N. Bob Pesall at a glance
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- Magistrate Judge
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N. Bob Pesall
Magistrate Judge · South Dakota Magistrate Court
Biography
Professional career
- Magistrate Judge, Third Judicial Circuit Flandreau 101 E Pipestone Ave - began April 19 2022 replacing Patrick McCann Codington Lake Moody
- Appointed full-time magistrate judge in the Third Judicial Circuit on April 19, 2022
- Founder Pesall Law Firm Flandreau Jan 2007-April 2022 general practice criminal defense indigent real estate wills business ag drainage eminent domain NHTSA field sobriety
- His practice included criminal defense, real estate, contracts, estates, business, constitutional law, eminent domain and agricultural drainage
Education
- BS at South Dakota State University in 1998 and a JD at the University of South Dakota in 2004.
Additional information
- Flandreau City Council May 2014-April 2022
- He received field sobriety training and served on the Flandreau City Council from 2014 until his judicial appointment.
- He worked at Mackoff Kellogg in Dickinson until 2007, then opened Pesall Law in Flandreau in January 2007.
- Previously western ND oldest law firm
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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 Magistrate Court; South Dakota 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
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.
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