Pamela R. Reiter - a Sioux Falls, South Dakota (SD) Trust Litigation Lawyer

Sioux Falls Trust Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Trust Litigation
Estate Litigation
Land Disputes
Beneficiary Rights
Business Litigation

Attorney Information

Overview

Pamela R. Reiter is the owner and founding partner of Reiter Law Firm Prof. LLC. Pamela has earned an AV – Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating and is rated in Band A by Chambers USA, the highest possible ratings an attorney can earn. She also has been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the United States and recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the area of Trust and Estate Litigation. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, including trust and estate litigation, business disputes, property disputes, and other complex civil litigation.

Pamela has nearly fourteen years of experience as a federal district court law clerk. Before opening her own firm in 2023, Pamela joined Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, & Reiter, LLP, as an associate attorney in early 2008, was named partner in 2011, became an owner in 2013, and assumed the role of managing partner in 2018. While practicing at her former firm, Pamela developed her litigation skills by trying cases before juries and the courts in both federal and state courts throughout South Dakota, representing clients in arbitration, taking over one hundred depositions, and working with her clients to reach sensible and practical solutions to their legal matters through mediation or settlement.

In 1995, Pamela was admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota and has been an active member since that date. She was elected by the members of the State Bar of South Dakota as the President Elect in 2016. She was sworn in as the State Bar President on June 23, 2017, and served in that capacity until June 2018. She served a four-year term as a member of the State Bar's Disciplinary Board from 2013 to 2017. She was elected as a Bar Commissioner in 2010 to serve a three-year term and was appointed to the State Bar's Strategic Planning Committee, on which she continues to serve. She served as President of the Young Lawyers Section from 2000 to 2001 and on the Young Lawyers Board from 1999 to 2001. Pamela has been appointed to several committees, including the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Lawyer Referral Committee, and served as the Chair of the Law School Committee for more than a decade. Her professional memberships include the American Bar Association and the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.

Pamela was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She grew up on a farm in central South Dakota. In 1991, she received a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Management from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, graduating summa cum laude. She also graduated summa cum laude and first in her class from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1994.

Pamela is married and has twin boys and a daughter.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

AV – Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Rating
Rated in Band A by Chambers USA
Best Lawyers in America in the area of Trust and Estate Litigation
Named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation
Super Lawyers, for Business, Estate, and Trust Litigation, 2014-2023, 2025

Other Sources of Feedback About Pamela R. Reiter

Included on the 2026 Great Plains Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2023 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
2022 Great Plains Super Lawyers list
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

Education

Legal Education
- University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1994
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: graduated first in class of 1994
Non Legal Education
- Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1991
  Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Management
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: 4.0 GPA

Current Employment Position(s)

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Founding Partner
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Past Positions

Law Clerk, United States District Court, for the District of South Dakota, 1994 - 2008
Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, & Reiter, LLP, Associate Attorney, Partner, and Owner, 2008 - 2022

Bar Admissions

South Dakota, 1995

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association (Member)
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
State Bar of South Dakota
State Bar of South Dakota, 2016-2017 (President Elect)
State Bar of South Dakota, 2017-2018 (President)
State Bar of South Dakota, Disciplinary Board, 2013-2017 (Member)
State Bar of South Dakota, Young Lawyers Section, 2000-2001 (President)
State Bar of South Dakota, Young Lawyers Board, 1999-2001
State Bar of South Dakota, Federal Practice Committee (Past Member)
State Bar of South Dakota, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Lawyer Referral Committee, etc.
State Bar of South Dakota, 2010 (Bar Commissioner)
State Bar of South Dakota, Strategic Planning Committee, Member (Present)

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Contact

Sioux Falls, SD

5032 S. Bur Oak Place
Suite 205
Sioux Falls, SD 57108

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Phone: 605-800-8825

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Website: https://www.reiterlawfirmsd.com

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