PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — Justice Scott Myren, a Mobridge native, took his oath of office today in Pierre.
He replaces Chief Justice David Gilbertson who faced mandatory retirement this
month. Gilbertson is the longest-serving justice ever on the state’s high court,
serving for nearly 26 years (25 years served as of April 17, 2020).
The justices elected Judge Steven Jensen to succeed Gilbertson as chief of the
high court. The other state supreme court justices are Janine Kern, Mark
Salter and Patricia DeVaney.
Myren represents the state’s Fifth Supreme Court District– which consists of
Ziebach, Corson, Dewey, Campbell, Walworth, Potter, McPherson, Edmunds,
Faulk, Spink, Harding, Butte, Perkins, Brown, Marshall, Day, Clark, Codington,
Hamlin, Deuel, Grant, and Roberts counties.
(Dakota Radio Group contributed to this report.)
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