Mandi A. Mowery

Professional career

• Circuit Judge for South Dakota’s 2nd Judicial Circuit, appointed by Governor Kristi Noem in July 2024
• Before becoming a judge, Mowery had a 17-year career as a prosecutor with the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office (2006–2024).
• Minnehaha County State's Attorney's Office, prosecutor for approximately 17 years; felony and narcotics prosecution; team lead
• In her own words, Mowery has stated that she strives to serve South Dakota “with fairness and justice” and to uphold the laws as set forth by the people of the state

Education

Additional information

• Mandi A. Mowery was announced as Governor Kristi Noem’s appointee to South Dakota’s Second Judicial Circuit on July 30, 2024.
• She returned to South Dakota in 2006 and joined the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office, initially handling misdemeanors and later felony narcotics prosecutions.
• At appointment she was a felony team lead with roughly seventeen years of prosecutorial service.
• Began handling misdemeanor cases, later moving to the felony prosecution division, where she focused on narcotics cases and held the role of a felony division team lead
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• Raised on a family ranch, she graduated as valedictorian at New Underwood High School, earned magna cum laude honors at the University of South Dakota and a Baylor law degree.
• Interests include running and reading.