United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota

The United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. By statute, the U.S. attorney is responsible for prosecuting both federal crimes and all serious crimes committed by adults in the District of South Dakota. Therefore, the U.S. attorney for the South Dakota serves as both the federal prosecutor (as in the other 92 U.S. attorneys' offices) and as the local district attorney. the United States attorney is Ron A. Parsons Jr..

List of U.S. attorneys for the District of South Dakota

No. U.S. Attorney Term of office Law school President23S. Wesley Clark1921–1926Read law under Thomas SterlingWarren G. Harding24Olaf Eiden1926–1934University of Nebraska College of LawCalvin Coolidge25George Philip Jr.1934–1947University of Michigan Law SchoolFranklin D. Roosevelt26Leo P. Flynn1947–1953University of South Dakota School of LawHarry S. Truman27Clinton G. Richards1953–1961University of South Dakota School of LawDwight D. Eisenhower28Harold C. Doyle1961–1969University of South Dakota School of LawJohn F. Kennedy29William F. Clayton1969–1977University of South Dakota School of LawRichard Nixon30David V. Vrooman1977–1978University of South Dakota School of LawJimmy Carter31Robert D. Hiaring1978–1979University of South Dakota School of LawJimmy Carter32Terry L. Pechota1979–1981University of Iowa College of LawJimmy Carter33Jeffrey L. Viken1981University of South Dakota School of LawJimmy Carter34Philip N. Hogen1981–1991University of South Dakota School of LawRonald Reagan35*Kevin Schieffer(not confirmed by senate)1991–1993Georgetown Law CenterGeorge H. W. Bush35Ted McBride1993University of South Dakota School of LawBill Clinton36Karen Schreier1993–1999St. Louis University School of LawBill Clinton37Ted McBride1999–2001University of South Dakota School of LawBill Clinton38James E. McMahon 2002–2005University of South Dakota School of LawGeorge W. Bush38*Steven K. Mullins(recess appointment)2006University of Oklahoma School of LawGeorge W. Bush39Marty Jackley2006–2009University of South Dakota School of LawGeorge W. Bush40Brendan Johnson2009–2015University of Virginia School of LawBarack Obama41Randy Seiler2015–2017University of South Dakota School of LawBarack Obama42Ron A. Parsons Jr.2018–20212025-PresentUniversity of South Dakota School of LawDonald Trump

See also University of South Dakota School of Law Attorney General of South Dakota South Dakota Supreme Court

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