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Ballard Spahr

Brooke Harms has joined the Sioux Falls office of Ballard Spahr as an associate in the business and transactions department and the mergers and acquisitions group. Harms will assist the M&A attorneys in Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and the firm’s 13 other offices as they represent buyers and sellers, ranging from small, privately held companies to multinational public companies in transactions that span the lower-middle and middle markets to multibillion-dollar mergers.

Davenport, Evans Hurwitz & Smith

Best Lawyers has recognized four Davenport, Evans Hurwitz & Smith lawyers in the 2022 Real Estate and Infrastructure Edition.

• Construction law: Eric Schulte.
• Real estate law: Jonathan Brown, P. Daniel Donohue and Terry Prendergast.

Stephen Rueber

Dugan Sales & Service 

Stephen Rueber has been named director of business development at Dugan Sales & Service. He most recently worked in commercial real estate and is ranked fourth in the world in taekwondo.

First Premier Bank

Luke Tibbetts

First Premier Bank has promoted Luke Tibbetts to vice president, business banking manager. The announcement follows the retirement of Pam Hanneman, who served in the role since 2013. Tibbetts has 16 years of banking experience and joined First Premier in 2011.

44i

Carol Oren has been promoted to agency manager at digital marketing firm 44i. Oren has more than 20 years of regional media and marketing experience and previously has performed the duties of media director and digital coordinator at 44i. She will continue those responsibilities in her new role.