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80 Kids’ Snack Packs for 80 Years, Family Visitation Center
Davenport Evans Law Firm is celebrating 80 years in 2019 by donating 80 needed items to a different non-profit each month. One selected organization was the Family Visitation Center in Sioux Falls. Director of Development Carol Woltjer explained that the Family...
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Remote Notary Law Adopted in South Dakota
South Dakota’s strides into the digital age continue to change the way financial institutions do business. Last month, our e-newsletter highlighted changes to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) to allow for legal recognition of blockchain as an electronic...
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Chambers USA: Davenport Evans Lawyers Rank Tier One in 2019
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 &...
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15 Davenport Evans Lawyers Named by Great Plains Super Lawyers, Four Named “Rising Stars”
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce selection of the following Davenport Evans lawyers to the 2019 edition of Great Plains Super Lawyers. Attorneys selected were ranked in the top 5% of practicing attorneys in South Dakota. Selected to...
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Taxation on Undistributed Trust Income – What Does It Mean?
The Supreme Court recently struck down North Carolina’s attempt to tax undistributed income of a resident trust properly sitused and administered in a no income tax state like South Dakota in North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family...
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80 Thermometers for 80 Years, Center of Hope
It’s easy to drive by the Center of Hope in downtown Sioux Falls and not notice it’s there. And perhaps that’s fitting for an organization that serves people every day who feel just like that, invisible to the traffic streaming toward the 10th Street overpass or...
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Gullickson Relates Lessons of Board Service in NOLHGA Article
A love for the performing arts and a passion for giving back to the community keep Davenport Evans lawyer Charles Gullickson busy. He has served as a board member for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, the Mary Jo Wegner...
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Davenport Evans Welcomes 2019 Summer Associates Goetzinger, Rensink, Frericks
Davenport Evans is pleased to welcome its 2019 summer associate class, (L to R above) Aidan F. Goetzinger, Lori M. Rensink and Kalen N. Frericks. Davenport Evans has a long history of hiring law students who participate in the firm’s summer associate program. Aidan F....
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2019 South Dakota Legislation Includes Blockchain in UETA
For the first one hundred and ten years of South Dakota’s history, contract law was quite formal and stiff. Written contracts had to be signed manually and the parties needed to keep the “wet” signatures on an original. By the 1960s and the 1970s, signature facsimiles...
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Lake County Blocks Gravel Mine Expansion Near Racing Stable
Janet Weber feels she’s found a little piece of heaven just east of Madison, SD. There’s no feeling like caring for the thoroughbred race horses she breeds and boards. When a neighbor recently petitioned to expand a gravel mining operation to within 200 feet of her...
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UCC Foreclosure and the Triple Whammy
In most respects the Uniform Commercial Code adheres to one of its stated purposes which is the facilitation of commercial transactions. Revised Article 9 departs from that goal in some respects concerning the provisions regarding exercise of remedies for default by a...
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Announcing 2019 Davenport Evans Scholars
Announcing the 2019 Davenport Evans Scholars Over the last 30+ years, Davenport Evans scholarships have benefited over 250 high school seniors through the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. The scholarships are designated for use at institutions of higher learning...
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