Speaker Name
Pamela R. Reiter
Job Title
Owner and Founding Partner
Company
Reiter Law Firm, LLC
Speaker Bio
Pamela R. Reiter is the owner and founding partner of Reiter Law Firm, LLC. Pamela has earned an AV – Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating and is rated in Band A by Chambers USA, the highest possible ratings an attorney can earn. She also has been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the United States and recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the area of Trust and Estate Litigation. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, including trust and estate litigation, business disputes and other complex civil litigation.
Pamela has nearly fourteen years of experience as a federal district court law clerk. Before opening her own firm in 2023, Pamela joined Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, & Reiter, LLP, as an associate attorney in early 2008, was named partner in 2011, became an owner in 2013 and assumed the role of managing partner in 2018. While practicing at her former firm, Pamela developed her litigation skills by trying cases before juries and the courts in both federal and state courts throughout South Dakota, representing clients in arbitration, taking over one hundred depositions, and working with her clients to reach sensible and practical solutions to their legal matters through mediation or settlement.
In 1995, Pamela was admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota and has been an active member since that date. She was sworn in as the State Bar President on June 23, 2017, and served in that capacity until June 2018. She served a four-year term as a member of the State Bar's Disciplinary Board from 2013 to 2017. She was elected as a Bar Commissioner in 2010 to serve a three-year term and was appointed to the State Bar's Strategic Planning Committee, on which she continues to serve. She served as President of the Young Lawyers Section from 2000 to 2001 and on the Young Lawyers Board from 1999 to 2001. Pamela has been appointed to several committees, including the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Lawyer Referral Committee, and served as the Chair of the Law School Committee for more than a decade. Her professional memberships include the American Bar Association and the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
Pamela was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and management from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, graduating summa cum laude. She also graduated summa cum laude and first in her class from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1994.
Pamela has nearly fourteen years of experience as a federal district court law clerk. Before opening her own firm in 2023, Pamela joined Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, & Reiter, LLP, as an associate attorney in early 2008, was named partner in 2011, became an owner in 2013 and assumed the role of managing partner in 2018. While practicing at her former firm, Pamela developed her litigation skills by trying cases before juries and the courts in both federal and state courts throughout South Dakota, representing clients in arbitration, taking over one hundred depositions, and working with her clients to reach sensible and practical solutions to their legal matters through mediation or settlement.
In 1995, Pamela was admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota and has been an active member since that date. She was sworn in as the State Bar President on June 23, 2017, and served in that capacity until June 2018. She served a four-year term as a member of the State Bar's Disciplinary Board from 2013 to 2017. She was elected as a Bar Commissioner in 2010 to serve a three-year term and was appointed to the State Bar's Strategic Planning Committee, on which she continues to serve. She served as President of the Young Lawyers Section from 2000 to 2001 and on the Young Lawyers Board from 1999 to 2001. Pamela has been appointed to several committees, including the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Lawyer Referral Committee, and served as the Chair of the Law School Committee for more than a decade. Her professional memberships include the American Bar Association and the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
Pamela was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and management from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, graduating summa cum laude. She also graduated summa cum laude and first in her class from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1994.
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