Twelve Davenport Evans lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Great Plains Super Lawyers. Attorney Ed Evans was one of five lawyers in South Dakota who received the highest point totals in the review process.
The publication lists outstanding lawyers in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota and includes more than 60 practice areas. Only five percent of attorneys in a state are named to the list. The Davenport Evans lawyers selected by Super Lawyers and their fields of practice are:
Jonathan P. Brown – Business/Corporate, Real Estate, Environmental
P. Daniel Donohue – Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate, Business/Corporate
Edwin E. Evans – Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability: Defense, Business Litigation
Keith A. Gauer – Banking, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Timothy M. Gebhart – Civil Rights/First Amendment, Insurance Coverage, Appellate
Charles D. Gullickson – Banking, Business/Corporate
Mark W. Haigh – Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Defense: General
Douglas J. Hajek – Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
Robert E. Hayes – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Real Estate, Schools & Education
Melissa C. Hinton – Employment & Labor, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability: Defense
Sarah Richardson Larson – Estate Planning & Probate, Elder Law
Rick W. Orr – Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury Defense: General
Attorneys are selected using a rigorous, multi-phase process, including peer nominations and evaluations combined with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is one of South Dakota’s largest law firms, and its attorneys provide business and litigation counsel to individual and corporate clients in a variety of practice areas.