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ABOUT US

Passion, Precision, and Proven Results.

You can trust us to use unmatched determination to always protect your interests in your case, stay current in the law, and pursue the outcome you need.

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Injury, Accidents, Workers' Compensation and Medical Malpractice

Divorce and Family Law

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

“We give our client’s case our undivided attention and relentlessly pursue justice for them at every turn. Our mission is to treat every client with compassion and understanding while strongly advocating for their rights, so our clients always receive the best legal representation possible.”

Founder and Attorney of Amiotte Law PC

Stephanie R. Amiotte

Our Approach

How We Handle Your Case

We have developed a trusted approach to handling each case to provide you exceptional legal representation. We get to know you as a client, learn about your circumstances, and investigate all facts and laws concerning your case. We develop a legal strategy to provide you with the optimal outcome.

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Initial Consultation

We offer flexible scheduling options to our clients. We can meet with you by video conference or in our offices to gather the necessary information and documents to advise you in your case. We maintain strict confidentiality for all our clients.

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Case Evaluation

After we meet with you, our work begins. We investigate all laws, facts and circumstances that will impact your case in order to develop a winning strategy. We partner with other experts and investigators when needed to diligently pursue the justice you deserve. 

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Strategic Planning

Once we have met with you and conducted our thorough investigation, we develop the legal strategy that will best serve your needs. Whether that means filing a lawsuit in state or federal court, you can rely on our legal experience to provide the best possible outcome. 

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Client Approval

We work hard for you during the handling of your case. Once our legal strategy has been developed, we do not move forward without your input, approval and involvement every step of the way.

Our Lawyers

The Professionals at Your Service

Our law firm is dedicated to your case on a personalized level. We do not hand off your case to someone else after you hire us. The lawyer you hire will do the work for you and collaborate with you directly.

STEPHANIE R. AMIOTTE

Founder and Principal Attorney

Stephanie Amiotte is the founder, owner and lead attorney at Amiotte Law PC. She grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and attended undergraduate and law school at the University of South Dakota. She was a partner at a mid-size firm for 11 years, operated her own law firm for several years, then was a law partner in Georgia for four years in a large multi-state firm. After serving as a legal director for a non-profit civil rights organization in the Midwest, Ms. Amiotte has devoted her law firm to injury cases, divorce law, and mediating disputes.

Biography

Ms. Amiotte’s experience spans over 24 years and includes litigating cases involving injury, liability, divorce, family law, and criminal defense. She has handled trucking, motorcycle, and auto accident claims involving death, spinal cord, traumatic brain, medical malpractice, worker’s compensation, and other types of injuries. She has cumulatively recovered millions of dollars for her injured clients. Ms. Amiotte has successfully handled injury cases from a plaintiff and defense perspective and possesses valuable insight to navigate the complexities of insurance companies.

Ms. Amiotte has represented clients in divorces involving complex farm assets, business division, child custody and alimony claims. She is a trained guardian ad litem who is adept at handling family law matters skillfully in a manner that meets children’s best interests and protects parental rights.

Ms. Amiotte is also a skilled advocate. She has spoken before the United Nations in 2022 and 2023 and spoke at the White House on Indigenous rights in September 2024. Drawing from her diverse perspective, she offers mediation services to assist lawyers, agencies, tribes, companies, and individuals in resolving disputes. Ms. Amiotte mediates correctional healthcare, civil rights, nursing home, family and divorce law, resort and premises liability, medical malpractice, worker’s compensation, automobile and trucking injury cases.

RECOGNITION

Ms. Amiotte has received several awards and recognitions for her success in litigation throughout her career. Presently, she is ranked by Benchmark Litigation© as a Future Star. In the past, she has been recognized by state and national associations for her litigation skills in criminal and personal injury law.  

Top 100 Trial Lawyers, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (2011)

Top 100 Trial Attorneys, American Trial Lawyers Association (2012 – 2014)

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2013)

Top Criminal Defense Attorney in South Dakota, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorney's (2018)

Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, (2013)

Women in Law Award, Medical Malpractice, Lawyer's Monthly Magazine, (2019)

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Ms. Amiotte has always given back to the legal community and public by volunteering her time and experience on several committees and boards over the span of her career. Most recently, while practicing in Georgia, she served as the President of the Glynn County Georgia Bar Association and the Southern District of Georgia Federal Local Criminal Rules Revision Committee.  In South Dakota, she served on the South Dakota and North Dakota Federal Public Defender Selection Committee, Board of Governors and was the federal Criminal Justice Act Panel District Representative for 7 years. 

South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association

South Dakota Women in Law Committee

South Dakota Federal CJA Panel Selection Committee

South Dakota CJA Plan Revision Committee 

South Dakota Federal Rules Committee   

CREDENTIALS

Mediation Intensive Certificate (40 Hours) – Harvard Law School, 2024 (CeDID 243NC81US3EK)

Juris Doctorate – University of South Dakota School of Law, 2000

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice – University of South Dakota, 1997

LICENSURE

South Dakota State Bar Association 

District of Columbia Bar Association 

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Federal District Court of South Dakota 

Federal District Court of Georgia (Southern and Middle Districts)

Federal District Court of North Dakota

Federal District Court of Wyoming

Federal District Court of North Carolina (Southern Division)

PRESENTATIONS

Ms. Amiotte is a notable speaker on legal topics including civil rights, criminal defense, civil litigation, correctional healthcare, and Indigenous rights before the United Nations. 

"Desecration of Black Hills Sacred Indigenous Site," United Nations ICCPR U.S. Review, October 2023

"Litigation Lessons from the Midwest," National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), May 2023 "Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court," Columbia Law School NALSA Webinar, October 2022

"Brackeen v. Haaland," ACLU Indigenous Justice Working Group Webinar, August 2022

"Lack of Education Equity for Indigenous Students," United Nations CERD U.S. Review, August 2022

"First Things First - Detention, Arraignment and Initial Appearance," CJA Course Instruction Southern District of Georgia, October 2019

"Perils and Pitfalls of Documentation," National Correctional Mental Healthcare Conference, July 2019

"Government Investigations," (Co-presenter with U.S. Attorney's Office), GA Society of Healthcare Risk Managers Annual Conference, May 2019

"Avoiding Healthcare Fraud Claims," Women’s Forum, July 2018

"Medicare Fraud and Abuse," American College of Health Administrators, June 2018

"Civil Litigation 101," Glynn County Bar Association, May 2018

"Opioid Crisis and Litigation," Seminar in the South, November 2017

"Deposition 101," Georgia Health Care Association, June 2017