Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney,university administrator,and politician from the Democratic Party. She represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2004 until 2011. Sandlin was first elected to Congress in a July 2004 and won three full terms before losing to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House,and the first woman elected to the House from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin,she was known as Stephanie Herseth. She is a Democrat and a member of the Herseth family of South Dakota. She and Senator Tim Johnson are the last Democrats to win a statewide and/or federal election in South Dakota.
The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota is the United States District Court or the Federal district court,whose jurisdiction for issues pertaining to federal law or diversity for the state of South Dakota. The court is based in Sioux Falls with other courthouses in Rapid City,Pierre,and Aberdeen. The district was created in 1889,when the Dakota Territory was divided into North and South Dakota.
Karen Mary Nelson Moore is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her chambers are in Cleveland,Ohio.
Roger Leland Wollman is a senior United States Circuit Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is the older brother of Harvey Wollman,former Governor of South Dakota.
Richard Howard Battey was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Lawrence Leroy Piersol is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Donald James Porter was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
George Theodore Mickelson was an American lawyer,16th Attorney General of South Dakota and 18th Governor of South Dakota,and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. He is the patriarch of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
Roberto Antonio Lange is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Brendan Van Johnson is an American attorney who served as the 40th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He is the son of former U.S. Senator Tim Johnson and currently is a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP,where he serves as the Chair of the Firm's National Business Litigation Group and Member of the Firm's Executive Board. In 2024,Johnson was recognized as one of America's Top 200 Lawyers for his litigation work and representation of Native American tribes.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Dakota since June 26,2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the U.S. Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. Attorney General Marty Jackley issued a statement critical of the ruling but said South Dakota is obligated to comply and the state would recognize same-sex marriages.
Gordon James Mydland was an American attorney and politician who served as the Attorney General of South Dakota. He was also a state senator,and a circuit court judge.
Randolph John Seiler was an American attorney and veteran serving as the chair of the Democratic Party of South Dakota from 2019-2023. He served as the 41st United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2015 until his retirement in 2017. Seiler was previously the Deputy United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
Ronald A. Parsons Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2018 to 2021.
Ted McBride (1949–2018) was an American attorney and 37th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
Mark E. Salter is an American attorney,veteran,and current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court,appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard in 2018. He became the 51st member of the court.
Jonathan Allen Kobes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
Eric Claude Schulte is an American lawyer who is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
