Law partners John M. Wilka and Mark James Welter have over 20 years of legal experience each. They have built their practice by relentlessly pursuing justice for their clients and meticulously preparing each case as if it were going to trial. Wilka & Welter focus their practice on personal injury, workers’ compensation,, criminal defense, family law, and civil litigation.
John Wilka has lived in Sioux Falls his entire life. For over two decades, Mr. Wilka has successfully tried hundreds of criminal law and family law cases.Mark Welter has been a native of South Dakota his whole life. Mr. Welter has over two decades experience as a personal injury trial lawyer. Mr. Welter has 15 years experience successfully litigatingmany personal injury and workers’ compensation cases for numerous liability insurance companies. Mr. Welter brings that invaluable insurance defense experience and knowledge with him, now helping injury victims and families get the full and fair compensation to which they are legally entitled.
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Attorney Profiles
John M. Wilka
Areas of Practice: Domestic relations, criminal law, trial practice, motorcycle accidents, dog bites, product defects, personal injury, automobile accidents and injuries, slip and fall, family law, divorce, child custody, child support, adoption law, premarital agreements, marital property settlements.
Admitted: 1988, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1988
College: University of South Dakota, B.A., 1985
Member: State Bar of South Dakota; Minnesota State Bar Association; Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association.
Born: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, March 1, 1962
Email: John@wilkawelterlaw.com
Mark J. Welter
Practice Areas: Personal injury claims, trial practice, civil litigation, negligence claims, claims for damages, bad faith claims against insurance companies, and workers’ compensation claims.
Admitted: 1989, South Dakota, 1990 U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1994 United States Supreme Court.
Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 1988
College: Black Hills State Teachers’ College; University of South Dakota, B.S., 1984
Biography: Law Clerk to the Honorable John B. Jones, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1988-1990. Insurance defense trial attorney (partner) at Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C., 1990-2004. Personal injury trial attorney (partner), Wilka & Welter, LLP 2004-present.
Born: Yankton, South Dakota, February 20, 1962
Email: Mark@wilkawelterlaw.com
Mary R. Ash
Practice Areas: Domestic relations, criminal law, trial practice, family law, divorce, child custody, child support, adoption law, premarital agreements, marital property settlements. Personal injury claims, trial practice, civil litigation, negligence claims, claims for damages, , and workers’ compensation claims.
Admitted: 2010, South Dakota, 2011 U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota.
Law School: University of South Dakota, J.D., 2010
College: Colorado Technical University (B.S. 2006)(MBA 2007)
Biography: Associate, Wilka & Welter, LLP 2010-present.
Professional Memberships: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association; Women in Law; South Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
Email: Mary@wilkawelterlaw.com
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