“I called at eleven at night expecting a voicemail. Gunnar picked up, found the deadline on my paperwork, and had the hearing request in the next morning.”
Travis K.License hearing
Gunnar Wahlquist
DUI and traffic lawyer, Wahlquist Law
I grew up on a wheat farm east of Wall, where a driver’s license is how you get to school, to work and to the doctor. Losing one out here isn’t an inconvenience. It can unravel a life.
I started out as a public defender in Rapid City, in courtrooms from Sturgis to Hot Springs. Most of my clients were drivers, and most of them had never been in trouble before. Then I opened my own office on Saint Joseph Street to do that work and nothing else.
I take a small number of cases so I can answer my own phone. You’ll talk to me on the first call and at the last hearing, and you’ll have my number in between. Evenings are fine. Most stops happen after dark.
What I handle
- DUI, including drivers under 21
- License suspension hearings
- Reckless and careless driving
- Commercial driver tickets
- Tickets for out-of-state drivers
The licenses I carry
Bar admissions
South Dakota
2009
Wyoming
2013
Courts
South Dakota Seventh and Fourth Judicial Circuits
Wyoming Sixth Judicial District
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
Education
J.D., University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law
2009
B.A., History, South Dakota State University
2005
Languages
English
Norwegian
conversational
Memberships
State Bar of South Dakota
Wyoming State Bar
Pennington County Bar Association
Clients
From people who drove this road before you
“I drive a truck for a living. He explained what a conviction would do to my CDL before I paid anything, and that changed what I did.”
Darlene M.Commercial driver ticket
“We were ticketed on the way home to Billings. He handled the court date so we never had to drive back.”
Ray and Kim S.Out-of-state ticket
Every case is different. What these clients describe doesn’t promise any result in yours.
Call the office on Saint Joseph Street
Days, evenings and weekends until ten. If I can’t pick up, I call back the same night.