List of University of South Dakota School of Law people

This is a list of prominent alumni and faculty of the University of South Dakota School of Law.

Academia James W. Abbott J.D. 1974president of the University of South Dakota 1997–presentHarvey Jewett J.D. 1973president of South Dakota Board of Regents

Attorneys general Sigurd AndersonL.L.B. 193717th attorney general of South DakotaClarence C. Caldwell L.L.B. 19069th attorney general of South DakotaFrank FarrarL.L.B. 195322nd attorney general of South DakotaMarty Jackley J.D. 1995current 30th attorney general of South Dakota; petitioner in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.William Janklow J.D. 196625th attorney general of South Dakota; petitioner in South Dakota v. Opperman and Reeves, Inc. v. StakeRoyal Johnson L.L.B. 19068th attorney general of South DakotaLarry Long J.D. 197229th attorney general of South Dakota, judge of 2nd Circuit Court of South DakotaGeorge Mickelson L.L.B. 192716th attorney general of South DakotaAlbert C. Miller L.L.B.21st attorney general of South DakotaGordon MydlandL.L.B. 194823rd attorney general of South DakotaKermit SandeJ.D. 196824th attorney general of South DakotaMerrel Sharpe L.L.B. 191412th attorney general of South Dakota

Business Roswell Bottum L.L.B. 1924chief counsel for Reconstruction Finance CorporationFrank Farrar L.L.B. 1953founder, owner, and chairman of First Savings BankHarvey C. Jewett IV J.D. 1973 CEO of Super 8 Motels and heir to Jewett fortuneSteve T. KirbyJ.D. 1975co-founder of Bluestem CapitalJoe Robbie L.L.B. 1946founder-owner of the Miami Dolphins, 1966–1990

Governors and lieutenant governors Sigurd AndersonL.L.B. 193719th governor of South DakotaJoseph H. Bottum L.L.B. 192727th lieutenant governor of South Dakota, and presiding judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of South DakotaFrank L. FarrarL.L.B. 195324th governor of South DakotaJohn T. Grigsby L.L.B. 1903lieutenant governor of South Dakota and member of the prominent Kingsbury familyWilliam J. JanklowJ.D. 196627th and 30th governor of South DakotaLeslie JensenL.L.B. 192115th governor of South DakotaSteve KirbyJ.D. 1975lieutenant governor of South DakotaMatt MichelsJ.D. 1985current lieutenant governor of South Dakota, 2011–presentGeorge S. MickelsonJ.D. 196528th governor of South DakotaGeorge T. MickelsonL.L.B. 192718th governor of South Dakota and 1952 U.S. presidential candidateLem OverpeckL.L.B. 1936lieutenant governor of South DakotaMerrell Q. SharpeL.L.B. 191417th governor of South Dakota

State supreme court justices Francis G. DunnL.L.B. 1937chief justice, South Dakota Supreme Court David GilbertsonJ.D. 1975current chief justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtDaryl Hecht J.D. 1977current justice, Iowa Supreme CourtFrank Henderson L.L.B. 1952justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtSteven R. Jensen J.D. 1988 current justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtJohn K. Konenkamp J.D. 1974 justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtBoyd LeedomL.L.B. 1955justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtJudith MeierhenryJ.D. 1977justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtRobert A. MillerJ.D. 1963chief justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtDonald J. PorterL.L.B. 1943justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtRichard W. SabersJ.D. 1963justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtMark Salter J.D. 1993 current justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtGlen A. SeversonJ.D. 1975justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtLori S. WilburJ.D. 1977justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtRoger L. WollmanJ.D. 1962justice, South Dakota Supreme CourtSteven L. ZinterJ.D. 1975current justice, South Dakota Supreme Court

United States district attorneys William F. Clayton L.L.B. 195130th U.S. attorney, District of South DakotaPhilip N. Hogen J.D. 197034th U.S. attorney, District of South Dakota, commissioner of National Indian Gaming CommissionMarty JackleyJ.D. 199539th U.S. attorney, District of South DakotaTed McBride J.D. 197837th U.S. attorney, District of South DakotaJames E. McMahonJ.D. 197738th U.S. attorney, District of South DakotaRon A. Parsons Jr. J.D. 1997current 42nd U.S. attorney, District of South Dakota 2018–presentRandy Seiler J.D. 198041st U.S. attorney, District of South DakotaJeff Viken J.D. 1977 33rd U.S. attorney, District of South Dakota

