
Jeanelle Lust has lived in Sioux Falls since 2018. She remains of counsel at the Knudsen Law Firm in Lincoln Nebraska. A native of Madison, South Dakota, she graduated cum laude from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD in 1991. She attended Creighton University School of Law, graduating summa cum laude in 1994 and receiving the Faculty of Law Highest Triennial Average Award for having the highest grade point average after each year in law school. Jeanelle is a member of the bar in South Dakota and Nebraska, and co-authored Chapter 20 of the Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, “Review by Extraordinary Writ in Civil Cases,” and wrote the Responsive Motions and Pleadings, chapter for the Nebraska Civil Practice and Procedure Manual (2013 and 2015 Editions). She is a charter Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America and a Fellow in the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Since moving back to South Dakota, Jeanelle has served on the Board of Directors of the Great Plains Zoo and is now president of the merged boards of the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium. She is on the SculptureWalk Board of Directors and the Augustana Board of Trustees. She also currently serves on the Steering Committees for South Dakota Open Primaries, as well as the Viking Bold 2030 initiative and the Women Who Will, Women in Philanthropy at Augustan University.