South Dakota

As expected for such a small population state, the pickings were a bit slim for great looking legal design.   That said the Goodsell Quinn site is quite good and would be considered a contender in most States

 

SD - trial lawyers

#1  Goodsell Quinn

Fantastic high end design in my opinion.   Site employs custom attorney bios and a lot of great custom photography.

SD - Keane

#2 Keane Law Firm

Solid effort.  Wide screen design style that rotates between to cityscape pictures.  Interactive testimonial section allows visitors to view different client comments.

bangs

#3 Bangs McMullen

The large Rapid City firm employs a modern looking design.  Each attorney Bio is on the home page and you can mouse over each picture and get some details –  helpful in that you don’t have to click through to find out what each attorney does.

evenlaw

#4 Even Law Firm

Good Looking Scorpion site that incorporates some pretty background imagery of the Black Hills

sd -johnson#5  Johnson, Heidepriem and Abdallah

Content rich FindLaw site with good visibility in Sioux Falls.

 

Honorable Mention

http://www.yanktonlawyers.com/   A unique take on the gavel cliché
http://www.rapidcitylawyers.net/  I thought the rotating image on home page was too blurry, and took away from an otherwise clean design.
http://barkerwilson.tv/site/   Background image of a forest is a nice design touch
http://www.zdclaw.com/  One of the few States in which a Foster’s design is considered