David Knoff

Professional career

• Kennedy Pier Knoff Loftus, LLP, Yankton — partner since graduating law school in 1997

Education

Additional information

• He currently holds Position B and is in office through December 31, 2030
• In November 2023 he became chair of the South Dakota Juvenile Justice Oversight Council.
• David D. Knoff was appointed to South Dakota’s First Judicial Circuit on February 21, 2018, by Governor Dennis Daugaard, succeeding Steven Jensen.
• His civic service included the Yankton City Commission, mayor during 2010–2012, and the Yankton County Board of Mental Illness.
• Yankton City Commissioner, from 2007
• Private practice, Kennedy Pier Knoff Loftus, from 1997
• Adjunct instructor in mediation, University of South Dakota School of Law
• Practiced with Kennedy, Pier, Knoff & Loftus in Yankton before his appointment.
• Circuit Court Judge in South Dakota’s First Judicial Circuit, which covers multiple counties including Yankton, Clay, Turner, and others.
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• His teaching included mediation as a University of South Dakota law-school adjunct.