Ann Knudson

Ann Knudson is an attorney with Halbach Szwarc Law Firm in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her practice includes Family Law, including divorce, alimony, and custody, as well as Civil Litigation involving commercial and construction disputes. She is licensed in South Dakota and Minnesota and before the federal court in South Dakota. Her work combines personal family matters with complex civil disputes requiring careful preparation and practical problem solving.

Ann earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University with honors and a Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law with honors. During law school, she worked as a student attorney in a state public defender clinic and served as a law clerk to a criminal-division judge in St. Paul. Her education and early courtroom exposure developed skills in legal analysis, advocacy, client communication, and managing contested proceedings.

Ann’s family-law experience includes complex and international divorce, child support, adoption, and third-party custody matters. She has also served as a Guardian ad Litem in child abuse and neglect cases and worked with East River Legal Services on matters for low-income clients and people affected by domestic abuse. Her civil practice includes commercial and construction litigation, extending her courtroom work beyond domestic-relations disputes.

Ann Knudson brings broad litigation and family-law experience to clients facing disputes with significant financial or personal consequences. Her background spans public-defense work, judicial clerkship experience, child advocacy, legal-aid service, and private civil litigation. She helps clients understand court procedures, prepare for contested hearings, evaluate settlement options, and pursue practical outcomes in family, commercial, and construction matters across South Dakota and Minnesota.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Halbach | Szwarc Law Firm
• Member, State Bar of South Dakota
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Licensed State

• South Dakota
• Minnesota

Education

• Hamline University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Harvard University
  Bachelor’s Degree

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