University (B.A., 2006); Texas Tech University and University of South Dakota (J.D., 2009).Email: Christopher A. Jung
OF COUNSEL
Raymond M. Schutz (Of Counsel) born Rock Valley, Iowa, May 11, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, South Dakota, and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1950); University of South Dakota (LL.B., 1954). Phi Delta Phi. Deputy States Attorney, Brown County, 1961-1963. Assistant City Attorney, Aberdeen, 1961-1963. Member, 1972-1980 and President, 1975-1978, Board of Trustees, Presentation College. Member, Board of Trustees, South Dakota Foundation of Private Colleges, 1974-1980. Member, 1982-2000 and Chairman, 1983-2000, Board of Trustees, St. Luke's Hospital. Member: Brown County Bar Association (President, 1980-1981); The State Bar of South Dakota. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1988-2001).Email: Raymond M. Schutz