Anthony M. Hohn
Anthony M. Hohn
South Dakota Litigation Attorney
My Story
Anthony Hohn is a South Dakota litigation attorney at Davenport Evans. A Sioux Falls native, Anthony joined the firm in 2008 as a member of the firm’s litigation section. His practice includes commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and public finance.
Anthony interned with the firm in the summer of 2006 and is a 2007 graduate of the University of South Dakota School of Law, where he served as lead articles editor for the South Dakota Law Review. Following graduation, Anthony served as the law clerk for the South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit, which encompasses Minnehaha and Lincoln counties.
Anthony was named the 2016 Young Lawyer of the Year by the State Bar of South Dakota and served as the President of the Second Judicial Circuit Bar Association. He is ranked in the top 5% of practicing lawyers in South Dakota by Great Plains Super Lawyers in the area of Civil Litigation: Defense, and has been selected to the Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Business Litigation every year since 2014.
Anthony has served on boards for the Teddy Bear Den, the Family Visitation Center. and the Sioux Empire American Red Cross. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Levitt at the Falls and the Helpline Center. Anthony also serves as chair of the South Dakota State Bar’s Debtor/Creditor Committee, and serves as a court-appointed member of the Local Rules Committee for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota.
Position: Partner
Direct: (605) 357-1258
Email: [email protected]
Highlights
Super Lawyers 2026 Recognizes 14 Davenport Evans Lawyers
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce selection of the following Davenport Evans lawyers to the 2026 edition of Great Plains Super Lawyers. Attorneys selected were ranked in the top 5% of practicing attorneys in South Dakota. ...
Commercial Loan Workouts: Balancing Legal Remedies and Relationship Banking
As interest rates and operating costs remain high, more commercial borrowers are showing signs of financial stress. For community and regional banks, a well-managed loan workout can preserve both the customer relationship and the bank’s legal rights. Early...
Best Lawyers® 2026 Recognizes 18 Davenport Evans Lawyers
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP in Sioux Falls, SD is pleased to announce that 18 Davenport Evans lawyers were listed in Best Lawyers® 2026 for South Dakota, in 22 different practice areas. The following three Davenport Evans lawyers were named 2026 Best...
The Food Security Act and Liens on Farm Products: An Illustration for Bankers
The federal Food Security Act (FSA) provides that a purchaser of farm products can take the products free of a security interest created by the seller unless a secured party takes certain actions to protect its lien. The options available to a secured creditor depend...
Lending and Trusts: Recent Decision Leaves Bankers Feeling Uncertain
In February, the South Dakota Supreme Court injected uncertainty into lending transactions involving trust assets when it rejected a lender’s efforts to foreclose on trust property pledged as collateral for a loan. In Plains Commerce Bank, Inc. v. Beck, the Court...
Supreme Court Clarifies Fraud Exception to Debt Discharge
Federal appellate courts have long been split on the scope of the fraud exception to the dischargeability of debts in bankruptcy proceedings. The U.S. Supreme Court recently provided clarity on that issue, holding that debt based on fraud committed by a debtor’s...
2023 Davenport Evans Banking Seminar Features Dr. Ashley Podhradsky
Thank you to all who joined us for the 16th Annual Davenport Evans Banking Seminar, Friday, April 21, at The Country Club of Sioux Falls. Click on the images below, or click through the image viewer, for photos from the day. The seminar began with a hot breakfast and...
Cramming Down Interest Rates in an Era of High Inflation
In 2004, the United States Supreme Court was faced with the question of whether a debtor could “cram down” the interest rate applicable to a secured creditor’s claim by using a “prime-plus” formula approach. In Till v. SCS Credit Corp., a Chapter 13 case, the debtors...
The Right of Setoff: 5 Documentation Tips for Protecting Your Bank
“Setoff” is the right of a depository bank to appropriate funds in a deposit account it controls to satisfy debt owed by a customer to that depository bank. The right of setoff is derived from common law principals of law and equity, and has long been recognized in...
Professional Experience
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Partner: 2014 – present
Associate: 2008 – 2013
Judicial Law Clerk, Second Judicial Circuit, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2007 – 2008
Education
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(B.S., high distinction, 2004)
University of South Dakota School of Law
(J.D., 2007)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association
State Bar of South Dakota
Sioux Empire Society for Human Resource Management
Society for Human Resource Management
Licensure
Admitted to Practice (State):
South Dakota, 2007
Admitted to Practice (Federal):
United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 2008
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2008
Accomplishments
Young Lawyer of the Year, State Bar of South Dakota, 2016
Lead Articles Editor, South Dakota Law Review (2006 – 2007)
Author: Lien v. Lien: South Dakota Stakes Its Claim on the Corporate Map as the Supreme Court Provides No Relief to One Who Intentionally Creates Corporate Deadlock, 51 S.D. L. Rev. 479 (2006)
Protecting what you’ve built.
Phone Numbers
Direct: (605) 357-1258
Dehs: (605) 336-2880
Driving Directions
Davenport Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
206 West 14th Street
P.O. Box 1030
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1030