JConnolly@gpnalaw.com
Phone: (605) 342-1078
Fax: (605) 719-3471
Civil Litigation
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Jeffrey joined Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP in 2007 after completing a year clerkship with the United States District Court in Rapid City. During his clerkship, Jeffrey served as a Pro Se Law Clerk to Chief Judge Karen E. Schreier and as a Law Clerk to Senior Judge Andrew W. Bogue. Jeffrey is a trial attorney. He is experienced in civil litigation, as well as felony criminal defense in both state and federal court.
Jeffrey earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to attending law school, Jeffrey worked in retail management in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jeffrey graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2006. While in law school, he completed a summer externship with the Land Tenure Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served on the Board of Editors of the South Dakota Law Review.
Jeffrey is licensed to practice law in South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and several tribal courts. He has been a Special Prosecutor to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He is also the President of the Pennington County Bar Association and a representative to the Young Lawyers Division of the South Dakota State Bar.
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- American Bar Association
- President, Pennington County Bar Association
- 7th Circuit Representative, Young Lawyers Division of the South Dakota State Bar
- South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
- South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
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- South Dakota- 2007
- Minnesota- 2008
- Nebraska- 2009
- Sicangu Oyate Bar Association (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
- Oglala Sioux Tribal Court
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court
- 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
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- University of South Dakota, J.D. 2006
- Board of Editors, South Dakota Law Review
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- University of Wisconsin- Madison, B.A. 1998
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- Law Clerk to the Hon. Andrew W. Bogue, United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 2007
- Pro Se Law Clerk to the Hon. Karen E. Schreier, Chief Judge of the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 2006-2007
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- Jeffrey Robert Connolly, Note Maas v. Department of Commerce and Regulation: Why Can't South Dakota Curb Repeat Offenses of Driving Under the Influence?, 50 S.D.L.REV.352 (2005).
- Jeffrey Robert Connolly, Northern Wisconsin Reacts to Interpretations of Indian Treaty Rights to Natural Resources, 11 Great Plains National Resources J. 116 (2007).
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- Truman v. Griese, 2009 SD 8, 762 N.W.2d75
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