The Waeckerle Law Team
Sara Waeckerle
With widespread experience in criminal law, Sara brings a wealth of experience and a strategic approach to every case. After earning her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wyoming School of Law, Sara served as a law clerk in South Dakota’s Fourth Judicial Circuit, which covers counties in west and northwest South Dakota. Sara is one of the only, if not the only, law clerk who was asked to work for the Fourth Circuit judges a second year. Now that she is in private practice, she enjoys regularly trying cases in front of the judges for whom she used to clerk.
Sara focuses on misdemeanor and felony-level criminal defense and post-conviction relief.
Lora Waeckerle
Lora combines skill in civil litigation with a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for clients. After earning her Juris Doctorate degree with distinction from the University of Nebraska, Lora clerked for South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Janine M. Kern where she researched issues, analyzed legal claims, and drafted opinions for some of South Dakota’s most complex cases. Following her clerkship and before joining Waeckerle Law, Lora was an Associate for the Rapid City firm Thomas Braun Bernard, and Burke, LLP.
Lora's emphasis is in personal injury, wrongful death, business litigation, property law, construction disputes, insurance bad faith, and general civil litigation.
Lora has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2022, which is a peer designation awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Rising Stars selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other factors.