Rick Ribstein, a native of Brookings, South Dakota, earned his juris doctorate from the University of South Dakota in 1989. Following a two year judicial clerkship, he returned to Brookings to start his career in 1991. Rick’s general practice includes personal injury, worker’s compensation, social security disability, divorce, criminal law and estate planning. Rick and his wife, Beth, have two grown children.
Professional Experience
Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm
Partner: 2014-present
McCann, Ribstein, Hogan & McCarty
Associate/Partner: 1991-2014
Judicial Law Clerk, Third Judicial Circuit
Law Clerk: 1989-1991
Admitted to Practice (State)
South Dakota, 1990
Admitted to Practice (Federal)
United State District Court
District of South Dakota, 1991
Professional Memberships
State Bar of South Dakota
American Association for Justice
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representative
South Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Brookings County Bar Association
Education
University of South Dakota School of Law (J.D., 1989)
University of South Dakota (B.S., 1986)
Public and Community Service
Boys and Girls Club, Board of Directors
Business United for Success
Past State Bar Commissioner
Past Board Member of South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
Tim Hogan, a native of Brookings, South Dakota, earned his juris doctor from Saint Louis University in 1993. Following a year as a public defender in Missouri, he returned to Brookings to open his own firm. He joined McCann & Ribstein in 1999 as a partner. In 2014 he formed Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm with Rick Ribstein. Tim’s general practice includes real estate, business planning, criminal law, family law and divorce, bankruptcy, estate planning and probate. Tim has experience as an owner and developer of a number of real estate developments over the past fifteen years. Tim and his wife, Kate, keep very busy raising their five children.
Professional Experience
Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm
Partner: 2014-present
McCann, Ribstein, Hogan & McCarty
Partner: 1999 – 2014
Hogan Law Office
Attorney – Owner: 1995 – 1999
Missouri Public Defender
Attorney: 1993 – 1994
Admitted to Practice (State):
South Dakota, 1994
Missouri, 1993
Admitted to Practice (Federal)
United States District Court,
District of South Dakota, 1995
Professional Membership
State Bar of South Dakota
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
South Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Education
Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1993)
St. John’s University (B.S., 1989)
Southwest University, Chongqing, China (Student 1988)
Brian Zielinski is an experienced litigation attorney, whose law practice has emphasized civil litigation and workers’ compensation law. Brian practiced law at a large firm in Sioux Falls for several years before joining Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm in 2021. Brian has handled cases throughout South Dakota’s administrative agencies and trial courts, as well as appeals to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Brian grew up in northwest suburban Chicago. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin), where he earned degrees in economics and marketing. Brian earned his law degree from Michigan State University College of Law in 2014. During law school, Brian was a member of the MSU International Law Review and MSU Legal Clinic.
Following law school, Brian practiced law in Michigan for two years, before relocating to Brookings in 2017. In his free time, Brian enjoys spending time with his growing family.
Professional Experience
Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm (Brookings, SD)
Associate Attorney: 2021 – Present
Boyce Law Firm (Sioux Falls, SD)
Associate Attorney: 2018-2021
Hanba & Lazar (Flint, MI)
Associate Attorney: 2015-2017
Professional Organizations
South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association
Admitted to Practice
State Bar of South Dakota, 2018
State Bar of Minnesota, 2018
State Bar of Michigan, 2014
United States District Court, South Dakota
Education
Carthage College (B.A., 2011)
Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 2014)
