Community Involvement

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Davenport Evans is proud to support the Sioux Falls SculptureWalk, sponsoring the installation of “Nucleus” a steel sculpture by Sioux Falls, SD artist Jeffrey Satter, which appears before the Federal Courthouse on Phillips Avenue.

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This May, Davenport Evans volunteers enjoyed the opportunity to give back to the community through a project with DakotAbilities.

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Over the last 30 years, Davenport Evans scholarships benefited 240 high school seniors, awarded through the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. View the 2017 Davenport Evans Scholars here.

For 30 years, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith has awarded eight annual scholarships through the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation to seniors in surrounding counties. We invited our past Davenport Evans scholars to share updates and it was exciting to hear how they have gone on to impact the state, the nation, and the world!

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April was National Volunteer Month, and the attorneys and staff of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith celebrated with a service project at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire. See photos here!

Davenport Evans lawyer Douglas J. Hajek has been named a 2017 Distinguished Alumnus by the Department of Economics at South Dakota State University. The award was presented April 18 at the annual Economics Department Celebration of Excellence Banquet at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, SD.

Davenport Evans employment and litigation attorney Sandra Hoglund Hanson spoke April 13 in Watertown, SD at the Northeast South Dakota affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM.) Hanson presented, “The ADA Road to Compliance: A Practical Approach to Reasonable Accommodation.”

Davenport Evans employment lawyer Jean H. Bender will speak at the 2017 South Dakota Society for Human Resource Management State Conference in Pierre, SD, May 3-5.  Bender will present, “Bridge to Nowhere or Bridge to Compliance: Is Your Employee Handbook Doing More Harm than Good?”

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April is National Autism Awareness Month, and for the third year running, local families helped raise funds and awareness with the Arcade Bash for Autism.  The event was founded by Steven Prendergast, son of attorney Terry Prendergast, who works as a library assistant at the Sanford Medical Library. He also happens to have autism.

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Davenport Evans lawyer Justin Clarke and Chris Conrad will be serving April 30 at the 2017 Gourmet Guys benefiting Active Generations programming for older adults.