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# Kasey Sorensen

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, First Judicial Circuit Yankton - also Drug & DUI Court, term expire Oct 30 2025
- Appointed magistrate judge in South Dakota’s First Judicial Circuit in 2017 by Presiding Judge Steven Jensen, succeeding Tami Bern
- Deputy State's Attorney Meade County Sturgis 1425 Sherman St
- Prosecutor Meade County
- Position: Magistrate Judge, First Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota

### Education


### Additional information

- Appointed: 2017 by Presiding Judge Steven Jensen, replacing the Hon.
- Young Lawyers Section Board 2011-12 4th Circuit rep
- Before judicial appointment she held a position as a Meade County deputy state’s attorney and participated in Northern Hills Drug Court and Fourth Circuit DUI Court.
- Raised in the Black Hills, Sorensen attended Rapid City Central High School.
- Her magistrate work includes Yankton County Drug Court, with an emphasis on rehabilitation and community reintegration.

## 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/first-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-first-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/First_Circuit/Links/Contacts.aspx)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](http://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/kasey-sorensen/)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/First_Circuit/Links/Contacts.aspx)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](http://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/kasey-sorensen/)
- [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/First_Circuit/Links/Contacts.aspx)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](http://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/kasey-sorensen/)
- [www.keloland.com](https://www.keloland.com/news/a-happy-courtroom-in-yankton-county/)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/first-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-first-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/)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/First_Circuit/Links/Contacts.aspx)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](http://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/kasey-sorensen/)

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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.