Keith A. Gauer
Keith A. Gauer
South Dakota Financial Services Lawyer
My Story
Keith focuses his practice on the representation of banks and companies involved in the development, marketing, and distribution of financial services. He regularly counsels banks with respect to the negotiation and drafting of agreements related to national financial products, including contracts relating to credit card products, prepaid cards, student loans, and other national products.
While representing payment card issuers, Keith also regularly works on agreements to document the transfer of card portfolios between institutions. In connection with payment card programs, Keith has also worked on various federal and state law issues, including compliance with state law money transmitter licensing statutes. He assists banks with general payment systems issues, including the development of programs and resolution of disputes involving ACH, electronic check clearing, remote deposit, wire transfer, and other electronic commerce related matters. In addition, Keith has an established creditor’s rights practice where he represents local and national lenders in connection with initial loan documentation matters, foreclosures, loan workouts, and bankruptcy cases.
Keith has received an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, for the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards. Keith has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of Corporate Law and Litigation – Banking and Finance, and has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in the areas of Corporate/Commercial and Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy/Restructuring Law, and ranked in the top 5% of practicing attorneys in South Dakota by Great Plains Super Lawyers in the areas of Banking, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Law.
A Sioux Falls native, Keith’s outside activities focus on his local community and family. He has volunteered as a soccer coach and basketball coach for his children’s teams. In addition, Keith previously served on the Board of DakotAbilities, a non-profit corporation providing residential and vocational services to adults with developmental disabilities.
Position: Partner
Direct: (605) 357-1256
Email: kgauer@dehs.com
Practice Areas
Highlights
- 14 Davenport Evans Lawyers Named by Great Plains Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers 2021 Recognizes 17 Davenport Evans Lawyers
- Modifying Loans During COVID-19
- Davenport Evans Lawyers Ranked Tier One by Chambers 2020
- Current Status of Hemp Legislation – Just the Facts
- 2019 Banking Seminar: Protecting Your Bank’s Future
- Can Your Bank Compete with Amazon?
- CFPB Mines Gold From Sterling
- CFPB Says Payday Loans Out, Alternative Data Underwriting In?
- What Will the CFPB Do With Alternative Data?
- Email Compromise Scams
- Brown and Gauer Named SD Lawyers of the Year 2017
- Trails Ease Bike to Work for Sioux Falls Lawyer Gauer
- Banking Seminar Covers Cybersecurity, Complexities of Today’s Bank
- Observations on the Legal Ramifications of Justice Scalia’s Death
- Security Interests in Insurance Proceeds
- FFIEC Issues Cyber Security Assessment Tool
- Supreme Court Bars Action on Guaranty Following Foreclosure
- Bank’s Duty to Report Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking Financial Activity
- What in the World is a General Intangible?
- Reminder to Banks Regarding Privacy Notice Compliance
Professional Experience
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Partner: 2000 – present
Associate: 1995 – 1999
Education
Augustana University
(B.A., summa cum laude, 1992)
Creighton University School of Law
(J.D., magna cum laude, 1995)
Professional Memberships
State Bar of South Dakota
American Bar Association
Minnehaha County Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Licensure
Admitted to Practice (State):
South Dakota, 1995
Admitted to Practice (Federal):
United States District Court, District of South Dakota, 1995
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1995
Accomplishments
Protecting what you’ve built.
Phone Numbers
Direct: (605) 357-1256
Dehs: (605) 336-2880
Driving Directions
Davenport Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
206 West 14th Street
P.O. Box 1030
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1030