Mark J. Welter - Sioux Falls, SD
Attorney at Alvine Law Firm, LLP
Injured Plaintiff - Personal Injury/Torts Lawyers in Sioux Falls, SD
809 W. 10th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104
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Sioux Falls Injured Plaintiff - Personal Injury/Torts Lawyer
Updated: 06/30/2026
Areas of Practice
- Injured Plaintiff - Personal Injury/Torts 50%
- Injured Employee/Claimant - Workers' Compensation 50%
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Mark J. Welter is a South Dakota personal injury and workers’ compensation attorney with 36 years of experience fighting for his clients. Mark spent 14 years defending clients from personal injury and workers’ compensation claims—experience that now gives his injured clients a major advantage. For the past 22 years, Mark has focused solely on helping injured clients recover full and fair compensation by building strong, evidence‑driven claims, drafting powerful settlement demands, and pushing back hard against insurance companies to secure full and fair compensation.
Mark is admitted to practice law in South Dakota, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court. A Yankton, South Dakota native, Mark earned both his B.S. and J.D. from the University of South Dakota (1981-1988) and was a Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. John B. Jones, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota (1988-1990).
Education
Legal Education
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University of South Dakota School of Law,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1988
J.D.
Law Review: South Dakota Law Review, Business Mgr., 1987 - 1988
Non Legal Education
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University of South Dakota,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1984
B.S.
Major: Business Management
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- Wilka, Welter & Ash, LLP, Partner, 2004 - 2021
- Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith PC, Partner
Languages
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English
Pro Bono Activities
- Many hours providing legal services and helping clients and members of the community pro bono, 2004 - 2026
Representative Cases
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From 2004-2026 - Mark Welter has successfully helped approximately 1,000 injured clients obtain money settlements/awards
Published Works
Articles
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Mark J. Welter, Premises Liability: A Proposal to Abrogate the Status Distinctions of Trespasser, Licensee and Invitee as Determinative of a Land Occupier’s Duty of Care Owed to an Entrant, Tort, 33 S.D.L.Rev. 66, 1, 1988
The article surveys the development of the tort law of Premises Liability and the status distinctions of “Trespasser,” “Licensee”, and “Invitee” as Determinative of a Land Occupier's Duty of Care Owed to an Entrant, and Proposes to Abrogate these st -
Hyde v. Liebelt: Anti-Competitive Covenants - Do They Run at Law or Equity, Property Law, 32 S.D. L. Rev. 361, 2, 1987
This article examines how covenants restricting the business use of land-covenants not to compete-have been construed in the United States. It also examines and analyzes how the South Dakota Supreme Court, in Hyde v. Liebelt, restricted an anti-comp
Bar Admissions
- South Dakota, 1988
- U.S. District Court District of South Dakota
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- South Dakota Bar Association, 1988 - Present (Member)
- SD State Bar Negligence and Tort Committee, 2021 - Present (Member)
- South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association, 1990 - Present (Member)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Lambda Chi Alpha
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