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Don Porter Receives Another Win
September 8, 2009
In August, a Rapid City jury returned a verdict for Don Porter's client, a home inspector, and two other defendant sellers of a home in a buyers' suit claiming violations of the statutory hom...
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New Senior Partner
July 10, 2009
Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp, Bushnell, & Carpenter LLP is pleased to announce effective January 1, 2009, a new senior partner, Jess Pekarski. Jess graduated cum laude from Creighton Universi...
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Dennis Hill Receives Recognition for Fifty Years of Practice
June 24, 2009
On Friday, June 19, 2009, Dennis Hill received recognition from the State Bar Association for fifty years of practice in South Dakota. We are proud of Mr. Hill's long-standing service to the pra...
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Supreme Court Win for Don Porter
April 8, 2009
In a case handled by Don Porter and Steve Hoffman, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the right of a construction company to have local trade custom and usage considered by a jury in determinin...
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Joseph Lux Guest Panelist on Tribal Courts Forum
April 6, 2009
Joseph Lux will be a guest panelist at the forum titled "Tribal Courts: Accomplishments, Issues and Challenges" on Friday, April 17, 2009. The Forum will take place at the Mount Rushmore National M...
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Becky Vogt Presenting at Health Fair on April 23, 2009
March 18, 2009
Becky Vogt will be presenting at the Health Fair at Holiday Hills Estates, 2620 Holiday Land, Rapid City, South Dakota, on April 23, 2009. Ms. Vogt will be available from 1:30 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. to ...
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McKenzie Davis Selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Legal Professional of the Year Award
March 17, 2009
Legal assistant McKenzie Davis has been selected by the members of the Black Hills Legal Professionals Association as one of the three finalists for the 2009 Professional of the Year Award. The win...
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Ed Carpenter Selected as a "Super Lawyer"
March 17, 2009
Ed Carpenter has been honored as an outstanding lawyer in the area of business litigation by "Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition". The "Super Lawyers" designation is a great honor. According...
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Ed Carpenter Obtains a Jury Verdict for His Client
February 3, 2009
Attorney Ed Carpenter obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $199,553.00 on behalf of his client. Mr. Carpenter represented a decedent's estate against decedent's attorney, who failed to p...
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Patricia Meyers Receives a Defense Verdict
February 2, 2009
Patricia Meyers received defense verdict.
Ms. Meyers represented Defendant and obtained a jury verdict on behalf of Defendant. In this matter, Plaintiff alleged that Defendant gratuitously assualte...
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Another Win for Heather Lammers Bogard
February 2, 2009
Plaintiff was involved in a low impact, rear-end collision in 2004 with our client. Plaintiff was also involved in six other car accidents from 2004-2008. For injuries from our 2004 collision, Plai...
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Patricia Meyers Appointed to the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles
December 5, 2008
Patricia Meyers has been appointed by the Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court to serve on the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Members on the Parole Board serve a four-year t...
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Lammers Bogard to appear on diversity panel
May 28, 2008
Partner Heather Lammers Bogard will appear on a panel at the State Bar Convention in Rapid City on June 19. The seminar is entitled, "The Retention of Attorneys to Maintain a Skilled Diverse Firm-Ge...
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Becky Vogt Receives a Defense Verdict
May 5, 2008
In June of 2007, Becky Vogt received a jury verdict on behalf of her client, who was the defendant. The plaintiff sued Ms. Vogt's client for breach of contract. The jury awarded the plaintiff n...
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Heather Lammers Bogard Is Successful in Two Recent Jury Trials
May 5, 2008
Heather Lammers Bogard had success in two recent jury trials in Rapid City, South Dakota. In April of 2008, she defended a claim for personal injuries resulting from a car accident. The plaintiff r...
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Heather Lammers Bogard obtains favorable decision from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
May 5, 2008
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in favor of DeDe Engel, a client of Heather Lammers Bogard and Steve Hoffman. Engel can now pursue her sexual harassment claim agains the Rapi...
