Dixie K. Hieb
Dixie K. Hieb
My Story
Dixie is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. Her practice focuses on bank regulatory compliance and trust company formation and operation. Dixie’s regulatory practice covers all facets of consumer disclosures, including those related to credit cards, prepaid cards, student loans, other closed-end loans, and deposit accounts. Dixie has expertise in electronic banking and electronic delivery of disclosures, and she advises clients on CRA issues. She has been a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Trust Review and Reform since 2018. Dixie is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Dixie has received a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished Peer Rating, indicating the attorney is widely respected for high professional achievement and ethical standards. She has been selected as a 2023 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in the area of Banking and Finance Law, and by Best Lawyers® in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships,) Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Corporate Law, and has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in the area of Corporate/Commercial Law.
Dixie has a passion for preserving historic buildings, and previously served as Chair on the Sioux Falls Board of Historic Preservation. Dixie currently serves on the Board for Affordable Housing Solutions and the Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum, and has been a member of other community boards, including Volunteers of America, Dakotas; Ronald McDonald House Charities; and the South Dakota Bankers Foundation. Dixie is an active member of the First United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Glen, have four adult children and six lovely grandchildren.
Position: Partner
Direct: (605) 357-1277
Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas
Highlights
Davenport Evans Lawyers “Most Recognized in South Dakota” by Best Lawyers® 2027
Davenport Evans Lawyers Awarded “Most Recognized in South Dakota” by The Best Lawyers in America® (2027 Edition). The lawyers at Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP have been named the “Most Recognized Lawyers in South Dakota, with 18 lawyers selected to The...
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...
Enforcement Actions Highlight Danger of Profits Over BSA Compliance
As published in the Independent Community Bankers of South Dakota quarterly magazine The Bottom Line, Volume 2 | 2025. Sign up for ICBSD e-news here. In recent years there have been a number of high-dollar penalties imposed by regulators in connection with the Bank...
Davenport Evans Lawyers Ranked Tier One by Chambers 2025
Lawyers from Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP in Sioux Falls, SD have again been ranked Tier One by Chambers USA. In South Dakota, rankings are given in five categories: Corporate/Commercial Law, Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Labor &...
Contract for Deed Sellers, Read Up On Regulation Z
Contracts for deed are a mechanism by which the owner of real property may provide seller financing to a buyer to facilitate the sale of real property. On August 13, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an “Advisory Opinion” in which the CFPB...
OFAC Compliance: A Risk-Based Approach
OFAC - “What is that, and do I care?” The answer to the latter question should be a resounding “Yes” if you are in bank management, compliance, account on-boarding, or transaction monitoring. OFAC, the acronym for the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S....
BSA Takeaways from Kingdom Trust Consent Order
Earlier this year, FinCEN assessed a $1.5 million civil money penalty against South Dakota-chartered Kingdom Trust Company for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. This was FinCEN’s first enforcement action against a trust company, and the South Dakota...
Best Lawyers® 2024 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® 2024 for South Dakota, in 22 different practice areas. In addition, one Davenport Evans lawyer was named 2024 Best...
Davenport Evans Lawyers Ranked Tier One by Chambers 2023
Lawyers from Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP in Sioux Falls, SD have again been ranked Tier One by Chambers USA. In South Dakota, rankings are given in five categories: Corporate/Commercial Law, Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Labor &...
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...
Professional Experience
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Partner: 1998 – present
Associate: 1995 – 1997
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
Certified Public Accountant,
South Dakota
Education
Dakota Wesleyan University
(B.A., 1981)
University of South Dakota
(Masters of Public Accountancy, 1986)
Stanford Law School
(J.D., 1991)
Professional Memberships
State Bar of South Dakota
American Bar Association
State Bar of California
Licensure
Admitted to Practice (State):
South Dakota, 1994
Accomplishments
Executive Editor, Stanford Law Review (1990 – 1991)
Protecting what you’ve built.
Phone Numbers
Direct: (605) 357-1277
Dehs: (605) 336-2880
Driving Directions
Davenport Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
206 West 14th Street
P.O. Box 1030
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1030