Position: Partner

TEL: 605-338-4304

FAX: 605-338-4162

Email: ron@jhjaj.com

Website: www.jhjaj.com

Admitted: 1998, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit and U.S Supreme Court

Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1997

College: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1994

Birth Date and Place: Southfield, Michigan

Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Constitutional Law; Personal Injury

Additional Information: State Bar of South Dakota; 8th Circuit Bar Association; American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. Law Clerk to Hon. Roger L. Wollman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1997-1998. Included in "The Best Lawyers in America" in Areas of Appellate Law and First Amendment Law. Sterling Honor Graduate. Law School Foundation Distinguished Scholar, 1995-1997. Recipient: Edward W. Hope Award for Highest Grade Point Average in Graduating Class; Alan Bogue Excellence in Legal Writing Award. Vice President, Moot Court Board. Author: "Should The Eighth Circuit Recognize Procedural Misjoinder?" 53 South Dakota Law Review 2007-2008; "Pierre Pressure: Legislative Elections, the State Constitution, and the Supreme Court of South Dakota," 50 South Dakota Law Review, 2004-2005; "The Heart of the Matter: Substantive Due Process in the South Dakota Courts," 47 South Dakota Law Review, 2001-2002; "Dedication to the Honorable Roger L. Wollman," 46 South Dakota Law Review, 2000-2001; "The Wrongful Death of Common Sense," 45 South Dakota Law Review, 1999-2000; "That Which Governs: An Essay On The Nature Of Law And Its Relation To Justice," 43 South Dakota Law Review, 1997-1998.

Ron Parsons heads the firm’s strongly developed Appellate Department. He represents clients in state and federal appellate courts in all areas of the law, including civil and criminal. Ron has argued or handled well over fifty appeals in the South Dakota Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He also appeared with co-counsel before the United States Supreme Court in one of his cases involving a constitutional challenge to a federal statute. See Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Ass’n, 544 U.S. 550 (2005). In addition to appellate work, Ron accepts cases at the trial level, representing plaintiffs and defendants in the areas of constitutional law, business litigation, contracts, insurance, administrative law, personal injury, arbitration, and declaratory judgment actions. He is a prolific legal writer, authoring summary judgment briefs and other significant legal memoranda for many of the firm’s clients. He also frequently serves as local counsel for corporations and other clients in state and federal court. After graduating from law school with the highest honors, Ron served as a law clerk for the Hon. Roger L. Wollman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Since entering private practice in 1998, he has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Appellate Law and First Amendment Law. His appellate work has also been recognized in Chambers USA's America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In addition, Ron is included in Great Plains Super Lawyers, and was recently featured in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition. Ron was recently named the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society’s "FRIEND OF THE YEAR" for his pro bono legal work related to the rescue of dozens of mistreated and abused animals from a puppy mill.