Talbot J. Wieczorek

Talbot J. Wieczorek is a managing partner at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP in Rapid City. He represents individuals and businesses in business matters, real estate, and governmental, administrative, and municipal law, with additional experience in complex litigation. His work combines transactional guidance with dispute resolution and public-law issues. He helps clients evaluate business and property concerns, manage legal risk, and address disputes that require familiarity with commercial relationships, real estate interests, and government processes.

Talbot earned a J.D. with honors from the University of South Dakota and a B.S. in Commercial Economics from South Dakota State University with a minor in Mathematics. Before law school, he worked in the South Dakota Governor’s Office and managed a bond referendum campaign in Sioux Falls. His academic and early public-service experience provide a foundation for business, real estate, and governmental work. This background supports legal analysis that connects commercial goals with regulatory, property, and public-sector considerations.

Talbot has been with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore since 1991 and has developed a practice serving business and real estate clients as well as governmental matters. His work includes advising on corporate issues, real property concerns, administrative questions, and litigation connected to commercial or public interests. He is admitted in South Dakota and in the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court. His long tenure at the firm gives clients experienced counsel on matters that can involve overlapping business, property, and government issues.

Talbot J. Wieczorek has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Administrative and Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, and Corporate Law. He has served on the Meade County Commission and in a range of civic and professional leadership roles, including service connected to the State Bar and regional organizations. His practice combines business judgment, real estate experience, litigation knowledge, and familiarity with governmental processes, helping clients address legal problems that require practical planning and careful attention to public and private interests.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson and Ashmore, LLP
• Disciplinary Board Member, State Bar of South Dakota (2003-2009)
• Member, Pennington County Bar Association
• Member, South Dakota Trial Lawyers
• Chairman, Pennington County Republican Ambassadors (2004)
• Chairman, Piedmont Valley Water & Sewer (1998-2000)
• Commissioner, Meade County Commission
• Member, Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
• Member, Black Hills Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors
• Member, Western South Dakota Red Cross Board
• Member, Rapid City Parking Advisory Committee
• Member, Piedmont Valley Sanitary Planning Group
• Member, Meade County Planning Board
• City Attorney, City of Piedmont (2008-Present)
• Member, Rapid City Elevate Political Policy Committee

Licensed State

• South Dakota

Education

• University of South Dakota
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• South Dakota State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Commercial Economics and Mathematics

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