Jayna M. Voss

Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Legacy Law Firm
Jayna M. Voss
Legacy Law Firm

Practice areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Business & Corporate, Elder Law; view more

Licensed in South Dakota since: 1995

Education: The University of South Dakota School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2012, 2016 - 2025

Legacy Law Firm

7404 S. Bitterroot Place
Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Visit website
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Jayna M. Voss is co-founder and principal attorney at Legacy Law Firm in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she advises clients across the region, including Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Yankton and Brookings on comprehensive estate planning, trust and will drafting, elder law and nursing home matters. She has earned an AV Preeminent* peer‐review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, reflecting her professional excellence and ethical standards.

A fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and an Accredited Estate Planner certified by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, Ms. Voss meets exacting criteria of education, experience and character.Her peers recognize her competence in trusts and estates through inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, and she is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation in acknowledgment of her dedication to the legal profession.

Raised on a farm near Wessington, South Dakota, Ms. Voss graduated with highest honors in business economics (with a minor in accounting) from South Dakota State University. She earned her J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1995, serving as a teaching assistant and editor-in-chief of the South Dakota Law Review. That same year, she was admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota and launched her legal career as a clerk for the Honorable Roger L. Wollman on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Ms. Voss’ extensive training, which includes certification as a Value Growth Adviser and Exit Planning Adviser equips her to develop sophisticated wealth-transfer strategies for high net worth families and entrepreneurs. Above all, she is deeply committed to providing each client with personalized, attentive service.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice areas

Estate Planning & Probate, Business/Corporate, Elder Law, Health Care

Focus areas

Business Formation and Planning, Business Organizations, Contracts, Estate Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Nursing Home, Partnership, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Sub-chapter S Corporations, Trusts, Wills

  • 60% Estate Planning & Probate
  • 20% Business/Corporate
  • 10% Elder Law
  • 10% Health Care

First Admitted: 1995, South Dakota

Professional Webpage: http://www.legacylawfirmpc.com/about/team/jayna-m-voss-co-fo...

Bar / Professional Activity

  • UPC and Guardianship Committee
  • American Bar Foundation
  • North Dakota Bar Association
  • Iowa Bar Association
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council
  • Second Circuit Bar Association
  • South Dakota Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
  • North Dakota
  • Iowa
  • South Dakota

Pro bono / Community Service

  • Board Member for Stockyard Ag Experience
  • Past Board Member for Wegner Health Science Library
  • Past Board Member for EastBank Land Company, LLC
  • Past Board Member for the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Jayna authored a chapter in the book on creating personalized business succession plans, Inside the Minds - Family and Business Succession Planning, ThomsonReuters/Aspatore, 2015
  • A Modern-Day Security Blanket: The Power of Dynasty Trusts by Jayna M. Voss, published in WealthCounsel Quarterly

Firm News (Newsletters)

  • Article summarizing benefits of charitable remainder trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts - An Effective Way to Leave a Legacy, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation

Honors

  • Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • AV Preeminent® peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell®
  • Accredited Estate Planner®, Designation awarded by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils

Office location for Jayna M. Voss

7404 S. Bitterroot Place
Sioux Falls, SD 57108

Phone: 605-961-6248

Selections

12 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2012, 2016 - 2025

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