--- title: "Francy E. Foral | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/francy-e-foral-sd-limited" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Francy E. Foral 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 - 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 - U; n; i; v; e; r; s; i; t; y;; o; f; - W; y; o; m; i; n; g;; u; n; d; e; r; g; r; a; d; u; a; t; e - S; u; f; f; o; l; k; - L; a; w; - S; c; h; o; o; l; - B; o; s; t; o; n; - J - Francy E. Foral is a part-time magistrate in South Dakota’s Fourth Judicial Circuit. ## 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/fourth-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-fourth-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/) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/fourthcircuit/FourthCircuitLawClerksFinal.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://www.statebarofsouthdakota.com/assets/pdf/Februrary2022Reduced2/) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/fourthcircuit/FourthCircuitLawClerksFinal.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://www.statebarofsouthdakota.com/assets/pdf/Februrary2022Reduced2/) - [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/) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/fourthcircuit/FourthCircuitLawClerksFinal.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://www.statebarofsouthdakota.com/assets/pdf/Februrary2022Reduced2/) - [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Francy_Foral) - [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/francy-e-foral/) - [www.sdpb.org](https://www.sdpb.org/news/2013-07-05/teen-court-gives-first-time-offenders-a-second-chance) - [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/) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/fourthcircuit/FourthCircuitLawClerksFinal.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://www.statebarofsouthdakota.com/assets/pdf/Februrary2022Reduced2/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/francy-e-foral-sd-limited", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/francy-e-foral-sd-limited", "name": "Francy E. 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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.