Seamus Culhane

Seamus Culhane is a Partner at Turbak Law Office, P.C. in Watertown, South Dakota. His practice includes car accidents, workplace injuries, insurance bad faith, and claims involving the loss of a loved one. Culhane represents injured people and families in disputes with insurers and other responsible parties, helping clients understand claim requirements, available legal remedies, and the practical steps involved in pursuing compensation after a serious loss.

Culhane graduated from South Dakota State University and later earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota School of Law. During law school, he worked for lawyers in different parts of South Dakota, gaining exposure to legal practice before joining Turbak Law Office after graduation. His academic and practical training supports work that requires detailed factual review, legal research, negotiation, and litigation on behalf of injured clients.

He has a particular interest in insurance bad faith and long-term care insurance disputes and has learned from nationally recognized lawyers in that field. Culhane also handles vehicle accident, work injury, and wrongful death matters. He examines insurance coverage, claim handling, medical and financial losses, and liability issues, then helps clients move through negotiations or litigation when an insurer or responsible party does not resolve a claim fairly.

Seamus Culhane focuses on representing individuals rather than insurers in matters that can have lasting financial and personal effects. He combines local ties with a practice centered on injury and insurance law, and he works to explain complex claim issues in understandable terms. Culhane’s experience with bad faith and long-term care insurance adds depth to his broader personal injury work, particularly when coverage or insurer conduct becomes a central part of the dispute.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Turbak Law Office, P.C.
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, American Association for Justice

Licensed State

• South Dakota

Education

• University of South Dakota School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• South Dakota State University
  Bachelor’s degree

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