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# Cullen P. McNeece

South Dakota Magistrate Court · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: South Dakota Magistrate Court
- State: South Dakota
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Cullen Parker McNeece was appointed magistrate judge for South Dakota’s Fifth Judicial Circuit in 2021
- Law clerk, Fifth Judicial Circuit

### Education


### Additional information

- His career encompassed a Fifth Circuit clerkship, the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office, Bantz, Gosch & Cremer in Aberdeen, and service as a Pennington County deputy state’s attorney immediately before his appointment.
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- He grew up in Burlington, Iowa, obtained a history degree at Iowa State University and a law degree from the University of South Dakota.
- The official announcement dated June 4 said he would take the bench June 21, with a later swearing-in ceremony.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic devices and media

Scope: statewide

South Dakota's published statewide guidance permits expanded media coverage in circuit and magistrate proceedings only when the parties and court agree, and the court may modify the coverage at any time.

Evidence excerpt: Expanded media coverage (audio, video and still photos) is allowed when the parties of the case and the court all agree that such coverage should be permitted.

[South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage](https://ujs.sd.gov/for-the-media/)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/fifth-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-fifth-judicial-circuit/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System Directory](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage](https://ujs.sd.gov/for-the-media/)
- [Cullen P. McNeece Appointed as New Magistrate Judge for Fifth Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/cullen-p-mcneece-appointed-as-new-magistrate-judge-for-fifth-judicial-circuit/)
- [Cullen P. McNeece Appointed as New Magistrate Judge for Fifth Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/cullen-p-mcneece-appointed-as-new-magistrate-judge-for-fifth-judicial-circuit/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System official judicial roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage](https://ujs.sd.gov/for-the-media/)
- [Cullen P. McNeece Appointed as New Magistrate Judge for Fifth Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/cullen-p-mcneece-appointed-as-new-magistrate-judge-for-fifth-judicial-circuit/)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/cullen-p-mcneece/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System official judicial roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage](https://ujs.sd.gov/for-the-media/)
- [Cullen P. McNeece Appointed as New Magistrate Judge for Fifth Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/cullen-p-mcneece-appointed-as-new-magistrate-judge-for-fifth-judicial-circuit/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-044935a56b62369d8361ec08) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://ujs.sd.gov/for-the-media/). Collected 2026-07-27.