KYLIE'S BACKGROUND
RESUME
Educational Background:
J.D. University of South Dakota School of Law - 2008
Drake University, B.S. in Business Administration - 2002
Court Admissions:
Admitted to the South Dakota Bar - 2009
Admitted to United States District Court -2012
Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - 2015
Relevant Work History:
Owner/Managing Partner, May 2019 to Present
Riggins Family Law & Mediation, PLLC , Rapid City
Family Law Practice and Family Law Mediation
Partner, January 2014-May 2019
Viken & Riggins Law Firm, Rapid City
General Practice of Law. Primary Emphasis on Family Law.
Attorney, August 2009 to December 2013
Viken Law Firm, Rapid City, SD General Practice of Law. Primary Emphasis on Family Law.
Judicial Clerkship, 2008-2009
Hon. Warren G. Johnson, Hon. Randall L. Macy, Hon. Jerome A. Eckrich, and Hon. John W. Bastian
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Deadwood, South Dakota
Intern, 2007
Lynn, Jackson, Shulz & Lebrun
Professional Associations/Memberships:
American Bar Association
_ Family Law Committee (Adoption, Alimony, & Spousal Support Sections)
Academy of Professional Family Mediators
South Dakota State Bar Association
_ Family Law Section of the South Dakota State Bar
_ Young Lawyers Section B Board of Directors 2013-2015
Pennington County Bar Association
_ President 2017-2018
_ Vice President 2016-2017
_ Secretary/Treasurer 2015-2016
_ Member 2009-Present
Visitation Grant Advisory Group, Appointed by the Governor - 2017 to 2021
Commission on Parenting Time Guidelines, Appointed by Chief Justice of South Dakota Supreme Court. 2020-2021
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 2021- Present
Awards:
2019- Present Super Lawyers Magazine Super Lawyer Designation
2015 -2019 Super Lawyers Magazine Rising Star Designation
2015 National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Top 10 Under 40 Family Law
Continuing Education:
AFCC When Worlds Collide: Attorney’s and Mental Health Experts on the Same Side - (November 2023)
AFCC Hague Kidnapping Convention: When Swift Return Goal Collides with Grave Risk- (November 2023)
AFCC Access to Justice: Myth or Reality
AFCC Refuting the 5 Factor Model: Best Practice Requires a Systems Approach to PCCP - (November 2023)
AFCC Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud- A Conversation Between Advocates and Evaluators – (November 2023)
AFCC Doubling Down: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cases with Resist/Refuse Dynamics
AFCC Do We Know Best? Bringing the Voice of the Child into the Courtroom (November 2023)
AFCC Children's Experience in Patterns of Coercive Control– (November 2023)
AFCC Everything Lawyers Ever Wanted to Know About High Conflict Divorce, But Are Afraid to Ask– (November 2023)
AFCC Interviewing the Traumatized Child in Family Law Cases– (November 2023)
AFCC Safety and Access- Balancing Best Interest in Families with Substance Use Disorder– (November 2023)
AFCC The Voice of the Child in the Mediation of Parenting Disputes – (November 2023)
AFCC Trauma Informed Lawyering- (November 2023)
AFCC Children, Mental Health and Family Law – (November 2023)
High Conflict Institute, Resistance, Refusal and the Child's Brain- (February, 2023)
ABA 19th Annual Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Institute – (November, 2022)
ABA: How you Can Prevent Inadvertent Discrimination in Dispute Resolution (December, 2022)
ABA Mediating.com Mediating with Zoom – (November, 2022)
ABA What Great Family Law Practices are Doing Better than Everyone Else – (November, 2022)
ABA ART: Surrogacy and the Right to Parent – (November 2022)
Center For Mediation Training – Training in Divorce Mediation (40 Hours) (October, 2021)
ABA Divorce and Taxes & Ironclad Agreements (July 2021)
ABA Family Law During Covid (May, 2021)
ABA Taking Care of Business- Valuing and Protecting Business Interests (May, 2021)
ALPS The Devil Wears Green: Trust account Basics for New Lawyers (April, 2018)
ALPS Using and Misusing Visual Evidence (December, 2017)
ABA Dividing Trust Assets in a Divorce (December, 2017)
ABA Using Personal Tax Returns in Formulating your Maintenance and Property Division Case (December, 2017)
ABA Custody and Visitation Cases with Military Parents (December, 2017)
ABA Premarital Agreements in the 21st Century and the Law of Validity
(December, 2017)
AAML, It Can Be Taxing- How to Read Personal and Business Tax Returns, and Avoid Common Tax Traps (December, 2017).
