Melanie L. Carpenter
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Melanie L. Carpenter
Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C.Total Records: 1Biography
Melanie Carpenter joined the Firm in 1996. Her area of practice is general civil litigation, including labor and employment, insurance defense and business litigation.
During law school, Melanie was a member of the moot court board. From 1994 to 1996, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Battey, Senior (then Chief) Judge of the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, in Rapid City.
She is admitted to practice before the U. S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Melanie is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of South Dakota, the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, and the South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association. She is currently serving on the SD State Bar Labor and Employment Law Committee.
Bar Admission
South Dakota, 1994
U.S. District Court District of South Dakota
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Other Affiliations
State Bar of South Dakota (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
Achievements
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- Included on the 2022 Great Plains
Past Lists
- 2021 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
Education
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University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1994 J.D.
Honors: With Sterling Honors, Member, Moot Court Board
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Iowa State University, 1991 B.S.Minor: English