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Sam Krystosek is a native of the small central Minnesota town of Royalton (pop. 1,242). He learned the value of hard work growing up, working at the family farm and his father's construction subcontracting business. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Saint John’s University (Minn.) in 2007. While at SJU, Sam competed as a member of the track and field team, and lived abroad for a semester in Galway, Ireland studying at University of Galway.. Sam continued his education at Xavier University in Cincinnati and earned a master’s degree in athletic administration in 2009. Upon graduating from Xavier, Sam followed in the footsteps of many of his family members and served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry Officer for three years, primarily at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he worked as a company executive officer for the U.S. Army Airborne School and the 1-19 Infantry Battalion.. After leaving the military, Sam attended law school at the University of South Dakota. Upon graduation, Sam served as a law clerk for the judges of South Dakota’s Third Judicial Circuit, and has been in private practice since 2017.. Sam resides in Sioux Falls with his wife, Katie, and their three daughters.

My name is Doug Thesenvitz.  Practicing law has been privilege and blessing since 1988.  I have been a prosecutor, defense lawyer; practiced family law and other litigation until about 4 or five years ago.  You have probably heard all the lawyer jokes about evil and greedy lawyers.  The problem with those jokes is that most of them are true to some degree or another.  I used to do a lot of divorces where my clients would just as soon litigate for the sake of litigation and making the other side pay.  Sometimes in family law cases (a lot of litigation is like this) it would be the other lawyer making things worse than necessary.  Sometimes litigation involves serving motions late on a Friday to ruin the other attorney’s weekend.  I had to quit living the life of a litigator; there was too much animosity, disharmony and discord.. There had to be a more peaceful and enjoyable way to practice law.  The privilege of helping families prepare wills and trusts, counseling them on vitally important issues in their most personal lives is the highest best honor and blessing I have found.  I am thankful every day that I get to help people with these decisions.  Practicing law to help protect children, loved ones, values and assets is not work but honor.  The honor of helping people with their estate plans is why I focus my practice in the field of estate planning.