Background
Connot, Mark Jeffrey was born on March 25, 1963 in Winner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Lawrence Joseph and Delores Jeanne (Holden) Connot.
Connot, Mark Jeffrey was born on March 25, 1963 in Winner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Lawrence Joseph and Delores Jeanne (Holden) Connot.
Bachelor of Science, South Dakota State University, 1989. Master of Business Administration, University South Dakota, 1992. Juris Doctor with honors, University South Dakota, 1992.
Worked at Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell & Nelson, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1993, South Dakota. 1994, Nebraska and North Dakota.
1995, Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court and Ogalala Sioux Tribal Court. 1996, Wyoming and Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Court.
Order of the Barristers.
Law Clerk, the Honorable John B. Jones, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, South Dakota, 1992-1994. Author: "Blue Legs v.
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs: An Expansion of BIA Duties under the Snyder Acting, 36 South.D.L. Review
382, 1991. Member: Pennington County, Nebraska State and American (Member, Litigation Section and Committees on: Pretrial Practice and Discovery. Trial Evidence and Trial Practice).
Bar Associations. State Bar of South Dakota.
State Bar Association of North Dakota. Wyoming State Bar; Sicanga Oyate Bar.
American Trial Lawyers Association. South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association.
Speaker on citizenship in our schools South Dakota Young Lawyers, 1992-1995, circuit coordinator 1995-1996. Member American Bar Association (litigation section, pretrial practice and discovery committee since 1993, trial evidence committee since 1993, trial practice committee since 1993, coordinator attorney-client privilege and work product subcommittee), American Trial Lawyers Association, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, Order of Barristers, Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Married Crystal Lori Gronewold, June 1, 1991. Children: Robert, Laramie.
