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Practice Areas
- FELA/Railroad Law
- Restaurant/Hospitality Law
- Premises Liability Defense
- Real Estate/Eminent Domain/Easements
- Automobile & Truck Accident Litigation
- Personal Injury Defense
- Construction Defect Litigation
- Zoning/Land Use Law
- Environmental Law
- Agricultural Law, including Drainage
- General Commercial & Civil Litigation
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Education/Honors
- South Dakota State University, B.S, High Honors 1987
- USD Knudson School of Law, J.D., Sterling Honors Graduate, 1993
- MN ADR neutral certification (Rule 114, Arbitrator certified)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007- present
- Great Plains Super Lawyers, 2011- present
- Law Clerk, Hon. John B. Jones, U.S. District Court, 1993-1995.
- Author, Casenote, “Moving Toward a Clearer Standard for Federal Law Preemption of State Law,” 37 S.D. Law Review, pp. 121-141 (1992).
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Presentations
- “Poor Orthopedic Outcomes in Litigating Patients – Why Lawsuits Hurt” With Dr. Paul Ruttle, MD. Fall Meeting, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Jackson, WY, Sept. 2011
- Various Continuing Legal Education seminars, litigation topics, SD State Bar Assoc.
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Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Iowa State Bar Association
- South Dakota State Bar Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Brian J. Donahoe
Attorney
Admitted to bar, 1993, South Dakota; 1995, Minnesota and Iowa. Admitted to the following U.S. District Courts: Minnesota, Northern District of Iowa; Southern District of Iowa; South Dakota. Also admitted U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court appeal, Cournoyer v. U.S., 522 U.S. 1102 (1998) (judgment reversed for court-appointed client; favorable dismissal of case).