Born and raised in Southern California, Edward enlisted in the United States Army immediately after high school, largely in response to the post 9/11 defense of the United States. After being honorably discharged from active duty, Mr. Angel returned to California and obtained his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento. He then attended law school at the University of Iowa College of Law, earning both his bachelor’s and law degrees in just under four and a half years.

During his last year of law school, he interned at the law school’s in-house legal clinic, primarily doing criminal defense work. After graduation, Mr. Angel moved to South Dakota and interned at the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office, where he later spent nearly six years as a Deputy State’s Attorney. During his time as a prosecutor, he worked on thousands of criminal cases, from low-level traffic offenses and DUIs to felony drug cases, assaults, and homicides. During his time as a prosecutor, he took seventeen cases to jury trial as solo or lead counsel on behalf of the State.

In 2016, Mr. Angel left the State’s Attorney’s Office for private practice with an established firm in Sioux Falls, SD. During that time, he spent a significant amount of time doing criminal defense work, but also gained experience in other areas such as family law (divorce and child custody) and landlord/tenant issues, and some other general civil matters.

In 2018, Mr. Angel formed Angel Law, Prof. L.L.C., where he brings his background in military intelligence, along with years of experience prosecuting crimes on behalf of the State of South Dakota, to every case he takes. Today, his focus is on providing quality representation to every case, and especially to preparing and presenting your best defense when you are charged with a crime.