Elizabeth S. Hertz
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Sioux Falls lawyer Elizabeth Hertz joined Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP in the litigation section in 2010, and became a partner in 2016. She received her B.A. from Macalester College in 2004 where she studied classical history and biology. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and clerked for the Honorable James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Elizabeth practices in the areas of commercial and complex litigation, family law, tribal law, professional liability defense, appellate law, plaintiff’s litigation, construction litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Elizabeth currently serves as president of the South Dakota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Commercial and Complex Litigation
- Professional Liability Defense
- Construction Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Minnesota
- Minnesota Supreme Court
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- South Dakota
- State Bar of South Dakota
- ID Number: 4194
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- 8th Circuit
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- Tribal Court - Oglala Sioux Tribal Court
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- Partner
- Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
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- Associate
- Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
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- Judicial Law Clerk to Honorable James B. Loken
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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- University of Michigan Law School
- J.D. (2009)
- Honors: magna cum laude
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- Macalester College
- B.A. (2004)
- Honors: magna cum laude
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- State Bar of South Dakota # 4194
- Member
- Current
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