Francy E. Foral

Professional career

• Magistrate Judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit Sturgis - appointed 2015, Treatment Court Northern Hills Drug & 4th DUI
• Part‐time magistrate judge for the 4th Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota, appointed in 2015, with experience in drug court, DUI court, and prior legal roles in the State Bar of South Dakota and private practice
• Before her magistrate appointment she volunteered as a Teen Court judge, documented by a 2013 South Dakota Public Broadcasting article.
• Law Clerk Fourth Circuit 2006-2007
• Specialized Roles: Presiding judge for the Northern Hills Drug Court and the 4th Judicial Circuit DUI Court
• Her background includes private practice, a law clerkship and work as strategic planning coordinator for the State Bar of South Dakota

Education

Additional information

• Strategic Planning Coordinator SD Bar 2013 first coordinator Project Rural Practice
• AmeriCorps NCCC 1 year East Coast
• Boston decade
• Associate Frederickson Law Deadwood family law
• Before joining the bench, Foral held the role of Strategic Planning Coordinator for the State Bar of South Dakota and worked in private legal practice.
• She also held a law clerkship early in her career
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• Francy E. Foral is a part-time magistrate in South Dakota’s Fourth Judicial Circuit.