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: 03/13/2026
Areas of Practice
- Injured Plaintiff - Personal Injury/Torts 50%
- Injured Employee/Claimant - Workers' Compensation 50%
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Mark J. Welter has 33 years experience representing clients in personal injury and workers' compensation matters, including listening to clients, helping clients make fully-informed decisions, providing clients sound legal advice, evaluating cases and claims, gathering evidence, drafting well-documented demands, litigating with liability insurance companies and lawyers, working with doctors and other experts, trial practice, handling appeals, participating in administrative hearings, participating in mediations, and negotiating.
Mark is a member of the State Bar of South Dakota and a member of its Negligence and Tort Law committee. Mark is also a member of the South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association. Mark is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (District of South Dakota), the U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mark was born and raised in Yankton, South Dakota. Mark graduated from Yankton High School (1980), the University of South Dakota School of Business (B.S. Business Management) (1984), and the University of South Dakota School of Law (Juris Doctor) (1988). Mark served as a clerk for Hon. John B. Jones, United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Southern Division (1988-1990).
Mark practiced insurance defense, tort, and workers’ compensation law at Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, P.C. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) for 14 years (1990-2004), defending clients against legal claims for damages and compensation. Mark was a partner there for 9 years. For 17 years (2004-2021), Mark was a partner at Wilka, Welter, & Ash, LLP (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), helping personal injury and work injury victims recover legal compensation from those legally responsible (and their liability insurance companies).
Mark brings with him the knowledge, skill, and experience of having counseled and represented insurance companies and their insureds (for 14 years), and now (for the last 20 years), helping the injured recover compensation from insurance companies and those legally responsible.
Education
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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
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University of South Dakota School of Law,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1988
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Non Legal Education
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University of South Dakota,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1984
B.S.
Major: Business Management
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University of South Dakota,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1984
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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