Heidi L. Linngren at a glance
- Current role
- Presiding Circuit Judge
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota · State
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Heidi L. Linngren
Presiding Circuit Judge · South Dakota Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Circuit Court Judge (2015–present): Elected in 2014 for a term expiring 2022
- Heidi L. Linngren has held the position of a South Dakota Seventh Judicial Circuit judge since 2015 following election in 2014
- The Presiding Judge of South Dakota’s Seventh Judicial Circuit, appointed by Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen on November 20, 2025, to take office December 9, 2025
- Magistrate Judge (2011–2015): Appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, serving as judge for Pennington County DUI Court and backup judge for Pennington County Drug Court
- South Dakota Attorney General's Office, 2005-2011
- She clerked for federal Judge Charles Kornmann during 2000–2001, held a position as a Pennington County public defender during 2001–2003, practiced at Rensch Law Firm during 2003–2005, and held the role of an assistant attorney general in Rapid City during 2005–2011
- Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann, 2000-2001
- Presiding Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which covers Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, and Pennington counties
Education
- a University of South Dakota JD in 2000.
- Raised in Watertown, she obtained a Northern State University BA in elementary education and English in 1997
Additional information
- Seventh Circuit magistrate during 2011–2015 and has handled Pennington County DUI Court and backup Drug Court duties.
- Private practice, 2003-2005
- Before joining the judiciary, Judge Linngren worked in public defense, private legal practice, and as a special prosecutor for the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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- Adjunct professor
- She has also taught Constitutional Law and Court Proceedings at the University of South Dakota, Black Hills State University, and Western Dakota Technical College
- Robert Gusinsky, who joined the South Dakota Supreme Court.
- In this role, she provides administrative leadership for the circuit’s courts, judges, and staff
- Teaching work includes the University of South Dakota, Black Hills State University and Western Dakota Technical College, among them constitutional law and court proceedings.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Electronic Devices And Media
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.
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 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Circuit Court Media Coverage
South Dakota Circuit Court; South Dakota 7th Judicial Circuit Court
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