Sara Frankenstein

Sara earned her Bachelors of Art and Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota. She served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard H. Battey, U.S. District Court, South Dakota in 2001 and 2002.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently appointed Sara to a four-year term on the South Dakota Advisory Committee as the Vice-Chair, which reports to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Sentinel Federal Credit Union, which has eight locations across South Dakota, also recently appointed Sara to its board of directors for a three-year term. 

Sara is the city attorney for three towns and represents a number of charitable organizations, individuals, and businesses in the Black Hills area and beyond. She has successfully argued before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals en banc (all 11 judges), successfully briefed a case to the United States Supreme Court. In 2009, she won the smoking ban election law trial, which was the lead South Dakota news story that year. Sara has been selected as a Super Lawyer for the last five years in the areas of Legislative and Governmental Affairs. 

Sara serves on a number of other boards and enjoys singing, emceeing, speaking, and involvement in her church and community. She and her husband Lew have three children.