HPS Law Firm Partner Pete Heidepriem was recently named General Counsel of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. In that role, he will maintain a second office in Fort Thompson, South Dakota, and serve as the chief legal advisor to the Tribal Council and provide legal advice to...
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Partner Pete Heidepriem Wins Civil Rights Appeal in Federal Court
Last week, a federal court of appeals unanimously ruled in favor of HPS Law Firm’s client in a civil rights case. The case involves a traffic stop on I-90 where our client asserted he was pulled over by a highway patrol trooper without probable cause. The federal...
HPS Lawyers Achieve Successful Verdict for Client in Federal Jury Trial
Here at HPS, we usually represent claimants, but on occasion we defend cases. Recently, our team successfully defended clients that were sued by plaintiffs in federal court. In the Fall of 2022, Vince Purtell and Steve Siegel, with the help from team members Sam...
What you need to know about workers’ compensation in South Dakota
Many jobs carry inherent risks and threats to physical health and safety. This includes jobs such as mining, construction and drilling, but also jobs in which employees may be exposed to toxic chemicals, repetitive heavy lifting and large machinery with the capacity...