Scott N. Heidepriem
Partner
Email: scott@jhajlaw.com

Practice Areas: Civil Trials; Personal Injury and Appeals.

Admitted: 1980, South Dakota; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1989, Minnesota; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1980

College: University of South Dakota (A.B., 1978; M.A., 1983); Harvard University, M.P.A., 1992

Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1996-1997); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, 2008); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biography: Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Tort Reform in South Dakota: The Plaintiff's Perspective," Vol. 42, South Dakota Law Review, 1997. Member, South Dakota Board of Regents, 1978-1980. Elected State's Attorney, Jerauld County, 1980-1982. Elected South Dakota House of Representatives, 1982, 1984, 1988 (Speaker Pro-Tem, 1984-1987). Recipient, Bush Fellowship 1991-1992. Member, South Dakota Senate, 1989-1992, 2006- (Senate Minority Leader, 2006-). Past Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law, 1986-2001.

Born: Miller, South Dakota, June 25, 1956

ISLN: 906580309