Background
Donohue, P. Daniel was born on April 21, 1949 in Sioux Falls, South Dakot. Son of Philip Andrew and Mary Constance (Greer) Donohue.
Donohue, P. Daniel was born on April 21, 1949 in Sioux Falls, South Dakot. Son of Philip Andrew and Mary Constance (Greer) Donohue.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1971). University of South Dakota (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) specializing in Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Personal Injury, Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Workers Compensation Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1974, South Dakota. Beta Alpha Psi; Delta Theta Phi.
Member, Board of Directors, 1975-1980 and President, 1978-1979, Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council. Member: Minnehaha County Bar Association (President, 1989-1990). The State Bar of South Dakota.
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. American College of Real Estate Lawyers. South Dakota's largest law firm was founded in 1939.
From its inception, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, L.L.P., has been prominent in the South Dakota trial bar. Today approximately half of the firm's members are in the litigation section, with the other half attending to the business and commercial interests of individuals, small businesses and regional and national concerns.
Board of directors Girls Club of Sioux Falls, 1979-1985. Board of trustees O'Gorman High School Foundation, 1977-1989, president, 1987-1988, member, since 1989. Board directors Sioux Council, Inc., Boy Scouts American, since 1985, president, 1987-1988.
Board directors Jr.Achievement South Dakot, Inc., since 1980, president, 1985-1986. Board directors Crippled Children's Foundation, since 1991. Volunteer leader girls' tri-gra-y program Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1987.
Member American Bar Association (corporation banking and business law section, real property, probate and trust law section, commission on estate planning and drafting, intervivos transfers and property ownership 1983-1984, commission on special problems of fiduciaries since 1987, commercial leasing committee since 1989), American College Trust and Estate Counsel (technical in the practice committee since 1991, practice committee 1992), Am.Coll. Real Estate Lawyers, South Dakot Bar Association (real property, probate and trust law section, legislation committee since 1988, business law committee 1982-1988, chairman 1984-1987), Minnehaha County Bar Association (Executive Committee 1987-1991, president 1990-1991), Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council (board directors 1974-1980, president 1978-1979), Minnehaha Country Club (board directors 1979-1984, president 1982-1983), Beta Alpha Psi, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Laura Jo Goeman, May 28, 1977. Erin S., Margaret G., Elizabeth A.