South Dakota lawyer Mitch Peterson is a partner focused on commercial litigation. He assists both large and small companies, as well as individuals, with claims arising from commercial transactions and business disputes. He also does a significant amount of general litigation and personal injury work. His experience is deepest in employee mobility, such as non-competition, non-solicitation, NDA, and duty of loyalty disputes. In 2025, Mitch added mediation to his list of services.

Mediation: 20+ Years’ Experience, Both Sides of the Table
Mitch Peterson’s measured approach and trusted counsel are now available to those seeking to solve lawsuits, disputes, and other problems through mediation. After more than 20 years in active litigation representing plaintiffs and defendants, individuals and companies large and small, Mitch is now offering services as a mediator, arbitrator, and a Qualified Neutral. He has completed his certified mediation training through the Mediation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Litigation, Trial, Arbitration, and Appellate Work
Mitch’s practice includes civil litigation, jury trials and court trials, arbitration, and appellate work in various fields of law, including:

• Employment Litigation, including the following areas of the law: employee mobility and restrictions, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure agreements (NDA), duty of loyalty, and trade secrets.
• Commercial and Complex Litigation, including intellectual property (copyright, trademark, service mark, and trade secrets); ownership, control, and corporate governance; disputes involving mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and dissolutions; transactions involving sales of goods, sales of businesses, vendors, suppliers, software, and technology; and litigation involving estates, probate, will contests, and trusts.
• Zoning, Land Use, and Real Estate, including conditional use permits and variances, county and local ordinances, boundary and adverse possession disputes, and chemical drift involving crops, trees, and human exposure.
• Plaintiff’s and Personal Injury Litigation, including negligence, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, and product liability.

Mitch Peterson has received a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished Peer Rating, indicating the attorney is widely respected for high professional achievement and ethical standards. He was twice named Best Lawyers® Litigation – Insurance “Lawyer of the Year” for Sioux Falls, SD, in 2016 and 2019. Best Lawyers® also recognizes him for high caliber work in three practice areas: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Litigation – Insurance. Chambers and Partners also listed Mitch as an “Up and Coming” attorney in 2015 and 2016, and from 2018 forward identifies him as a top-ranked attorney in Litigation: General Commercial. In 2019, Mitch was accepted as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only association of jury trial advocates.

Direct: (605) 357-1242
Email: [email protected]