About Our Lawyers

Position: Partner

Address:
206 West 14th Street
PO Box 1030
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1030

Email: kholm@dehs.com

Direct: 605-357-1221

Insurance Litigation

Labor and Employment Law

Workers' Compensation and Administrative Law

Kristi Geisler Holm

Kristi has been with Davenport Evans since 1995. Her practice is focused upon representing employers and insurers in all stages of workers’ compensation and employment matters. She regularly provides advice to clients on compensability issues and defenses involved with workers’ compensation claims before litigation is commenced, but also continues to assist them by defending litigated claims before the Department of Labor and on appeal. Employers also look to her for guidance and the aggressive defense of Title VII cases involving claims of harassment and discrimination, as well as claims involving other laws that impact employers, such as the ADA, FLSA, and the FMLA. Both The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business have recognized Kristi for her work.

Professional Experience

  • Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
    Partner: 2000 – present
    Associate: 1995 – 1999
  • Law Clerk to Honorable Wesley C. Mues, Nebraska Court of Appeals

Admitted to Practice (State):

  • South Dakota, 1995
  • Nebraska, 1996

Admitted to Practice (Federal):

  • United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 1995
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1995

Professional Memberships

  • State Bar of South Dakota
  • State Bar of Nebraska
  • Minnehaha County and American Bar Associations
  • South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys

Education

  • University of Minnesota (B.A., with distinction, 1991)
  • University of Nebraska (J.D., with distinction, 1994)