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Gienapp receives trial lawyers' jurist award
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Third Circuit Court Judge David R. Gienapp was presented with the annual Fred J. Nichol Award for Outstanding Jurist by the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association during the association's annual meeting in Rapid City on June 17.
The award is given to an outstanding trial or appellate judge who possesses unwavering personal integrity and maintains an exemplary standard of conduct that enhances the image of the judiciary and reinforces public confidence in the justice system.
The judge receiving the award must also show respect and courtesy to the parties, witnesses, jurors, court personnel and attorneys who appear in his/her courtroom and consistently make decisions that are well reasoned and uphold the integrity and independence of the office.
The South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association created this award in honor of the late Judge Fred J. Nichol.
Gienapp has been a circuit court judge since 2002, when he left private practice with the law firm of Arneson, Issenhuth & Gienapp.
He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1964 and from the University of Wyoming School of Law in 1967.
He was a law clerk for the South Dakota Supreme Court, a South Dakota Assistant Attorney General and Assistant U.S. Attorney for South Dakota until he entered private practice in 1976.
Gienapp served as president of the State Bar of South Dakota (1994-95) and the South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (1981-82). He is a member of the American Bar Association (delegate, 1996-present), American Board of Trial Advocates (advocate), American College of Trial Lawyers (fellow), American Board of Criminal Lawyers (fellow), International Academy of Trial Lawyers (fellow), International Society of Barristers (fellow) and the American Bar Foundation (fellow). He is a frequent lecturer and speaker at numerous state and national legal events.
Gienapp received the SDTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year award in 1998. The Nichol award is given annually in June during the SDTLA annual meeting.
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