(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Health Care Law, Personal Injury, Professional Discipline, General Practice, Probate and Estate Planning. Trials and Appeals. Legislative Counsel.

Clients

GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care (PRO)
South Dakota State Medical Holding Co. (DAKOTACARE HMO)
TM Rural Water District
South Dakota State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Stern Oil Company, Inc.

Address

500 S. Broadband Lane
Sioux Falls, SD 57108, (Lincoln & Minnehaha Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 605-361-9840
Fax: 605-271-7872

Website

http://www.zdclaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John H. Zimmer (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, December 29, 1922; admitted to bar, 1948, South Dakota. Education: Augustana College; Montana State College (M.S., 1944); University of South Dakota (LL.B., 1948). Phi Delta Phi. Minority Counsel, Strategic and Critical Materials Investigation, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 1962-1963. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1967-1968); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1968-1969). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning.

Dennis L. Duncan (Member) born Parkston, South Dakota, December 11, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, South Dakota; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Law Clerk to Chief Justice Francis Dunn, 1973-1974. Member: The State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; American Medical Association (Member, Physician Advisory Network, 1994—). Practice Areas: Legislative Lobbying; Civil Litigation; Insurance; Business Law; Health Care.Email: Dennis L. Duncan

Drew C. Duncan (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, South Dakota; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A., 1999); University of South Dakota (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Lobbying; Wills; Real Estate; Family Law.Email: Drew C. Duncan

Jeffrey A. Cole (Member) born Madison, South Dakota, May 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, South Dakota; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., 1988); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1992). Recipient, Joseph E. Spencer III Memorial Writers Award, University of South Dakota. Author: "Causation In Workers Compensation Heart Attack Cases. An Argument For A New Standard," 37 S.D.L. Rev. 540, 1992. Member: State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Insurance Litigation; Health Law.Email: Jeffrey A. Cole