Melissa C. Hinton

Since joining the firm in 1995, Melissa has practiced in the firm’s litigation section, working on a variety of cases in a number of different areas including motor vehicle liability, employment law, premises liability, and professional liability. Presently, Melissa handles primarily health care professional liability cases at both the trial court and appellate court levels.

Professional Experience

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Partner: 2000 – present
Associate: 1995 – 1999
Law Clerk to Honorable Roger L. Wollman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Admitted to Practice (State):

Missouri, 1993
Kansas, 1994
South Dakota, 1995

Admitted to Practice (Federal):

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1993
United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 1995

Professional Memberships

State Bar of South Dakota
The Missouri Bar
Defense Research Institute

Education

Westminster College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990)
University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., cum laude, 1993)
Order of the Coif

Other

Managing Editor, Missouri Law Review
Author: Note, Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.: Has Batson Been Stretched Too Far? 57 Mo. L.Rev. 569 (1992)