Grant is dedicated to get the results that his clients deserve

Grant Walker is a licensed attorney in North Dakota and South Dakota. Additionally, Grant is admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, and admitted to the Bar of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Grant is also a licensed real estate broker in North Dakota. Grant specializes in the areas of criminal law, personal injuries, and real estate law.

Grant has an impressive legal career as a former State's Attorney, Special Assistant United States Attorney for North Dakota, Special Assistant United States Attorney for South Dakota, and Chief Prosecutor. After retiring as a prosecutor, Grant started his own law firm, Walker Law Firm, PLLC, and real estate firm, Genesis Realty, LLC.

Some of Grant's notable accomplishments in his career are as follows: he was appointed by the United States Attorney General Eric Holder to the Federal Advisory Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women; he was appointed by the South Dakota Governor to the Governor's Council of Juvenile Services and Disproportionate Minority Confinement Committee; he was the United States Attorney's Office 2014 Champion of Public Safety in Indian Country Award Recipient; he is a published author; he is a faculty member for the National Judicial College; and he is a faculty member for the Office of Justice Services Division of Tribal Justice Support.

Grant is a member in good standing of the South Dakota State Bar, North Dakota State Bar, Bar of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota and the District of South Dakota, and the Bar of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Grant is a member of the Criminal Law Committee for the State Bar of South Dakota; member of the Native American Children's Alliance; member of the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for Sitting Bull College; and member of the Native American Children's Alliance.

Grant was a former Vice Chairman of the South Dakota Tribal Attorney's Association; former member of the South Dakota Tribal Juvenile Justice Advisory Group; former member of the Tribal Advisory Group for the University of New Mexico School of Law in collaboration with the American Indian Law Center, Inc.; former member of the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; former member of the National District Attorney's Association; former member of the Legislative Committee for the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; former member of the Consolidation and Long-Range Planning Committee for the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; and former Production Editor for the South Dakota Law Review, Volume 48.

Practice Areas

LICENSE/ BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Licensed to practice law in the State of South Dakota
  • Licensed to practice law in the State of North Dakota
  • Admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
  • Admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
  • Admitted to the Bar of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
  • Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of North Dakota

EDUCATION

  • University of South Dakota: B.S. (1999)
  • University of South Dakota School of Law: Juris Doctor (2003)
  • National College of District Attorneys: Completed Multiple Course
  • Cooke Real Estate School: North Dakota Broker Course (2014)

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Walker Law Firm, PLLC:  Owner of Walker Law Firm, PLLC.  (April 2014—Present).

Genesis Realty, LLC:  Broker and Owner of Genesis Realty, LLC.  (March 2015—Present).

Legal Consultant for Three Affiliated Tribe:  (October 2015—Present). 

State’s Attorney, Grant County:  (March 2016—Present).

Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota:  (September 2011—April 2014).

Appointed to the Federal Advisory Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women:  (September 2011—April 2014).

Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota:  (July 2011—April 2014).

Chief Prosecutor, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe:  (January 2009—April 2014).

Adjunct Professor, Sitting Bull College:  (August 2009—April 2014).

Special Prosecutor for Yankton Sioux Tribe:  (May 2010—April 2014).

Special Prosecutor for Three Affiliated Tribe:  (October 2013—April 2014).

County Chair to Governor Dennis Daugaard in the South Dakota Gubernatorial Election:  (January 2010—November 2010).

State’s Attorney, Walworth County:  (Elected at county wide elections in 2004; January 2005—January 2009).

Special Prosecutor for Hughes County, Campbell County, and Potter County:  (January 2005—January 2009).

Appointed to the Disproportionate Minority Confinement Committee:  (December 2003—April 2014).

Appointed to the Council of Juvenile Services:  (October 2003—April 2014).

Campaign Aid to Governor M. Michael Rounds in the South Dakota Gubernatorial Election:  (January 2006—November 2006).

Law Clerk for the First Judicial Circuit, South Dakota:  (August 2003—August 2004).

Campaign Coordinator and Personal Aid to M. Michael Rounds in the South Dakota Gubernatorial Election:  (February 2002—November 2002).

Legal Assistant for Tobin Law Offices:  (July 2001—August 2003).

Vermillion Youth Court Program Coordinator and Presiding Judge/Lay Magistrate:  (June 2000—September 2003).

Legal Assistant for the Clay County State’s Attorney:  (March 2000—August 2003).

Internship with the South Dakota Legislature:  (January 2000—March 2000).

Internship with Cain and Associates:  (May 1998—August 1998).

HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Present/Former:

Faculty for the National Judicial College; Faculty for the Office of Justice Services Division of Tribal Justice Support; Member of the Criminal Law Committee for the State Bar of South Dakota; Member of the Native American Children's Alliance; Member of the Fight Crime: Invest in Kids; Member of the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for Sitting Bull College; Member of the Native American Children's Alliance; United States Attorney's Office 2014 Champion of Public Safety in Indian Country Award; Former Member of the Sioux County Domestic Violence Task Force; Former Member of the Standing Rock Sexual Assault Response Team; Former Member of the Standing Rock Multidisciplinary Team (Organized by the United States Department of Justice, District of South Dakota and District of North Dakota); Former Vice Chairman of the South Dakota Tribal Attorney's Association; Former Member of the South Dakota Tribal Juvenile Justice Advisory Group; Former Member of the Tribal Advisory Group for the University of New Mexico School of Law in collaboration with the American Indian Law Center, Inc.; Former Member of the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; Former Member of the National District Attorney's Association; Former Member of the Legislative Committee for the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; Former Member of the Consolidation and Long-Range Planning Committee for the South Dakota State's Attorney's Association; Former Member of the Mobridge Area Child Protection Team.

University of South Dakota Law School:

Production Editor for the South Dakota Law Review, Volume 48; Published Case Note, "No Limits. State v. Martin: The Scope of a Warrantless Inventory Search", South Dakota Law Review, Volume 47, Issue 1; Published Article, "The Abolishment of Covenants Not to Compete Among Physicians", and first place in the South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association writing contest, Volume 2003, Issue 1; Staff Member for the South Dakota Law Review, Volume 47; Disciplinary Board; Quarter-finalist in the Sam Masten Moot Court Competition; Insurance Law Award; Participated in a Client Counseling Competition; Student Bar Association; Christian Legal Society; Westlaw Certified.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Conference: The National Judicial College: Trial Advocacy & Evidence For Prosecutors (2015).

Conference: The National Judicial College: Native American Issues & Working With The United States Attorney's Office (2013).

Conference: The North Dakota State Bar Annual Meeting: Transitions in Tribal Justice (2011).

PUBLICATIONS

"No Limits. State v. Martin: The Scope of a Warrantless Inventory Search", South Dakota Law Review, Volume 47, Issue 1.

"The Abolishment of Covenants Not to Compete Among Physicians", South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association, Volume 2003, Issue 1.