Jason W. Shanks is a Sioux Falls native and a graduate of Sioux Falls Washington High School. He graduated with honors in 1999 from Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota where he also played Division II basketball. Jason attended law school at the University of South Dakota and also worked for the Federal District Court in Sioux Falls. Jason recieved his juris doctorate in 2002 and immediately joined May & Johnson, P.C. His practice focus is debt collection and litigation defense.