Position: Partner
Address:
206 West 14th Street
PO Box 1030
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1030
Email: jbrown@dehs.com
Direct: 605-357-1271
Jonathan P. Brown
Jon has been with the firm for 21 years and his practice is focused on commercial transactions. Jon assists clients in the negotiation of contracts for the sale of their businesses and in the acquisition of new businesses. Jon also assists clients in setting up corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships, and is involved in general contract preparation and business planning for firm clients.
Jon also handles a wide variety of real estate projects including development work, commercial leasing, commercial lending, condominium work, environmental compliance, and 1031 exchanges. Firm clients that Jon serves include real estate developers, lenders, manufacturers, retailers, service providers, energy companies, ethanol plants, franchisees, school districts, and family businesses. Jon currently serves as head of the firm’s Business Practice Group.
Professional Experience
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Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Partner: 1990 – present
Associate: 1986 – 1989
Admitted to Practice (State):
- South Dakota, 1986
Admitted to Practice (Federal):
- United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 1989
Professional Memberships
- State Bar of South Dakota
- Minnehaha County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations
Education
- Iowa State University (B.S., with distinction, 1982)
- University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1986)
- Phi Kappa Phi
Other
- 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