ERIC DAVIS

Eric Davis grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. After college, Eric served for seven years as the executive director of the Booth Society, a citizen-based nonprofit associated with the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives in Spearfish.

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In 2007, Eric ran for and was elected to a seat on the Spearfish City Council, where he was later elected Council Vice President and appointed chair of the City's Legal and Finance Committee.

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In 2010, Eric attended the University of South Dakota School of Law where he was Managing Editor of the South Dakota Law Review and a faculty research assistant. After law school, Eric joined a large general-practice law firm with a focus on litigation, insurance defense, local government representation, and complex real estate transactions. In 2015, Eric was hired as Spearfish's first full-time City Attorney.

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Eric joined the Nelson Law team in 2019.

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Eric enjoys spending his free time outdoors. He particularly enjoys fly fishing, whitewater rafting, backpacking, upland hunting, camping, hiking, skiing, biking, and floating various kinds of boats down rivers.

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Eric is licensed to practice law in South Dakota and admitted to practice in all courts in South Dakota and the United States District Court.