CARLETON R. "TEX" HOY

Born Sioux City, Iowa, 1928. Admitted to bar 1956, South Dakota. Education University of South Dakota (B.S. in Bus. Adm., 1950; J.D., 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of South Dakota Board of Law Review, 1955-1956. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge, District of South Dakota, 1956-1957. Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney, 1973-1974. Member Second Judicial and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota (President, 1979–1980); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1968–1969); American Board of Trial Advocates; Federation of Insurance Counsel. Fellow, International Society of Barristers (President, 1988–1989); American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Property Damage.

JAMES L. HOY

Born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1961. Admitted to bar, 1986, South Dakota; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education University of South Dakota (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Omieron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi (Secretary, 1985–1986). Member, Mortar Board. Senior Comments Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1985-1986. Note, "Mental Disorders and Suicide as Compensable Injuries Under Workers' Compensation: Will South Dakota Follow the Trend?" 30 South Dakota Law Review 636, 1985; Comment, "Warranty Disclaimers, Limitations of Liability and Evidence of Defectiveness in Cases Involving Agricultural Products: Has the South Dakota Supreme Court Gone Too Far?" 31 South Dakota Law Review 627, 1986. Law Clerk for the Honorable Peter T. Fay, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Miami, Florida, 1986-1987. Member State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association. Areas of Practice Personal Injury; Workers' Compensation; General Defense.

SCOTT G. HOY

Born Cherokee, Iowa, 1959. Admitted to bar, 1984, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education University of South Dakota (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member Second Judicial and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Areas of Practice Plaintiff trial practice. Auto and Truck Accidents; Medical negligence, Employment discrimination.

BRAM WEIDENAAR

Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968 Admitted to bar, State of South Dakota 1994 and State of Iowa 1996; U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), 1994; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 2006. Education Calvin College, Grand Rapids Michigan; University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota (B.A. 1991, J.D. 1994). Member The State Bar of South Dakota, Iowa State Bar Association, South Dakota State Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Areas of Practice Plaintiff trial practice, Automobile Accidents and Workers' Compensation; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith.

PAUL T. BARNETT

Born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1957 Admitted to the South Dakota State Bar, 1984; United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 1985; United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, 1986. Education University of South Dakota (B.S. History 1979, J.D. 1984); Contributing Editor, South Dakota Law Review 1983. Member The State Bar of South Dakota; Second Judicial Bar Association; South Dakota Civil Pattern Jury Instruction Committee; 1996-2001 Areas of Practice Civil Litigation Trials and Appeals, in the State and Federal Courts of South Dakota; Automobile and Property Damage Claims; Personal Injury Claims; Premises Liability; Workers' Compensation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage Disputes.

CHARLENE HOY—Legal Assistant

Born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Charlene is a Legal Assistant who works directly under the attorneys with a focus on alternative dispute resolution. Charlene has been employed by Hoy Trial Lawyers since 1995. For six years prior, she was employed by Minnehaha County assisting in the juvenile court system. Charlene has worked with two local law firms and a local hospital during internships required by a Stenotype Institute program; her education involved both the medical and legal administrative assistant programs.