Dakota Plains Legal Services

Will not recommend for custody cases when I had an appointment for the first meeting with them for custody of my kids and the lady told me she would only fight for 50/50 custody even with a past protection order and pictures of bruises from the abuse towards me in the place my kids were even if he wanted to give me full custody she would have only offered 50/50 custody and I didn’t choose to go with them and fought for full custody on my own with no lawyer and not much information about the topic but I still won full custody of both my children so they are no use worst ever, even a regular person with little knowledge about the process can do better than them

If your not a woman or native American.. these people will not help you... If you are a white male it doesn't matter how much money you make they will not accept your case.. unless you pay full price

They handled my divorce from an abusive ex-wife. It was free because I qualified for it as legal aide. Worked out great because I'm disabled. You kind of get what you pay for though in that regard. They weren't willing to help me pursue a restraining order or getting back property. It was just for filing the divorce paperwork and getting it done. It took them 6 months to do it, mainly because I think they forgot about me. I wrote emails to the one they provided and never got a response so finally I called, the first thing they said was "Oh we didn't forget about you!" If you have to say that unprompted, it looks like that's what happened. Either way, it was cheaper than a regular lawyer. If you have no other options they're pretty reasonable.

I had questions and needed help filling out paperwork for a divorce. The person I was assigned to did not seem interested in helping me at all. Very short with me, very dismissive, and didn't even look at the documents I brought in. I felt like I was interrupting or wasting her time, even though I had made an appointment. My appointment was literally 15-20 minutes long and then my case was closed the very same day as my appointment. Which I was made aware of by a letter I received a few days later.

I don’t even want to rate them a one star. As soon as I walked in the door the environment is extremely unfriendly. All the doors were open while attorneys sat and gossiped about other people’s cases. I heard them do nothing but bash their clients for their charges. Laughed about the help they were asking for. I finally get help and Leah ceranski clearly knows nothing about her job description. First question that was asked she had to leave the room to ask how to answer it. She would rather eat than help people. This place is a joke. The receptionist is also very unpleasant to talk to. I wouldn’t recommend going here for any legal help. They’re hired to HELP people!! If you don’t have compassion for what you do. Get a different job!!! Easy as that

I couldn’t have prayed for a better attorney! Murl Woods got my case just a few days before my hearing and she didn’t have all the information she needed to win. However, Murl fought for me tooth and nail and was an outstanding attorney! If I had to use to go to Dakota Plains legal services again I would fight to have Murl Woods represent me. She is personable, caring, passionate about her work, sensitive, and a pitbull in the courtroom. Thank you, Murl for all that you do for me and fighting my case. I will always have a special place in my heart for you.

Was referred by social services, recieved one phone call with the attorney calling covid "covoid" and they did not go to the court hearing for custody. They said call when you improve your situation (was homeless with severe ptsd partially due to the abusive ex court was against) five minutes after the hearing i found a home and they would NOT return my calls. Applied for assistance again, recieved a conflict of interest rejection letter. Applied again, recieved a no contact.... they refused to look at any evidence. Would not recommend for any one whose suffered trauma and has a hard time asking for help. They will point fingers and make excuses.