Ronald A. Parsons, Jr.
Partner
Email: ron@jhajlaw.com

Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Constitutional Law; Personal Injury.

Admitted: 1998, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit and U.S Supreme Court

Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1997

College: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1994

Member: State Bar of South Dakota; 8th Circuit Bar Association; American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.

Biography: Law Clerk to Hon. Roger L. Wollman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1997-1998. Included in Chambers USA's America's Leading Lawyers for Business, "Great Plains Super Lawyers," and "The Best Lawyers in America" in Areas of Appellate Law and First Amendment Law. Sterling Honor Graduate. Law School Foundation Distinguished Scholar, 1995-1997. Recipient: Edward W. Hope Award for Highest Grade Point Average in Graduating Class; Alan Bogue Excellence in Legal Writing Award. Vice President, Moot Court Board. Author: "Should The Eighth Circuit Recognize Procedural Misjoinder?" 53 South Dakota Law Review 2007-2008; "Pierre Pressure: Legislative Elections, the State Constitution, and the Supreme Court of South Dakota," 50 South Dakota Law Review, 2004-2005; "The Heart of the Matter: Substantive Due Process in the South Dakota Courts," 47 South Dakota Law Review, 2001-2002; "Dedication to the Honorable Roger L. Wollman," 46 South Dakota Law Review, 2000-2001; "The Wrongful Death of Common Sense," 45 South Dakota Law Review, 1999-2000; "That Which Governs: An Essay On The Nature Of Law And Its Relation To Justice," 43 South Dakota Law Review, 1997-1998.

Born: Southfield, Michigan

ISLN: 913489039