Meet Our Staff |
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John R. Hughes |
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John Hughes has practiced law for 22 years. He is a native of Huron, South Dakota. John received his bacheloršs degree from South Dakota State University in 1979 and his law degree, with distinction, from the University of Nebraska Law School in 1982. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Hughes was elected by the law faculty to The Order of the Coif, a national legal honorary society whose members have achieved "high attainments in the study of Law." John served as Assistant Editor and Executive Editor of the Nebraska Law Review. John is a member of the South Dakota State Bar Association, and Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is also admitted to practice in Nebraska. |
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John represents individuals and corporate clients with diverse, comprehensive, and often sophisticated needs for legal services. He practices mainly in the areas of business, medical malpractice, adoptions, serious personal injury, wrongful death, and municipal law. He has served as City Attorney of Baltic, South Dakota, since 1996. He also represents the Harrisburg School District. John and his wife Beth, who is the office administrator for Hughes Law Offices, have been married for 26 years. They have 3 sons: Elliott 17, Stuart 16, and Evan 14. |
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Nel Schwader | |
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It has been said that organization and information management are 9/10šs of the successful practice of law. Legal Assistant Nel Schwader has more than 20 years experience in managing data. Nel has a degree in Data Processing from Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She works closely with John Hughes in preparing cases for trial and preparing wills and estate plans. She also lends support to the adoption practice. Nel is a paralegal member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. |
Jonathan D. Krueger | |
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Jonathan D. Krueger works in the areas of estate planning, medical malpractice,
personal injury, business law, and real estate law. He graduated from the
University of South Dakota in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Political
Science and English. In 2003 he graduated from the South Dakota School of Law
with a Juris Doctorate degree. Jonathan is a member of the State Bar of South
Dakota. He was born to an Air Force family in Grand Forks, North Dakota and is
married to Heather. |
Beth Hughes | |
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A native of Tripp, South Dakota, Beth Hughes graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree from South Dakota State University.
She worked for seven years in television and radio news broadcasting in both the Omaha, Nebraska and Sioux Falls, South Dakota markets before taking a hiatus for several years to be a stay-at-home mom to her and John's three sons.
In May, 2000 she assumed the position of office administrator for Hughes Law Offices. |
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