Pechota Law Offices

Terry Pechota

College:  Black Hills State College, BS, 1969

Law School:  University of Iowa, JD, 1972

 

Admitted:                               State Bar of South Dakota, 1972

                                                   United States Supreme Court, 1974

                                                   United States District Court, South Dakota, 1972

                                                   United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit,  1973

                                                   United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983

                                                   United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1985

                                                   United States Claims Court, 1984

                                                   South Dakota Tribal Courts

 

Member:                                 State Bar of South Dakota, 1972

                                                   Iowa State Bar, 1972

                                                   Colorado State Bar, 1982

                                                   Pennington County Bar Association

                                                   American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)

                                                   South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (SDTLA)

                                                   American Indian Attorneys Association

                                                   South Dakota Tribal Courts

 

Principal Areas                     Indian Law, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice,

Of Practice:                           Wrongful Death, Civil Rights, Trial Litigation, Criminal

                                                   Defense, Federal Tort Claims, Suits Against BIA and HIS,

                                                   Collections and Repossessions, Contracts, Construction

                                                   Litigation, Real Property Litigation, Products Liability,

                                                   Negligence, School Law, Water Law, Trial Attorney