John Mark Wilka is a lawyer practicing domestic relations, criminal law, trial practice and 13 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree from University of South Dakota in 1985, and has been licensed for 38 years. John practices at Wilka Welter & Ash LLP in Sioux Falls, SD.
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Leave a review about your experience with this lawyer.Working with Mr Wilka and his staff. Helped me a lot.I’m sure I wasn’t the easiest one of his clients. Mr. Wilka is a very busy lawyer. So if your having Anxiety I’d fear you can always talk to his paralegal or staff and they will get the message to him. I am extremely grateful for Mr. Wilka and his staff and I would recommend hiring him. Shoot I’d hire him again if needed. Hopefully I don’t ever need to again. It was a Scary experience for me. Have faith and trust In Mr Wilka and his staff and they’ll do there best to solve your case. Thanks again.
John was very helpful in every way, he made you feel like you will go throughout the situation together and he sure did his best to keep his clients best interest in touch but also gave a realistic presence that not everything will be easy but he sure was able to work hard when he needed to and comfort when in time of it. He’s great and I would recommend him to all my friends and family.
John Wilka relates to his clients and truly listens to them. He was very down to earth and realistic. I appreciated his ability to tell me what was going on in my case even when he knew it was going to upset me. John is passionate about being an attorney and doing everything he can for his clients. I also worked with one of his paralegals, Rosemary. She was amazing keeping me up to date and reassuring me when I was doubting the entire process.
Mr. Wilka is a very professional and persistent attorney that I highly recommend for Family Law services. He is sincere and listens carefully to clients requests and is very responsive to questions and concerns. I've dealt with other attorney's in the past and none have come close to John's capabilities and diligence in fighting for what's right. I'll definitely use John's services for all future attorney needs.
Very greedy person. Money, money money none-stop. Lost about every court I had with him. Will throw your interests away to put his first.
Working with Wilka was an awful experience. I hired him for a custody case and got absolutely no where. He would never communicate with me or bother to listen to what I had to say. He appeared in court for me once and I could have done a better job myself. I asked almost every month for a statement and never ONCE received one. I tried to fire him weekly and asked for my retainer back and got completely ignored. I finally got a rough draft of a statement emailed to me stating I still had close to $2000 left on my retainer, which is bogus because he didn't do any work, but better yet, when I finally got it through to them that he was fired...they sent me a bill saying I owed them $10 but they would just take care of that!!!!!!!!!! He STOLE from me and did a TERRIBLE job.
I hired John for my personal divorce that never went to trial and he did okay. I referred a family member to John. He has not been able to arrange visitation or divorce for 2 years. Very disappointing
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1988, South Dakota
1988, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
1995, Minnesota
MembershipsState Bar of South Dakota
Minnesota State Bar Association
Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of South Dakota
Class of 1988
J.D.
Other EducationUniversity of South Dakota
Class of 1985
B.A.
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1962
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, March 1, 1962
John Mark Wilka
300 North Dakota Avenue, Suite 510Sioux Falls, SD 57104U.S.A.
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