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Mark E. Salter
Justice · Supreme Court of South Dakota
Biography
Professional career
- American attorney, veteran, and current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard in 2018
- After a Minnesota Third Judicial District clerkship in 1993, he served in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps during 1994–1997 as prosecutor and defense counsel.
- Following law school, Salter held the role of a law clerk for the Third Judicial District of Minnesota in Marshall, Minnesota in 1993
- Practiced at Cutler & Donahoe in Sioux Falls, became partner, and served one year as Turner County deputy state’s attorney
Education
- University of South Dakota School of Law in — J.D. (1993)
- A Huron native, he obtained a South Dakota State University BS in 1990 and University of South Dakota JD in 1993.
Additional information
- Appointed to the South Dakota Supreme Court by Governor Dennis Daugaard on May 24, 2018, and sworn in July 9, 2018, succeeding Glen Severson.
- Appointed to the Second Circuit in 2012, he took office in 2013 and handled Minnehaha County Veterans Court during 2016–2018.
- He continued in the Navy Reserve until 2012, reaching lieutenant commander.
- Assistant United States attorney during 2004–2012 and Appellate Division chief from 2009.
- Born September 26, 1968.
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- He became the 51st member of the court
- His adjunct teaching at the University of South Dakota includes advanced criminal procedure and appellate advocacy.
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