Pringle & Herigstad

What Pringle & Herigstad does

Pringle & Herigstad, P.C. is a privately-held professional corporation and full-service law firm established in 1909 in North Dakota, operating from two physical offices in Minot (2525 Elk Drive) and Grand Forks (202 North 3rd Street, Suite 200). The firm serves clients statewide across eight practice areas: personal injury (car, truck, motorcycle, construction, farm, oilfield accidents, and wrongful death), business and corporate law, probate and estate administration, cooperative law, real estate law, criminal defense, family law and divorce, and oil, gas, and mineral law. Practice depth is reinforced by niche specialization tied to North Dakota's economy, including agricultural cooperatives, Bakken-region oilfield injury claims, and railroad/workplace litigation.

The firm's revenue model is bifurcated: personal injury and wrongful death matters are handled on a contingency fee basis (no attorney fees unless recovery), while business, estate, family, criminal, real estate, cooperative, and oil/gas matters are billed on hourly rates or flat fees depending on matter complexity. Free initial consultations are offered across practice areas, and intake is supported through in-person meetings, toll-free and local phone lines, video consultations, and online contact forms. Go-to-market relies on a content-driven blog (50+ articles targeting long-tail legal queries), organic Facebook/Instagram presence, client testimonials, and community sponsorships including a Northwest North Dakota scholarship program running since 1998.

The firm is organized under North Dakota law with no parent company, no external institutional investors, and no disclosed subsidiaries. Ownership appears distributed among roughly ten attorney shareholders (Jim Nostdahl, Brent Olson, Debra L. Hoffarth, Scott Knudsvig, Ryan Sandberg, Matthew Olson, Ashleigh Ensrud, Ashley Flagstad, Megan Hogue, Noah Abel), supported by paralegals and administrative staff. No technology platform, proprietary software, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or external partnerships are disclosed; the firm operates as a traditional professional services practice with 115+ years of continuous operation.

Name

Pringle & Herigstad

Legal name

Pringle & Herigstad, P.C.

Website

https://pringlelaw.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pringle & Herigstad is a North Dakota full-service law firm established in 1909, serving individual and business clients statewide from offices in Minot and Grand Forks across personal injury, business, estate, cooperative, real estate, criminal, family, and oil/gas law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Full-Service Law Firm

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Estate planning services
• Business corporate law
• Family law services
• Oil gas mineral law

Headquarters

HQ city

Minot

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fee: Personal injury and wrongful death cases handled on a contingency fee basis, where the firm receives no attorney fees unless the attorney recovers compensation on behalf of the client. This eliminates upfront costs for clients and aligns firm incentives with client outcomes.
2. Legal Services - Hourly/Flat Fee: Business law, estate planning, family law, criminal defense, real estate law, cooperative law, and other practice areas billed on hourly rates or flat fees depending on matter type and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pringle & Herigstad, P.C. is a full-service North Dakota law firm providing legal representation across personal injury, business and corporate, probate and estate, cooperative, real estate, criminal defense, family, and oil/gas/mineral practice areas. The firm serves individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, and agricultural cooperatives from offices in Minot and Grand Forks. Personal injury and wrongful death matters are handled on contingency; other practices are billed hourly or via flat fees, with free initial consultations offered across the firm.

Product overview

Pringle & Herigstad, P.C. is a full-service North Dakota law firm offering comprehensive legal representation across multiple practice areas. The firm provides personal injury litigation (car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, farm accidents, oilfield accidents, and wrongful death), business and corporate law services, probate and estate administration, cooperative law, real estate transactions and litigation, criminal defense, family law and divorce services, and specialized oil, gas, and mineral law. The firm operates from offices in Minot and Grand Forks, serving clients throughout North Dakota since 1909.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Full-service personal injury representation on contingency fee (no attorney fee unless recovery), covering car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, farm accidents, oilfield accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, burns, amputation, and workplace accidents for North Dakota individuals and families.
• Business & Corporate Law Business formation, buy-out and buy-sell agreements, corporation organization, business planning, partnership agreements, construction law, contract disputes, corporate governance, and business litigation for small and mid-sized businesses and cooperatives.
• Probate & Estate Administration Estate planning, estate administration, probate services, will drafting, trust creation, and asset protection for individuals and families planning for asset transfer and probate avoidance.
• Cooperative Law Legal representation for cooperative businesses including formation, corporate organization, lobbying, legislative analysis, financing, acquisitions, mergers, and litigation.
• Real Estate Law Residential, commercial, and agricultural property transactions, surface and mineral title work, oil and gas leasing, pipeline easements, quiet title actions, and real estate litigation.
• Criminal Defense Criminal defense representation including DUI, assault, drug charges, fraud, weapons crimes, theft, domestic violence, and federal criminal matters for individuals facing charges in state or federal court.
• Family Law Divorce, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, adoption, guardianship, grandparent rights, paternity, legal separation, and mediation services for individuals and families.
• Oil, Gas, & Mineral Law Oil, gas, and mineral title opinions, land acquisition, compliance issues, royalty disputes, oil lease agreements, gas lease agreements, and surface use agreements for property owners and operators in North Dakota's Bakken region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of millions recovered for clients across North Dakota
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Avvo: Online legal directory and Q&A platform connecting consumers with attorneys in specific practice areas and geographies. Provides marketing competition for inbound leads in PI and family law, and increasingly offers fixed-fee legal services.
• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform offering document preparation, registered agent services, and basic estate planning at low fixed prices. Overlaps with the firm's non-PI practice areas (wills, business formation) and represents the tech-enabled alternative for price-sensitive clients.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: The largest plaintiff personal injury firm in the US, operating a national advertising-driven model that competes for serious-injury cases across geographies. While national rather than local, they compete with Pringle & Herigstad for high-value ND PI cases through branded advertising.
• Fredrikson & Byron: Upper Midwest-based law firm serving ND and MN clients in business, real estate, energy, and estate planning matters. Overlaps with the firm's commercial/cooperative, oil/gas, and estate practices at the larger-firm level.

Direct peers

• Vogel Law Firm: Another long-established, full-service North Dakota law firm with offices across the state offering personal injury, business, estate planning, family law, and oil/gas/mineral services. The most direct head-to-head competitor for statewide ND clients across the same practice areas.

Regional players

• Larkin Hoffman: Full-service Midwest law firm based in Minnesota serving business clients in real estate, employment, and corporate matters. Comparable on the business/corporate and real estate law side, though primarily MN-focused.
• Nye Law Group: North Dakota-based law firm with personal injury and criminal defense focus, plus offices in ND and MT. Competes for serious-injury and wrongful death cases in the same regional geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/100063767040114
• Instagraminstagram.com/pringlelaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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