ABA Social Media and Electronic Evidence: Demonstrations and Examples (September, 2017)
SDSB/Family Law Committee: Family Law South Dakota State Bar, (April, 2017)
ABA Adopting a Child: Primer on Everything You and Your Client Need to Know (November, 2016)
SDSB/Family law Committee: Family Law (Presenter), South Dakota State Bar, (April, 2016)
A Boot Camp for Young Lawyers (Presenter) (February, 2016)
NITA Psychiatric Expert Testimony Explanation vs. Excuse (February, 2015)
A Boot Camp for Young Lawyers (Moderator) (February, 2015)
ABA Tips for Trial Lawyers: An Appellate Perspective (February, 2015)
ABA Deposition Skills: Pointers and Pitfalls Practicum for Government and Private Lawyers. (February, 2015)
ABA 10 Things Every Attorney Needs for Personal and Professional Success (February, 2015)
The Advocates for Human Rights B Training to Represent Central American Refugees (December, 2014)
Handling Your First Divorce and Other Family Law Firsts (Presenter), South Dakota State Bar B Nuts and Bolts CLE (October, 2014)
American Bar Association Section of Family Law National Institute for Trial Advocacy, (July, 2014 Graduate)
SDSB Getting to Yes: Negotiating Success by William Ury (June, 2013)
ABA Ethical Tools to Defuse Incivility (June, 2013)
A Boot Camp for Young Lawyers: Tactics and Tips (February, 2013)
ABA The ABCs of Adoption (December, 2012)
2012 Children=s Justice Conference (September, 2012)
ABA Common Evidentiary Foundations for Family Law Litigation: How to Impress the Judge (July, 2012)
SDSB Legal Writing in Plain English with Bryan A., Garner (June, 2012)
AAML Evidence Boot Camp: To Admit or Not to Admit That is the Question (December, 2011)
SDSB ALPS Cloud Computing: Understanding What it is and How it Impacts Your Firm
SDSB ALPS Ethics (June, 2011)
SDSB Memory with Paul Mellor (June, 2011)
SDSB Practicing Law in the 21st Century (June, 2010)
Speaking/Teaching Experiences:
Shared Parenting And Statute Changes: SDPA Conference (October, 2021)
Moderator: Family Law, South Dakota State Bar B Family Law Division (April, 2017)
Premarital and Post Nuptial Agreements, South Dakota State Bar B Family Law Division (April, 2016)
Working with Staff- When and How to Delegate, 2016 Young Lawyers Boot Camp (February, 2016)
Moderator: A Boot Camp for Young Lawyer's Tactics and Tips, A Boot Camp for Young Lawyers: Tactis and Tips (February, 2015)
South Dakota Law for Same Sex Couples, 2015 Dakota Equality Summit, (2015)
Handling Your First Divorce and Other Family Law Firsts, South Dakota State Bar B Nuts and Bolts CLE (October, 2014)
Community Leadership and Public Service Activities:
Zonta Club of the Black Hills
_ President May, 2017 - May 2018
_ Vice President May, 2016 B May, 2017
_ Chair Zonta Expo Steering Committee 2015
_ Recording Secretary - May, 2013- May, 2014
_ Zonta Expo Steering Committee 2013, 2014
Seventh Circuit Casa Program: Board of Directors - Vice Chair, March, 2017 to 2021
Youth and Family Services B Head Start Policy Counsel: Counsel Member, March, 2017 to Present, Vice Chair 2020-2021
Youth Ministry - Canyon Lake United Methodist Church
Rapid City Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Group, 2009 B 2016
Lawrence County Teen Court: Judge, 2009
Great Plains Natural Resources Journal: Lead Articles Editor, 2006 - 2008
American Constitutional Society: President, South Dakota Chapter, 2006 - 2007
Innocence Project South Dakota: Project Lead, 2007- 2008
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity: Recruitment Chair, South Dakota Chapter, 2005 - 2007
Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity: Member, 1998-2002
Coach: Black Hills Soccer, 2016
Top Flight Soccer League, 2005-2008
Publications:
Kylie M. Dummett, Carbone v. United Haulers: Local Environmental Regulation Gains Headway While the United States Supreme Court ATrashes@ Judicial Precedence. 11 Great Plains Nat. Resources J. 26-40 (2006-07).
Kylie M. Dummett, State of New York v. Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. Court of Appeals Rejuvenates NSR Mandating that EPA Enforce Emission Standards As Congress Intended. 12 Great Plains Nat. Resources J. 185-204 (2008).
Kylie M. Dummett, South Dakota Courts Not Eager To Relitigate Settlements: South Dakota Employment Law Letter, 12 NO. 8 S.D. Emp. L. Letter 3 (Sept. 2007).
Kylie M. Dummett, All is Fair in Love and Settlements: South Dakota Employment Law Letter, 12 NO. 7 S.D. Emp. L. Letter 5 (Aug. 2007).
- Last Updated 11-3-23.
