LeAnn Larson LaFave

Background

LaFave, LeAnn Larson was born on May 31, 1953 in Ramona, South Dakot. Daughter of Floyd Burdette and Janice Anne (Quist) LaFave.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. South Dakot, 1974; Juris Doctor with honors, U. South Dakot, 1977.

Career

Assistant attorney general, State of South Dakot, Pierre, 1977-1978, 79-81; associate, Bjella, Neff, Rathert & Wahl, Williston, North Dakota, 1978-1979; associate, Tobin Law Offices, Professional Corporation, Winner, South Dakot, 1981-1983; associate dean, assistant professor, U. South Dakot School Law, Vermillion, 1983-1986; director continuing legal education, U. South Dakot School Law, Vermillion, 1983-1989; associate professor of law, University South Dakot School Law, Vermillion, 1986-1989; partner, Aho & LaFave, Brookings, South Dakot, 1990-1991; private practice, Brookings, 1991-1992; assistant United State Attorneys, United States District South Dakot, 1992-1997; general counsel, South Dakot Auto Group, Inc., Sioux Falls, 1997-1998; attorney, Hughes Law Offices, Sioux Falls, since 1998. Member South Dakot Board Pardons and Paroles, 1987-1990, chairman, 1989-1990. Commercial arbitrator American Arbitration Association, since 1985.

Professor Kilian Community College.

Achievements

• LaFollette Larson LaFave has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member planning county National Identification Program for Advancement Womenin Higher Education Administration, American Council on Education, South Dakot, 1984-1990. Board directors Missouri Shores Women's Resource Center, Pierre, 1980, W.H. Over Museum, Vermillion, 1986-1987, South Dakot Volunteer Lawyers for Arts, since 1987, Brookings Interagy. Council, 1990-1991, Brookings Women's Center, 1990-1994.

Secretary Mediation Center, Inc. Member South Dakot Bar Association (Board of Governors young lawyers section 1983-1984), South Dakot Mediation Association, Epsilon Sigma Alpha (South Dakot county section 1985-1986).

Interests

• Avocation: reading.

Connections

Married Richard Curtis Finke, May 19, 1973 (divorced January 1978). 1 child, Timothy; married Dwayne Jeffery LaFave, May 31, 1981 (divorced 1992). Children: Jeffrey, Allison.

Father:

Floyd Burdette LaFave

Mother:

Janice Anne (Quist) LaFave

Spouse:

Richard Curtis Finke

Spouse:

Dwayne Jeffery LaFave

child:

Jeffrey LaFave

child:

Allison LaFave

child:

Timothy LaFave