Pagel Hager Law Firm serves clients from Bismarck and across Western North Dakota with practical legal guidance grounded in hard work and common sense. The firm’s attorneys bring more than 50 years of combined legal experience and create individualized strategies for difficult legal problems. Clients work with the same attorneys and staff throughout their matters, allowing the firm to build personal relationships, investigate facts carefully, and provide representation shaped around each client’s circumstances and goals.
Pagel Hager Law Firm handles personal injury, family law, criminal defense, contract disputes, and estate planning matters. Its personal injury work includes car accidents, wrongful death, defective products, trucking accidents, premises injuries, and other serious claims. The firm assists families with divorce and related disputes, defends individuals facing criminal charges, and helps clients prepare wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and other comprehensive estate planning documents designed to protect assets and family interests.
Pagel Hager Law Firm provides contract drafting, negotiation, and litigation services for individuals and businesses dealing with legally binding agreements. Its attorneys have worked with contracts involving land purchases, business deals, construction projects, livestock sales, leases, landlord and tenant arrangements, and insurance matters. The firm drafts agreements with an emphasis on clear terms and risk prevention, negotiates existing contracts to address unfair or confusing provisions, and litigates disputes involving enforcement, performance, and contested contractual obligations.
Pagel Hager Law Firm brings courtroom and appellate experience to matters that require litigation. Its lawyers have spent their careers protecting clients’ rights in North Dakota and federal courts, including proceedings before the North Dakota Supreme Court and the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Founded by Rodney Pagel and Scott Hager, the firm emphasizes compassionate service, detailed preparation, and attorney involvement while helping clients pursue practical solutions to personal, family, business, and legal challenges.
