Scott Swier
Swier Law Firm, Prof. LLC
- Biography
Scott Swier is the Founder and Managing Member of Swier Law Firm. He also leads the law firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group and Education Law Practice Group. Scott is a recognized authority in state and federal legal matters. While serving in private legal practice and as Assistant Attorney General for the State of South Dakota, he has represented individuals, businesses, and government entities before state and federal trial courts, state and federal appellate courts, and state and federal regulatory agencies. As Assistant Attorney General, Scott served as counsel for the State of South Dakota in many high-profile cases and his clients included Governor Michael Rounds, the Attorney General’s Office, the Secretary of State’s Office, and the Department of Education, Department of Revenue and Regulation, Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, and South Dakota Commission on Gaming. Scott is also well-versed in the South Dakota legislative process, having coordinated legislative initiatives on behalf of the Attorney General’s Office.
- Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father’s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Education Law
- Native American Law
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- South Dakota
- Since 1998
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- Languages
- English:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Founder and Managing Member
- Swier Law Firm, Prof. LLC
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2010 –
Current
- Assistant Attorney General
- State of South Dakota
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2008 –
2010
- Attorney
- Private Practice
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1998 –
2008
- Law Clerk
- South Dakota Unified Judicial System
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1997 –
1998
- Education
- Mount Marty College
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- University of South Dakota School of Law
- J.D. (1997)
- Honors: South Dakota Law Review – Lead Articles Editor
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- Awards
- Young Lawyer of the Year
- South Dakota Bar Association
- Ten Outstanding Young South Dakotans
- South Dakota Jaycees
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award
- Mount Marty College
- Professional Associations
- Associated School Boards of South Dakota
- Member – Council of School Attorneys
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2015 –
Current -
- The State Bar of South Dakota
- Member – Law School Committee
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2014 –
Current -
- School Administrators of South Dakota
- Legal Counsel
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2013 –
Current -
- University of South Dakota School of Law
- Adjunct Professor – “Education and the Law”
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2011 –
Current -
- Mount Marty College
- Board of Trustees
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2011 –
Current -
- South Dakota Municipal League
- Council of Municipal Attorneys
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2010 –
Current -
- South Dakota Trial Academy
- Graduate
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2005 –
Current -
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The State Bar of South Dakota
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- Member
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1998 –
Current -
- South Dakota Attorney General’s Office
- Member – South Dakota Attorney General’s Open Government Task Force
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2007 –
2008 -
- South Dakota Voices for Children
- Chairperson
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2005 –
2007 -
- Mount Marty College
- Adjunct Professor – Criminal Law
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2003 –
2004 -
- South Dakota Law Review
- Lead Articles Editor
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1996 –
1997 -
- Publications
- Editor in Chief – South Dakota School Law Notes
- Swier Law Firm, Prof. LLC
- Estate Planning in South Dakota
- Swier Law Firm, Prof. LLC
- 2014
- The South Dakota Public Dispute Resolution Procedure and Public Records Act: A Fundamental Change in South Dakota Law
- South Dakota Law Review
- 2010
- Daubert, Kumho and the South Dakota Supreme Court’s Most Recent Rulings Regarding “Reliability” and “Relevancy”
- North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association – Pleader
- 2004
- Daubert, Kumho, and Its Impact on South Dakota Jurisprudence (with Honorable Janine M. Kern)
- South Dakota Law Review
- 2004
- The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in South Dakota After Daubert, Kumho, Hofer, and Guthrie
- South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association – Barrister
- 2004
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: “Gatekeeping” or Industry “Safekeeping”? (with Honorable Janine M. Kern)
- South Dakota Law Review
- 1998
- The Employee/Independent Contractor Dichotomy in South Dakota for Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Purposes: An Examination and Suggested Analytical Framework
- South Dakota Law Review
- 1998
- The Tenuous Tale of the Terrible Termites: The Federal Arbitration Act and the Court’s Decision to Interpret Section Two in the Broadest Possible Manner: Allied-Bruce Terminix Companies, Inc. v. Dobson
- South Dakota Law Review
- 1996
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