A car crash, a workplace injury, a probate question, a new business taking shape—each one creates pressure to act before you fully understand your options. What looks like a narrow legal question often pulls in insurance, family decisions, property, or the future of a company.
We help South Dakotans work through those questions with personalized strategies and honest counsel. Here’s a look at the matters we handle and how our practice areas can meet clients at different points in life and business.
One Firm, Multiple Practice Areas
Legal problems don’t always arrive one at a time. Someone recovering from an injury may have questions about their insurer, while a business owner may need guidance on formation, contracts, or a dispute. We offer a full range of services because not every situation has the same answer.
The matters we handle include:
- Personal injury and workers’ compensation claims
- Criminal defense
- Estate planning, probate, and wills
- Business law, LLC formations, and corporation formations
- Bad faith insurance, insurance defense, and professional liability disputes
- Construction law, agricultural law, lease disputes, and real property matters
What to Expect From a First Conversation
Choosing an attorney is an important decision, particularly when the issue involves your health, family, livelihood, or business. As the video puts it, “selecting an attorney is a difficult process.” We take that seriously by offering a confidential, no-cost consultation where you can discuss the facts of your situation and ask practical questions.
That first conversation doesn’t require you to have every document organized or every answer ready. It gives you a chance to explain what happened, identify the legal issue you’re facing, and determine whether we’re the right fit.
How We Approach Each Case
Our attorneys bring more than a century of combined experience to cases across South Dakota, using a team-based approach so clients benefit from the preparation and perspective of our full legal team.
Injury and workers’ compensation cases often raise immediate concerns about medical bills, insurance communications, and lost income. We represent people injured in car accidents, slip and fall incidents, and workplace accidents, and we prepare every case for litigation when necessary. Estate planning and probate matters involve decisions that deserve time and care—whether you need a will drafted, have probate questions, or are considering a trust, we can walk you through the legal considerations involved. For businesses, forming an LLC or corporation is only one part of the legal picture; our business, construction, agricultural, lease, and real property services address questions that arise as an organization operates, enters agreements, or faces a dispute.
Ready to Talk Through Your Situation
Our AV® Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® reflects peer recognition for professional excellence, and our commitment to trial preparation reflects the care we bring to each case. But credentials matter less than clarity, and the most useful first step is usually a straightforward conversation about what’s happening and what options are available to you.
If you’d like to discuss a legal need, Beardsley, Jensen & Lee is available at (605) 777-7466. We’ll listen and help you figure out where to begin.