Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP

Law Firm Overview

Our mission at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP is to provide our clients with the highest quality legal service. We bring attorneys and support staff together combining experience and knowledge and our team approach consistently provides successful results for our clients. Attorneys at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore understand each clients' objectives and we assist them in achieving their legal, business, and financial goals. Our clients are large national companies, mid-size and small businesses including: families, individuals, financial institutions, real estate developers, school districts, and insurance companies.

We have proven experience in class actions, insurance defense, personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and complex civil litigation cases. Whatever the legal need, our clients can rely on experienced professionals and dedicated support staff to listen, respond, and deliver results. The firm has been designated by A.M. Best Company to compile and revise the South Dakota insurance laws for inclusion in Best's Digest of Insurance Law.

Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP has provided a full range of legal services for over 30 years and is one of the largest, highly respected, and most widely known law firms in Western South Dakota and a multi-state region. We are conveniently located in the Assurant Building in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Arbitration Mediation
• Agricultural Law
• Asset Protection
• Banking Law
• Business Planning
• Business Law
• Business Transactions
• Charitable Giving
• Civil Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
• Civil Litigation
• Civil Rights
• Conservatorship
• Contested Wills
• Criminal Law
• Disabled Rights
• Discrimination
• Elder Law
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law
• Estate Planning
• Employee Benefits
• Engineering Law
• Estate Administration
• Family Business Law
• Family Limited Partnerships
• Family Law
• Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
• Governmental Law
• Guardianship & Conservatorship Administration
• Health Law
• Indian Law
• Insurance Defense & Litigation
• Insurance
• Litigation
• Living Wills
• Living Trusts
• Marital Agreements
• Medical Malpractice
• Medicaid Planning
• Mergers Aquisitions & Divestitures
• Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
• Personal Injury
• Probate
• Professional Licensing
• Powers of Attorney
• Products Liability
• Real Estate
• School Law
• State & Local Taxation
• Sexual Harassment
• Telecommunications
• Trusts & Estates
• Tribal Law
• Voting Rights

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Civil Rights, Construction Law, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Felonies, Traffic Violations, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Divorce, Gaming Law, Health & Health Care Law, Native Peoples Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law