Background
Wallahan, Franklin Jay was born on January 23, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred C. and Eleanor F. (Riley) Wallahan.
Wallahan, Franklin Jay was born on January 23, 1935 in Spencer, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred C. and Eleanor F. (Riley) Wallahan.
Bachelor of Science, South Dakot State University, 1959; Juris Doctor, U. South Dakot, 1961.
Law clerk to presiding justices 4th judicial district, State Court Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962; partner, Wallahan & Eicher (formerly Wallahan & Watson), Rapid City, South Dakot, since 1963.
State Senator Pennington County, 1971-1972. Fellow International Society Barristers. Member American Bar Association, Defense Research and Trial Lawyers' Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, State Bar South Dakot (member board bar commissions 1965-1966), South Dakot Trial Lawyers Association (past president), Black Hills Bar Association, Pennington County Bar Association, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Mary Jane Goodin, June 16,1956 (divorced April 1978). Children: Kimberly Sees, Diane Barber, Franklin Jay Junior.