Lon Kouri, a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, attended Augustana College and graduated with honors in 1977. He graduated from the University of South Dakota Law School in 1980, serving as an Editor of the South Dakota Law Review from 1979-1980.
Lon joined the law firm of May & Johnson, P.C. in 1980. He is the senior attorney in the Litigation Section, where his practice has been devoted to civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance defense, insurance litigation, and professional liability defense. His clients include several major insurance companies in the United States. Lon is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute, the largest organization of defense attorneys in the country. He is the past President of the South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association and was honored to serve as the South Dakota Representative to the Defense Research Institute. Lon is also certified by the American Academy of ADR Attorneys. His mediation practice has grown substantially, and he now devotes a significant portion his practice to mediating civil litigation claims of all types.
