Robert E. Hayes of Davenport Evans has been elected a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the premier organization of U.S. real estate lawyers.
Admission to ACREL is by invitation and is limited to lawyers with at least 10 years of experience “who have established expertise in real estate law, who observe high standards of professional and ethical conduct, [and] who have contributed substantially to improvement of real estate law.”
Hayes is an active member of the law firm’s real estate practice. He also has served as president of the State Bar of South Dakota and on the USD School of Law Foundation, and the State Bar Foundation, as well as chair of the South Dakota Bar Association Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Nationally, ACREL has about 800 members. Dan Donohue of Davenport Evans is also a fellow of the organization.