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A Good Start for the New Year
February 3, 2008
From Deadwood, SD January 2008: Attorney Michaele Hofmann kicked off the new year by otaining a defense verdict for her client in a jury trial in an auto accident case in Deadwood. The jury awarded...
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December 2007 Defense Verdict
January 11, 2008
In a case tried by Don Porter to a jury in Rapid City, injury claims against a local construction company were dismissed after expert testimony on construction site safety and medical issues of C...
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Auto Insurer Declaratory Action Decides Tribal Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Member Dispute
June 12, 2007
In Progressive Specialty Ins. Co. v. Burnette, 489 F.Supp.2d 955 (D.S.D. 2007), Attorneys Pat Meyers and Stephen Hoffman persuaded the U.S. District Court of South Dakota to permanently enjoin the Ros...
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Admitted Negligence and Still a Defense Verdict!
February 5, 2008
Heather Lammers Bogard successfully defended a driver in an auto accident case tried in July 2007 in Rapid City before a jury. With the help of several vocational and economic loss experts, she ...
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Defense Verdict Recognized by National Group
December 3, 2008
Pat Meyers spent nearly three weeks in a Rapid City courtroom as part of the trial team defending a large multinational corporation against allegations of a product defect arising out of a tragic ro...
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8th Circuit Federal Appeals Courts Engel Case Guidance for Disciplined Employees
July 12, 2007
DeDe Engel v. Rapid City School DistrictHeather Lammers Bogard and Stephen C. Hoffman handled this employement discrimination case in the 8th federal circuit court of appeals in St. Louis, MO (on a...
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John M (Jack) Costello Passes Away
May 11, 2007
One of the Firm's founders, John M (Jack) Costello, passed away on March 23, 2007. Jack was born August 13, 1923, in Rapid City, the first child of LeRoy and Doris (Penrose) Costello. J...
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Medical Records Law Seminar by Heather Lammers Bogard and Michaele Sanders Hofmann
December 26, 2006
On February 13, 2007, Heather Lammers Bogard and Michaele Sanders Hofmann are presenting a one-day seminar designed for medical records directors, health information directors, business managers, ...
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Vote No on Amendment E
October 24, 2006
Citizens serving on juries, school boards, city councils, county commissions, or in similar capacities, and prosecutors and judges, are all required to make judicial decisions. The decisions thes...
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Costello Porter Welcomes the Newest Arrival
June 29, 2006
On May 28, 2006, Attorney Heather Lammers Bogard and her husband welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world. Breon Nikki was born 8 lbs and 11 oz., and was 21 1/4 inches tall. She is a welcome ...
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Melvin Wedmore Receives Recognition for Fifty Years of Practice
June 20, 2006
On Friday, June 23, 2006, Melvin Wedmore will receive recognition from the State Bar Association for fifty years of practice in South Dakota, where he was born and raised. Mel obtained his und...
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Patricia Meyers Arguing Before the South Dakota Supreme Court
May 24, 2006
On Wednesday, May 24, 2006, Patricia Meyers will be arguing before the South Dakota Supreme Court in Pierre, South Dakota regarding a child custody case titled "Lori A. Roberts, f/n/a Lori A. Schr...
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Heather Bogard Arguing Before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
March 24, 2006
On Friday, March 24, Heather Bogard will be arguing before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in Grand Forks, North Dakota, at the University of North Dakota School of Law regarding a habe...
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New Senior Partner
January 24, 2006
Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp, Bushnell, & Carpenter LLP is pleased to announce effective January 1, 2006 Heather Lammers Bogard is now a senior partner in the firm. Heather graduated from th...
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New Junior Partner
January 24, 2006
Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp, Bushnell, & Carpenter LLP is pleased to
announce effective January 1, 2006 Jess M. Pekarski is a junior partner in the firm. Jess graduated cum laude from Creig...
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Amoret Linn
March 3, 2006
We announce with deepest regret the passing of Amoret Linn. Amoret worked tirelessly as the Firm's system's administrator and a legal secretary/assistant. She had battled breast cancer fo...
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