United States District Court Richard Battey L.L.B. 1953 chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, presiding judge of "Sue" dinosaur caseAndrew Wendell Bogue L.L.B. 1947 chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South DakotaJohn Bailey JonesL.L.B. 1953chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South DakotaGeorge Theodore MickelsonL.L.B. 1927chief judge, United States District Court for the District of South DakotaFred Joseph NicholL.L.B. 1936chief judge, U.S. District Court of for the District of South DakotaLawrence Leroy Piersol J.D. 1965chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South DakotaDonald J. Porter L.L.B. 1943chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South DakotaJeffrey Lynn Viken J.D. 1977current chief judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 2013–present

United States Court of Appeals Roger Leland WollmanJ.D. 1962 chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States House of Representatives

James AbourezkJ.D. 196632nd U.S. representative, author of the Indian Child Welfare Act, and first Lebanese-American member of CongressEllis Yarnal BerryL.L.B. 192728th U.S. representative from South DakotaFrank E. DenholmL.L.B. 195931st U.S. representative from South DakotaBill JanklowJ.D. 196639th U.S. representative from South DakotaRoyal Cleaves JohnsonL.L.B. 190619th U.S. representative from South Dakota, and highly decorated WWI veteran while he was a member of CongressTim JohnsonJ.D. 1975U.S. representative from South DakotaHarold LovreL.L.B. 192727th U.S. representative from South DakotaWilliam WilliamsonL.L.B. 190522nd U.S. representative from South Dakota

United States Tax Court Diane KroupaJ.D. 1981judge, United States Tax Court and chief judge, Minnesota Tax Court

United States Senate James AbourezkJ.D. 196621st U.S. senator from South Dakota; first Arab-American member of CongressJoseph H. BottumL.L.B. 1927 19th U.S. senator from South DakotaTim JohnsonJ.D. 197525th U.S. senator from South Dakota

United States military George E. "Bud" Day L.L.B. 1949 U.S. colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, most highly decorated military officer since Douglas MacArthur, and POW cell-mate with John McCainLeslie JensenL.L.B. 1921U.S. colonel in Pacific Theater of WWIIRoyal C. Johnson L.L.B. 1906 U.S. lieutenant, Distinguished Service Cross recipient and Croix de Guerre with gold star from the Republic of FranceGregory J. StoltenburgJ.D. 1995U.S. lt. colonel and current presiding judge of the Third Circuit Court of South Dakota, 2015–present

State legislature Roswell Bottum (1924), member of South Dakota House of Representatives Joni Cutler, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Ervin E. Dupper, member of South Dakota Senate Marc Feinstein (1995), member of South Dakota House of Representatives Margaret V. Gillespie, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Brian Gosch (1996), current majority leader and former speaker of the House of South Dakota House of Representatives Donald A. Haggar, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Anne Hajek, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Scott Heidepriem (1980), minority leader of South Dakota Senate Roger W. Hunt, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Timothy Johns, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Craig Kennedy, member of South Dakota Senate David Lust (1997), majority leader of South Dakota House of Representatives Lance Russell (2000), member of South Dakota House of Representatives Mike Stevens, member of South Dakota House of Representatives Ron J. Volesky, member of South Dakota Senate William Garner Waddel (1904), member of South Dakota Senate

Tribal, sovereign, foreign courts Creighton Leland Robertson (1976), chief judge of the Sisseton Wapheton Oyate Reservation Tribal Court

Noted faculty

Current Patrick Garry, constitutional law professor Brendan Johnson, adjunct law professor and former U.S. attorney for the District of South Dakota Frank Pommersheim, American Indian Law professor, Camden 28 member, chief judge for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals, and chief justice of the Rosebud Sioux Supreme Court

Former

Roger Baron, professor of Law, ERISA scholar, and counsel in Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc Charles Hall Dillon, professor of Law, U.S. representative from South Dakota and associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court; namesake of Dillon Lecture Series Ralph E. Erickson, 5th dean of the College of Law and 11th deputy attorney general of the United States during the Nixon Administration Thomas Sterling, 1st dean of the College of Law and U.S. senator from South Dakota; namesake of Sterling Honors Bartlett Tripp, 1st professor of Law, 25th U.S. ambassador to Austria, last chief justice of Dakota Territory Supreme Court, and first president of the South Dakota Bar Association

See also South Dakota Attorney General South Dakota Supreme Court United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota

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