Gregerson, Richard O.

Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Year Joined Organization: 1963

Lawyer Overview

Dick Gregerson has been with the firm since 1963. His primary areas of practice include litigation and lobbying. He has also had considerable experience in eminent domain and election law.

While attending law school, Dick was president of the student bar association.

Prior to entering the private practice of law, he was a special agent with the FBI. He is a Korean War veteran, having served three years in the Marine Corps.

Dick is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a member of the State Bar of South Dakota, the American Bar Association, and the Second Circuit Bar Association. Dick is a Life Member of the SD State Bar Uniform Law Commissioners.

Dick's bar activities include President of the Second Circuit Bar Association, board member of the East River Legal Services, and member of Continuing Legal Education, South Dakota Code Council, Practice Rules, Penal Law, Client Security Fund, Judicial Compensation, Judicial Conference and the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committees. Dick has been a commissioner on Uniform State Laws since 1982. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.   

When not practicing law, Dick is involved in multiple community activities. He was a South Dakota State Senator from 1978 to 1982. He has been active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Exalted Ruler and Trustee), Kiwanis (President), Minnehaha County Republican Party (Chairman) and First Lutheran Church (President). He was Chairman of the Board of Pensions of the American Lutheran Church. He has also served on the Mayor's Task Force on Community Development and Housing, South Dakota Private Industry Council, Southeastern Council of Governments and the Southeastern Criminal Justice Commission and the South Dakota Airline Authority. Dick is also a member and past chairman of the South Dakota Highway Commission. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Sioux Falls and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Dick is named in "Great Plains Super Lawyers" (published by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine) 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the area of general litigation. In May of 2009 Dick was honored by the SD Student Bar Association as the 58th Marshall M. McKusick Award winner. Dick is listed in Best Lawyers in America 2011 for his work in Advertising Law, Government Relations Law and Insurance Law.

Areas of Practice

• Government
• Insurance
• Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability

West Practice Categories

State Government, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Professional Responsibility

Bar Admissions

• South Dakota, 1963
• U.S. District Court District of South Dakota
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1963

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Marine Corps. (Korean War Veteran)
• State Bar of South Dakota (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Second Circuit Bar Association (Member)
• Second Circuit Bar Association (President)
• East River Legal Services (Member)
• South Dakota Code Council (Member, Continuing Legal Education)
• Practice Rules
• Penal Law
• Client Security Fund
• Judicial Compensation
• Judicial Conference
• Unauthorized Practice of Law Committees
• Uniform State Laws, 1982 - Present (Commissioner)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Member)
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Exalted Ruler)
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Trustee)
• Kiwanis (President)
• Minnehaha County Republican Party (Chairman)
• First Lutheran Church (President)
• South Dakota Highway Commission (Member)
• South Dakota Highway Commission (Chairman)
• Zoological Society of Sioux Falls (Board of Directors)
• Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce (Member, Board of Directors)

Past Employment Positions

• FBI, Special Agent
• National Conference on Uniform Laws, Commissioner
• South Dakota State Senator, 1978 - 1982
• Board of Pensions of the American Lutheran Church, Chairman
• Mayor's Task Force on Community Development and Housing
• South Dakota Private Industry Council
• Southeastern Council of Governments
• Southeastern Criminal Justice Commission
• South Dakota Airline Authority

Education

• University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1962
  J.D.
  Honors: President, Student Bar Association
• Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1957
  B.S.

Address

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

Phones

(605) 336-3890

Faxes

(605) 339-3357

Emails

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Websites

http://www.woodsfuller.com