Judith Meierhenry
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Judith K. Meierhenry (January 20, 1944) is an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. She is the first woman to serve on the state's highest court. Meierhenry was appointed by Republican Governor Bill Janklow in 2002 to represent the Fourth Supreme Court District. After having been retained by voters in 2006, her current renewable eight-year term ends in 2014. [1]
Legal background
Meierhenry attended the University of South Dakota, receiving her Bachelor of Science in 1966, her Master's degree in 1968, and her Juris Doctor in 1977. She was appointed judge of the Second Circuit Court on December 16, 1988 by Governor George S. Mickelson, and presiding judge of the Second Circuit Court in 1997.
Her professional experience also includes serving as a senior manager and assistant general council to Citibank in Sioux Falls from 1985-1988, as South Dakota's Secretary of Education and Cultural Affairs from 1983-1985, as South Dakota's Secretary of Labor from 1980-1983, and as staff in the state's Economic Opportunity Office between 1979-1980. [2]
Associations
- Member, Clay-Union Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Past President, South Dakota Judges Association
- Member, Second Circuit Bar Association
- Member, South Dakota Bar Association
- Member, South Dakota Civil Pattern Jury Instruction Committee [2]
External links
- Members of the South Dakota Supreme Court, with biographies
- Project Vote Smart biography of Judith Meierhenry
References
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The South Dakota Project on Judgepedia
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