Jason R. Sutton

The State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association; South Dakota Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute.

Some of Jason’s representative cases are:

Commercial Cases

Hass v. Wentzlaff, 2012 SD 50, 816 N.W.2d 96 (lead counsel obtaining and defending summary judgment for a life insurance company involving loss involving agent fraud) Raven Industries, Inc. v Clark, 2010 SD 49, 783 N.W.2d 844 (represented plaintiff employer in obtaining permanent injunction against former employer and new employee following 8 day court trial and involving trade secrets and breach of confidentiality agreements)

Lawyer Malpractice Cases

Hutterville Hutterian Brethren, Inc. et al. v. Jeffrey T. Sveen et al, 776 F.3d 547 (8th Cir. 2015) (responsible for motion to dismiss briefing and argument on RICO claims asserted against attorney) Roger Hamilton v. Richard Sommers, et al., 2014 SD 76, 855 N.W.2d 855 (active second counsel including taking several depositions, directing discovery, and briefing at trial court and Supreme Court on legal malpractice case) Waldner v. N. Am. Truck and Trailer, Inc., 277 F.R.D. 401 (D.S.D. 2011) (obtained dismissal of RICO claim asserted against attorney)

Employment Law

Kolda v. City of Yankton, 2014 SD 60, 852 N.W.2d 425 (co-counsel defending employer resulting in defense verdict) Specht v. City of Sioux Falls, 639 F.3d 814 (8th Cir. 2011) (represented municipality in Fair Labor Standards Act case)

Administrative Law

Pesall v. Montana Dakota Utilities Co. et al, 2015 SD 81, 871 N.W.2d 649 (directed discovery and second chair attorney in trying contested case hearing before South Dakota PUC for facility permit on 160 mile electric transmission line Project and worked as second chair on condemnation cases needed for right of way acquisition) Citibank, N.A. v. South Dakota Department of Revenue, 2015 SD 67, 868 N.W.2d 361 (refund request of over $30 million for bank franchise taxes involving statute of limitations) In re Application of Northwestern Corporation, Docket EL 14-106 (represented industrial intervenors in general electric rate increase case before South Dakota Public Utilities Commission)

Family Law

Schieffer v. Schieffer, 2013 SD 11, 826 N.W.2d 627 (represented husband in substantial net worth cased involving prenuptial agreement, child support, relocation of special needs child and 12 expert witnesses) In re Ibanez, 2013 SD 45, 834 N.W.2d 306, 834 N.W.2d 306 (represented mother in trying to set-aside voluntary termination of her parental rights)