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| | Location | | 206 West 14th Street, P.O. Box 1030 | | Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101-1030 | | (Lincoln & Minnehaha Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 605-336-2880 | | Telecopier: 605-335-3639 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dehs.com | | |
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| | Reviser of the South Dakota Law Digest for this Directory. | Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Elder Law, Employee Benefits Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense, Personal Injury, Probate, Professional Liability, School Law, Trusts and Estate Planning, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Workers Compensation Defense. | | Year Established: 1939 | Firm Profile:
History: Holton Davenport, a distinguished Sioux Falls lawyer, and Ellsworth E. Evans, an experienced litigator and assistant attorney general, founded the partnership in 1939. They were joined in 1941 by Louis R. Hurwitz, whose business acumen lent an added dimension, and by Deming Smith in 1946. The firm has experienced steady growth to become one of the state's largest firms, with an emphasis on providing clients with the highest level of service in a cost-effective manner. New members frequently come from the ranks of law review editors, moot court participants, and judicial clerks. Members of the firm have a wide diversity of educational backgrounds. Areas of Emphasis and Growth: Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. is a full service law firm. From its beginning, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. has been prominent in the South Dakota trial bar. In recent years, the fastest growing areas of the firm's practice have been business and corporate work. Today approximately half of the firm's attorneys are engaged in litigation, with the other half attending to clients' business, commercial, estate planning and real estate interests. The firm's lawyers have recovered substantial awards for plaintiffs, but the greatest part of their practice is the defense of cases for corporations and insurance companies. A number of their cases have involved federal and state constitutional issues. The firm is extensively involved in insurance coverage and general insurance matters. It serves as general counsel for the South Dakota Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association and the South Dakota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. The firm's lawyers take great care to understand the client's objectives at the commencement of an engagement. This focus and a creative approach to problem-solving have helped the firm secure the confidence of clients in the firm's handling of the acquisition, sale or merger of numerous banks, bank holding companies, insurance companies, cable television companies and corporations. They have represented corporations, hospitals and public entities in connection with bond issues. The firm's estate planning and trust and estate administration lawyers have developed extensive plans for the transfer of family wealth, served beneficiaries and trustees with complicated trust administration and trust reformation problems, and provided probate and other post mortem tax planning services. Diversity of Fields of Specialization: The firm's trial lawyers include specialists in commercial and complex litigation, professional liability, medical malpractice, insurance, employment, products liability, personal injury, civil rights, school law, workers' compensation, and administrative law. Among the business lawyers are specialists in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, banking and financial services, real estate, taxation, utilities, telecommunications, health law, estate planning and probate administration, trusts, private trust companies, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, trademark and copyright protection, employee benefits, and labor and employment law. The firm strives to provide clients not only with lawyers having expertise in the clients' fields of interest, but also with the support appropriate to ensure timely delivery of services. A faithful effort is made to understand each client's business and provide the necessary legal services on a timely and cost effective basis. Client Base: Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. represents many nationally known companies who are leaders of their industries. Regional and local clients come from across the state of South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa. Banking clients range across the Upper Midwest from Wisconsin to Montana. While most clients represented by the firm are medium to large corporations, the firm also tends to the legal needs of many smaller businesses and individuals. Firm Activities: From its earliest days the Davenport firm has been noted for its weekly office conferences, where a wide range of expertise may be called upon to assist in representing and advising clients. Firm members faithfully attend continuing legal education seminars, often serving as panelists or lecturers. Attorneys in the firm hold membership in the American Bar Association, the State Bar of South Dakota, and the local bar association. Several partners have served as presidents of the State Bar. Other individual memberships include the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Estate Planning Council, American Academy of Health Care Attorneys, and Defense Research Institute. Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. awards college scholarships to several area high school graduates each year. Management: The routine business of the firm is administered by a management committee of four members, elected annually. The firm encourages membership on the management committee without regard to seniority. | | Firm Size: 37 | Clients:
ATTORNEYS FOR: Acuity Insurance; AIG Management; Allied Group Insurance; Allstate Insurance Co.; ALPS, American Bank and Trust; Ameron International; ANZA; BancInsure; Capital Card Services, Inc.; Chubb Group; Citibank (South Dakota) N.A.; City of Sioux Falls; CNA Insurance Cos.; Constitution State Services Co.; CorTrust Bank, N.A.; Crawford & Co.; Dakota Ethanol; Dakota State Bank; Dakota Truck Underwriters; Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp.; Daktronics, Inc.; Egger Steel Company; Employers Mutual Casualty Co.; Farmers Insurance Group; Farmers State Bank of Parkston; 1st Financial Bank USA; First Bank & Trust; The First National Bank in Sioux Falls; First PREMIER Bank and Premier Bankcard; Fishback Financial Corp.; Ford Motor Credit Co.; Gage Bros. Concrete Products; General Motors Corp.; Global Aerospace; Great West Casualty Co.; Henry Carlson Co.; HyVee, Inc.; Integrity Administrators; Kemper Group; Lewis & Clark Regional Water Systems; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Merchants State Bank of Freeman; MetaBank; Midcontinent Media, Inc.; Midwest Medical Insurance Co.; NAMIC Insurance Co.; Northern Lights Ethanol Inc.; Northwestern Corp.; Plains Commerce Bank; Progressive Insurance; Richland State Bank; Realtor Association of the Sioux Empire; Risk Administration Services; St. Paul Travelers; Sanford Hospitals and Health System; Sencore, Inc.; Sentry Insurance; Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce; Sioux Falls Development Foundation; Sioux Falls School District; South Dakota Housing Development Authority; South Dakota Investment Council; South Dakota Life and Health Ins. Guar. Assn.; South Dakota Trust Company; St. Joseph Indian School; State of South Dakota; Swiss Re Life & Health America, Inc.; The Doctors' Co.; The Everist Co.; The Medical Assurance Co.; United National Corporation; Valley Bank & Trust; Wal-Mart Stores; John T. Vucurevich Foundation. | | OF COUNSEL | | Louis R. Hurwitz (Of Counsel) born Sioux City, Iowa, December 30, 1910; admitted to bar, 1935, South Dakota and Iowa. Education: public schools, Sioux City, Iowa; University of Michigan (B.A., 1931); University of Michigan and University of Iowa (J.D., 1935). Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota. | | Jean H. Bender (Of Counsel) born Gregory, South Dakota, May 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1991, South Dakota. Education: Texas Christian University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Symposium Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1988-1989. Author: "Congressional Limitations on State Taxation of Air Transportation," 53 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 1041, 1988. Legal Writing Instructor, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to Judge Irving L. Golberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1990-1991. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Employment Law; Health Care; Real Estate; General Corporate. Email: Jean H. Bender | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Holton Davenport (1892-1966). | | Ellsworth E. Evans (1903-1996). | | Deming Smith (1920-1996). | | Michael F. Pieplow (1945-1987). | | Edward J. Leahy (1951-1996). | | P. Daniel Donohue (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 21, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, South Dakota; 1996, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1974). Member, Board of Directors, 1975-1980; President, Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council, 1978-1979; Member, Governor's Task Force on Trust Law Reform. Member: Second Circuit Bar Association (President, 1989-1990); The State Bar of South Dakota; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Probate and Trust Administration Law; General Corporate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: P. Daniel Donohue | | David L. Knudson (Member) born Yankton, South Dakota, April 30, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, South Dakota; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1972); New York University (J.D., 1975); University of South Dakota (M.B.A., 1981). Root-Tilden Scholar, 1972-1975. Chief of Staff, South Dakota Governor's Office, 1995, 1999. Member, 2003— and Majority Leader, 2007—, South Dakota Senate. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Finance Law; Health Care Law. Email: David L. Knudson | | Edwin E. Evans (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, South Dakota; 1976, Nebraska. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1972); University of South Dakota (J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1975). Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, Gavel Award. Listed: Leading Individual in Litigation, Chambers USA; The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation, 1997—. Editor-in-Chief, South Dakota Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Honorable Albert G. Schatz, U.S. District Judge, Nebraska, 1975-1977. Managing Secretary, South Dakota Insurance Guaranty Association, 1995—. Member: Second Circuit, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Chairman, Practice Rules Revision Committee, 1982-1984; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1993-1995); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1982, 1988-1990); Defense Research Institute (State Chairman, 1979-1990); American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; (personal injury litigation) (1997- ); Chambers USA (leading individual in litigation); Lawyer Pilots Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Medical Malpractice. Email: Edwin E. Evans | | Robert E. Hayes (Member) born Denver, Colorado, November 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1973; J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed: Best Lawyers in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Chambers USA, Corporate/Commercial and Real Estate. Editor-in-Chief, University of South Dakota Law Review, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Honorable Fred J. Nichol, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, South Dakota, 1976-1977. Author: "South Dakota's Abortion Experience," 20 South Dakota Law Review 205, 1975; "South Dakota's Response to the Water Crisis," 22:2 South Dakota Law Review, 1977. Co-Author with Deming Smith: "A Christmas Carol Revisited: Humbug in the Sioux Falls Schools," 24 St. Louis University Law Journal 359, 1980. President: South Dakota Bar Foundation, 2007-2008; University of South Dakota Law School Foundation, 2007-2008. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (President, 2002-2003; Chairperson: Debtor Creditor Committee, 1983-1986, 1991-1994 and 1996-2001; Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 2006-2007). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: School Law; Creditors Rights Law; Real Property Law. Email: Robert E. Hayes | | Michael L. Luce (Member) born Mitchell, South Dakota, March 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, South Dakota. Education: Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1977). Lead Articles Editor, Volume 22, South Dakota Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Indemnity and Third Party Tort Actions in South Dakota," 21 South Dakota Law Review 393, 1976. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Fred J. Nichol, 1977-1978. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Society of Barristers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Michael L. Luce | | Charles D. Gullickson (Member) born Brookings, South Dakota, August 23, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); New York University (J.D., 1980). Listed, Best Lawyers in America for Banking. Ranked, Top Band of Leading Corporate Lawyers, Chambers USA. General Counsel and Executive Director, South Dakota Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Member of Board of Directors, National Organization of Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Associations (Member, Legal Committee). Member, Board of Trustees, Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science. Chair, Sioux Falls Visual Arts Center Board. Former Member, Board of Directors, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Member: Second Circuit and American (Member, Banking Law Committee; South Dakota liaison, State Regulation of Securities Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Banking Law; Insurance Regulation. Email: Charles D. Gullickson | | Sarah Richardson Larson (Member) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, July 31, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, South Dakota Moot Court Board and Member, First Place Regional Team, National Moot Court Competition, 1979. Law Clerk to Honorable Fred J. Nichol, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of South Dakota, 1979-1980. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Chairperson, 1997-1998, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1990 and President, 1988-1989). Practice Areas: Probate and Estate Planning; Elder Law; Employee Benefits Law. Email: Sarah Richardson Larson | | Monte R. Walz (Member) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, March 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979); Hamline University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Recipient: M. Arnold Lyons Award; Gavel Award. Editor, Hamline Law Review, 1982-1983. Author: "Workers Compensation—Job Related Stress: Lockwood v. Independent School District No. 877," 312 N.W. 2d 924, Vol. 5, No. 2 Hamline Law Review, 1981. Co-author: Best Petitioner's Brief, "Benton National Moot Court Competition on Informational Law and Privacy," 16 John Marshall Law Review 185. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; American Academy of Health Care Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Creditors Rights Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Monte R. Walz | | Thomas M. Frankman (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, December 31, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, South Dakota. Education: St. John's University (B.A., 1973); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1976). Law Clerk, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1976-1977. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1986); Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Thomas M. Frankman | | Rick W. Orr (Member) born Stevens Point, Wisconsin, July 15, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., cum laude, 1980; J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, Joseph N. Spencer III Award. Editor-in-Chief, South Dakota Law Review, 1982-1983. Author: Note: "Dietz v. Solem: An Affirmance of the Sandstrom Mandate," 27 South Dakota Law Review 65, 1981; "State v. Neville: The Giving of a Meaningful Choice to the Accused," 27 South Dakota Law Review 300, 1982. Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Smith Henley, U.S. Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Harrison, Arkansas, 1983-1984. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Rick W. Orr | | Timothy M. Gebhart (Member) born Watertown, South Dakota, September 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.A., 1979); University of South Dakota (J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1986). Order of Barristers. First Place 1985 Region XIV National Moot Court Competition. Author: "A 'Timeless' Interpretation of the 'Sudden and Accidental' Exception to the Pollution Exclusion?", 41 South Dakota Law Review 314 (1996); "Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court: Is There a Juror Right of Privacy That Justifies Closing Voir Dire in Criminal Trials?" 30 South Dakota Law Review 134, 1984. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Coverage; Information Technology; Appellate Practice. Email: Timothy M. Gebhart | | Jonathan P. Brown (Member) born Cherokee, Iowa, July 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Iowa and South Dakota. Education: Iowa State University (B.S., with distinction, 1982); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1986). Phi Kappa Phi. Associate Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: "Banzhaf v. Smith, Judicial Review Under the Independent Counsel Provision of the Ethics in Government Act," Vol. 70:5, Iowa Law Review. Member: Second Circuit, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Environmental; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Jonathan P. Brown | | Susan Brunick Simons (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, South Dakota. Education: College of St. Benedict (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of South Dakota (J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1986). Recognized, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Employment Law), Chambers USA, 2004-2007. Listed: Who's Who Legal USA, Management Labour and Employment; Best Lawyer's in America (Labor and Employment). Law Clerk, Senior U.S. District Judge, Fred J. Nichol, 1986-1987. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Past Chair, Ethics Committee and Worker's Compensation Committee; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee); South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (Past President); International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (State Representative, 2006-2009). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; School Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Susan Brunick Simons | | Catherine A. Tanck (Member) born Canton, South Dakota, August 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, South Dakota; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Augustana College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of South Dakota (J.D., Sterling Honor Graduate, 1987). The Order of the Barristers; Recipient, Joseph N. Spencer III Award. Topics Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1986-1987. Certified Public Accountant, South Dakota, 1980. Author: "Depreciation of the Core Deposit Intangible: A Tax Incentive to Acquire a Failed Bank," 32 South Dakota Law Review 80, 1987; Investment Tax Credit: A New Test for "Inherently Permanent," 31 South Dakota Law Review 800, 1986. Co-Author: "Impact of Reagan's Tax Proposal on Agriculture," 31 South Dakota Law Review 309, 1986. Law Clerk to the Hon. Roger L. Wollman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; Tax Staff / Manager, RSM McGladrey, Inc., 1979-1985. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; South Dakota Certified Public Accountants Society; Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants; Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council (President, 2005-2006). Practice Areas: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banks and Banking; Real Estate. Email: Catherine A. Tanck | | Roberto A. Lange (Member) born Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, April 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, South Dakota; 1991, Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Order of the Coif; Wigmore Scholar; Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence. Member, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team and Board. Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald J. Porter, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, 1988-1989. Member: Second Circuit, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota (Past-chairman, South Dakota Negligence and Tort Law Committee). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Roberto A. Lange | | Cheryle Wiedmeier Gering (Member) born Yankton, South Dakota, March 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Iowa and South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., summa cum laude, 1988); University of Iowa (J.D., with high distinction, 1991). Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Second Circuit, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota. Email: Cheryle Wiedmeier Gering | | Scott B. Anderson (Member) born Iron Mountain, Michigan, March 13, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 1992, Minnesota; 1993, South Dakota. Education: Augustana College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Southern Methodist University (M.B.A., 1984); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member: State Bar of South Dakota; Minnesota State and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Scott B. Anderson | | Mark W. Haigh (Member) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, May 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1993, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., 1986); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorable Donald J. Porter, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for The District of South Dakota, 1990-1991. Member: Second Circuit, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Mark W. Haigh | | Sandra Hoglund Hanson (Member) born Langford, South Dakota, October 25, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, South Dakota. Education: Northern State College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1992). Topics Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1991-1992. Author: "State v. Lanier: The Forcible Removal of Blood in a Jail in a Reasonable and Medically Approved Manner," 36 South Dakota Law Review 194, 1991. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald J. Porter, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, 1992-1993. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation. Email: Sandra Hoglund Hanson | | Dixie K. Hieb (Member) born Scotland, South Dakota, January 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, California; 1994, South Dakota. Education: Dakota Wesleyan University (B.A., 1981); University of South Dakota (M.P.A., 1986); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1991). Beta Gamma Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta. Member, 1989-1990, Executive Editor, 1990-1991, Stanford Law Review. Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, 1991. Certified Public Accountant South Dakota, 1988. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Banking Law. Email: Dixie K. Hieb | | Keith A. Gauer (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, South Dakota. Education: Augustana College at Sioux Falls (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); Creighton University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Ranked, Top Band of Leading Corporate/Commercial Lawyers in South Dakota, Chambers USA. Member and Past President, Board of Directors, Dakotabilities, Inc. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Commercial Law. Email: Keith A. Gauer | | Kristi G. Holm (Member) born Aberdeen, South Dakota, November 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, South Dakota; 1996, Nebraska. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., with distinction, 1991); University of Nebraska (J.D., with distinction, 1994). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Hon. Wesley C. Mues, Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1994-1995. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; State Bar of Nebraska; Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation. Email: Kristi G. Holm | | Melissa C. Hinton (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, October 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri; 1994, Kansas; 1995, South Dakota. Education: Westminster College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Missouri Law Review. Author: Note, "Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.: Has Batson Been Stretched Too Far?" 57 Mo. L.Rev. 569, 1992. Law Clerk to Hon. Roger L. Wollman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Member: The Missouri Bar; The State Bar of South Dakota. Email: Melissa C. Hinton | | Douglas J. Hajek (Member) born Tyndall, South Dakota, January 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1985, South Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., 1972); University of Northern Colorado (M.A., 1975); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1985). Sterling Honor Graduate, University of South Dakota. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions Law; Corporation Law; Real Estate Law; State and Municipal Bond Law. Email: Douglas J. Hajek | | Robert L. Thomas (Member) born Ekalaka, Montana, December 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, South Dakota. Education: South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (B.S., 1971); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1974); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1990). Assistant City Attorney, City of Rapid City, South Dakota, 1974-1976; Deputy Director and Director of Division of Labor and Management, Department of Labor, State of South Dakota, 1977-1980; May, Johnson, Doyle & Becker, P.C., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1980-1988. Member: Second Circuit Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Pension and Profit Sharing Law; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: Robert L. Thomas | | Mark F. Marshall (Member) born Huron, South Dakota, September 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1981). Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Joseph Spencer Student Writer Award. Topics Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Survey of Recent South Dakota Caselaw," 25 South Dakota Law Review 176, 1979; Comment, "The Toxaphene Controversy: Aggressive Environmental Litigation Comes to South Dakota," 25 South Dakota Law Review 580, 1980; Comment, "Sovereign Immunity and the South Dakota Plaintiff: A Practical Approach," 26 South Dakota Law Review 300, 1981. U.S. Magistrate Judge, part-time, 1996—. Law Clerk to Senior U.S. District Judge Fred J. Nichol, 1981-1983. Director, South Dakota Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1993-1995 and 1996-1998; South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles, 2002— (Chair, 2005; Vice-chair, 2004). Member: Pennington County, Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of South Dakota (Bar Commissioner, 1993-1995 and 1996-1998); South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1992, 1994); American Judicature Society; American Arbitration Association; National Arbitration Forum; National Association of Security Dealers. Reported Cases: Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Green, 2001 SD 48, 624 N.W.2d 826; City of Colton v. Schwebach, 1997 SD 4, 557 N.W.2d 769; Continental Grain Co. v. Heritage Bank, 1996 SD 61, 548 N.W.2d 507; Miller v. Weber, 1996 SD 47, 546 N.W.2d 865; Matters v. Custer Co., 538 N.W.2d 533 (S.D. 1995); Black Hills Novelty Co. v. South Dakota Com'n on Gaming, 520 N.W.2d 70 (S.D. 1994); Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 497 N.W.2d 440 (S.D. 1993) Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Mark F. Marshall | | Brendan W. Reilly (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, South Dakota. Education: Buena Vista University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Creighton University (J.D., 1998). Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Real Estate; General Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Brendan W. Reilly | | Eric C. Schulte (Member) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 10, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1999). Phi Alpha Delta (Legal-Related Education Chair, 1998-1999). Recipient, School of Law's Law Student Advocacy Award, 1999. Regional Champion, Interschool Negotiations Competition, 1998. 2005 South Dakota Young Lawyer of the Year. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; Second Circuit (President, 2005—) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Eric C. Schulte | | Matthew W. McNamee (Member) born Winchester, Massachusetts, April 3, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Massachusetts; 2002, South Dakota. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1992); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Matthew W. McNamee | | ASSOCIATES | | Mitchell A. Peterson (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, November 5, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, South Dakota; 2004, Minnesota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., summa cum laude, honors program, 1999); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Key. Member: State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mitchell A. Peterson | | Amy Ross (Associate) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, South Dakota. Education: Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of South Dakota (J.D., 2002). Sterling Honor Graduate. Recipient, Joseph N. Spencer III Student Writer Award. Copy Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Banking Compliance; Creditors Rights. Email: Amy Ross | | Eric R. Johnson (Associate) born Pierre, South Dakota, January 25, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, South Dakota. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A., 2003); University of South Dakota (J.D., 2006). Note and Comment Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 2005-2006. Author: "Doe v. Nelson: The Wrongful Assumption of Gubernatorial Plenary Authority over the Pardoning Process," 50 South Dakota Law Review 156, 2005. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Eric R. Johnson | | Rochelle R. Cundy (Associate) born Huron, South Dakota, December 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., Mathematics, with highest honor, 2001); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Managing Editor, Minnesota Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk to the: Honorable Judith K. Meierhenry, South Dakota Supreme Court, 2005-2006; Second Judicial Circuit, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2004-2005. Member: Second Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of South Dakota; South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Rochelle R. Cundy | | Tiffany M. Miller (Associate) born Burke, South Dakota, May 4, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, South Dakota. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S. Summa Cum Laude, 2004); University of South Dakota (J.D. Sterling Honor Graduate, 2007; M.B.A., 2007). Symposium Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 2006-2007. Author: "Wrestling with Public Policy Underlying Intentional Act Exclusions to Insurance Coverage: Why Such Exclusions Should Warrant Closer Examination," 51 South Dakota Law Review 346 (2006). Member: State Bar of South Dakota; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Creditors Rights; Real Property; Banking Regulation. Email: Tiffany M. Miller | | David L. Rezac (Associate) born Tyndall, South Dakota, August 6, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, South Dakota. Education: University of South Dakota (B.S., 2000; J.D., sterling honor graduate, 2004). Law Clerk, South Dakota Supreme Court (2004-2005); Associate, Cutler & Donahoe, LLP (2005-2007). Member: South Dakota Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: David L. Rezac |
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