Moore, James E.

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder, since 1991

Year Joined Organization: 1991

Lawyer Overview

James Moore joined the firm in 1991. He does trial work with an emphasis in governmental liability and civil rights defense.

While in law school, James was Articles Editor for the South Dakota Law Review. From 1989 to 1991, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable C. Arlen Beam, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

James is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of South Dakota, South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association and Defense Research Institute. He is currently serving on the SD State Bar Law School Committee. In 2011 he has again been selected for inclusion in both The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers U.S.A.'s America's Leading Lawyers for Business.  James is named in "Great Plains Super Lawyers" (published by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine) 2007 in the area of civil rights/first amendment and in 2009 in the area of Eminent Domain.

James is past board chair of Volunteers of America, Dakotas, and is on the board of the South Dakota Symphony. He is also a member of the Civil Service Board for the City of Sioux Falls.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Law
• Construction Law
• Government
• Insurance
• Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, State Government, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• South Dakota, 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of South Dakota (Member)
• South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• Volunteers of America (Chair)
• Volunteers of Dakotas (Chair)
• South Dakota Symphony (Board Member)
• Civil Service Board, City of Sioux Falls (Member)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers U.S.A.'s America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable C. Arlen Beam, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Lincoln, Nebraska, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1991

Education

• University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: With Sterling Honors
  Law Review: South Dakota Law Review, Articles Editor
• St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1986
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Classics

Address

300 S. Phillips Avenue, Suite 300
Sioux Falls, SD 57104-6322

Phones

(605) 336-3890

Faxes

(605) 339-3357

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