Cutler & Donahoe, LLP

If you do not see content of CU3ER slider here try to enable JavaScript and reload the page

Jayna M. Voss

Jayna M. Voss

Jayna Voss joined the firm in 2000 and became a partner in 2002. She was born in Huron, South Dakota, and grew up on a farm near Wessington, South Dakota. She graduated with highest honors from South Dakota State University with a degree in Business Economics and a minor in Accounting in 1992. Jayna earned her law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1995. During her law studies, she also served as a teaching assistant and was Editor-in-Chief of the South Dakota Law Review.

Jayna was admitted to the South Dakota Bar in 1995 and to the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, and the United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, in 1996. After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Roger L. Wollman, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, she became an associate at Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, PC, where she practiced general business law until joining Cutler & Donahoe, LLP, where her primary area of practice is estate planning. Jayna enjoys this area of practice since she interacts with many of the firm's clients.  She has helped numerous individuals plan their estates and has worked with families to administer and implement the plans.

Jayna and her husband, Shane, have three daughters, Danielle, Cassandra, and Sydney. She enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her family.

Jayna has been recognized in the 2011 and 2012 editions of Great Plains Super Lawyers.

ATTORNEY PROFILE

Education: South Dakota State University (B.S. Business Economics, minor in Accounting, with highest honors, 1992); the University of South Dakota School of Law (J.D., 1995) 

Admissions: South Dakota (1995); United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (1996); United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1996); United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1996)

Areas of Practice: Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & Asset Protection Planning; Probate, Estates & Trust Administration; Elder Law, Long-Term Planning & Special Needs; Business Succession Planning; Guardianships & ConservatorshipsBusiness Organizations & Transactions

Memberships: American Bar Association; South Dakota Bar Association; Second Circuit Bar Association; Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council; South Dakota Planned Giving Council

Community: Children's Care Foundation Board of Directors; Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Board of Directors; Wegner Health Science Information Center Board of Directors

Honors: Martindale-Hubbell AV® PreeminentTM; Selected for Inclusion in the Great Plains Super Lawyers (Only 5% of Attorneys in South Dakota Selected)