About Jessica Larson
Jessica Larson grew up in Deadwood, South Dakota, and has practiced law in the Black Hills since she graduated. She earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a minor in Political Science from Black Hills State University in 2005, then received her J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2008, where she served as the American Bar Association representative, was Editor-in-Chief of the Great Plains Natural Resources Journal, and participated in the Pace Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. After graduation she clerked for the Third Judicial Circuit of South Dakota for one year. She joined the firm as an associate in 2009 and became a partner in 2017.
Her practice centers on personal injury litigation, business law, and real estate law. Jessica has been a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the State Bar of South Dakota and serves on the Pennington County Bar Association. She is also active in the community through the Zonta Club of the Black Hills, where she served as President in 2016-2017.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Beardsley Jensen & Lee
These results are credited to Beardsley Jensen & Lee. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A federal judge awarded $41.6 million to two young victims after a Flandreau Sioux Tribe police chief initiated a reckless, policy-violating pursuit at speeds exceeding 100 mph on gravel roads in Moody County, South Dakota, leaving one teenager with a permanent traumatic brain injury.
A federal jury awarded $1.1 million to a pretrial detainee who was sexually assaulted three times by a corrections officer at Pennington County Jail.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
