Paul Coppock

Contact Information

Education

  • University of South Dakota School of Law - 2014 J.D. awarded with honors

    • South Dakota State University - 2009 with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism

Admissions

  • South Dakota - 2014

  • North Dakota - 2014

  • U.S. District Court. District of South Dakota - 2016

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - 2022

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • State Bar of South Dakota

  • Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association

  • South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association

Personal Information

Paul Coppock, a Sioux Falls native, graduated from South Dakota State University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in broadcast journalism. He graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2014. After law school, Paul was a judicial clerk for federal district court Judge Lawrence L. Piersol before entering private practice. After a few years of private practice, Paul was a Deputy State’s Attorney for Lincoln County, South Dakota. Paul joined May & Johnson, P. C. in 2021. His focus of practice is civil litigation, insurance defense, and appellate advocacy.

Areas of Practice

Insurance defence

  • Liability Defense

  • Coverage Opinions

Litigation

  • Insurance Defense