Bennett, Main, Bailey & Gubbrud, P.C.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
PRACTICE: Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Water, Mining, Environmental, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Business and Corporate, Municipal, School and Probate Law.
FIRM PROFILE:

The firm has maintained a general practice of law in Belle Fourche since 1908, and is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory -- the highest rating available. Members of the firm have been nationally recognized for their expertise in natural resources law. Former members of the firm have served as Circuit Court Judges in the Eighth and Second Judicial Circuits in South Dakota, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, and South Dakota Supreme Court Justice.

MAX MAIN:

Shareholder. Born McLaughlin, South Dakota, February 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, South Dakota; 1980 U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1996, Wyoming. Education: South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (B.S.M.E., with high honors, 1973); University of Colorado (J.D. 1977). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1989 – . Special Assistant South Dakota Attorney General, 1989-1991. Member: State Bar of South Dakota (Bar Commissioner, 1991-1994; Chair, Natural Resources Committee, 1982-1985, 1996-1999); Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Treasurer, 2005 – 2007; Executive Committee, 2003 – 2005; Trustee, 1986 –; South Dakota Reporter for the Mineral Law Newsletter, 1984 – ); Reported Cases: Bartels v. Anaconda Co., 304 NW2d 108 (SD 1981); Pinson v. DEPCO, Inc., 602 FSupp 27 (DSD 1985); Heikkila v. Carver, 416 NW2d 593 (SD 1987); Carver v. Heikkila, 465 NW2d 183 (SD 1990); Wold v. Lawrence County Commn. and Golden Reward Mining Co., 465 NW2d 622 (SD 1991); Golden Reward Mining Co. v. Jervis B. Webb Co., 772 FSupp 1118 (DSD 1991); Englehart v. Larson, 1997 SD 84, 566 NW2d 152; Grynberg, et al. v. Citation Oil & Gas Corp., 1997 SD 121, 573 NW2d 493; Englehart v. Larson, 2000 SD 41, 608 NW2d 673. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Oil and Gas; Mining; Environmental; Water Law; Commercial Litigation.
DWIGHT A. GUBBRUD: Shareholder. Born Yankton, South Dakota, August 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, South Dakota; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 2006, Wyoming. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S. 1990; J.D. 1993). President, Moot Court Board, 1992-1993. Judicial Clerkship, South Dakota Supreme Court (1993-1994). Member: State Bar of South Dakota, (Bar Commissioner 2002-2005); Butte County Bar Association (President, 1996); South Dakota Council of School Attorneys (President, 2002-2003); South Dakota Municipal Attorneys Association (President, 2003-2004); Federation of Exchange Accommodators. Reported Cases: Grynberg Exploration Corp. v. Puckett, 2004 SD 77, 682 NW2d 317; Burkhart v. Lillehaug, 2003 SD 62, 664 NW2d 41; Shevling v. Butte County, 1999 SD 88, 596 NW2d 728; New v. Weber, 1999 SD 125, 600 NW2d 568; Oelrichs School Dist. 23-3 v. Sides; 1997 SD 55, 562 NW2d 907; Pluimer v. City of Belle Fourche, 1996 SD 65, 549 NW2d 202. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business; Corporate; Commercial Litigation; Agricultural; School; Municipal Law.

BENNETT, MAIN & GUBBRUD, P.C.
618 State Street
Belle Fourche, South Dakota 57717-1489
Telephone: 605.892.2011
Fax: 605.892.4084
E-mail:bellelaw@bellelaw.com
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