Nathan Chicoine

Nathan Chicoine is a partner at DeMersseman Jensen Tellinghuisen & Huffman, LLP in Rapid City, South Dakota. His practice focuses on real estate, business, commercial transactions, and civil litigation. Chicoine advises clients on transactions and disputes involving property, contracts, business operations, and commercial relationships. His work combines preventive counseling and document preparation with litigation when disagreements cannot be resolved through negotiation or other practical means.

Chicoine earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of South Dakota in 2010 and a J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2013. After law school, he served as a law clerk in South Dakota’s Seventh Judicial Circuit. His academic work and clerkship strengthened skills in legal analysis, writing, judicial procedure, and the evaluation of competing factual and legal arguments.

Chicoine represents clients in real estate and business transactions as well as civil litigation. He is licensed in South Dakota and Nebraska and is admitted to practice in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court and the US District Court for the District of South Dakota. His experience spans transactional planning and contested matters, allowing him to help clients structure agreements, address property issues, evaluate contractual obligations, and prepare for litigation when disputes arise.

Nathan Chicoine received the South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association’s Rising Star Award in 2016 and has served in professional and community roles. His practice reflects a practical approach to business and real estate matters, with attention to transaction structure and litigation risk. He helps clients understand legal obligations, organize commercial arrangements, resolve disputes, and make informed decisions involving property, contracts, business interests, and civil claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, DeMersseman Jensen Tellinghuisen & Huffman, LLP
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
• Board Member, South Dakota Young Lawyers Section
• Graduate, South Dakota Trial Academy
• Member, South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
• Member, Pennington County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Board Member, Rapid City Lion’s Club (Downtown)

Licensed State

• South Dakota
• Nebraska

Education

• University Of South Dakota School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of South Dakota
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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