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# N. Bob Pesall

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, 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.
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## 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/third-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-third-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/)
- [About - N. Bob Pesall](https://mobile.pesall.com/about)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/third-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-third-judicial-circuit/)
- [About - N. Bob Pesall](https://mobile.pesall.com/about)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/third-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-third-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/)
- [About - N. Bob Pesall](https://mobile.pesall.com/about)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/third-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-third-judicial-circuit/)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/n-bob-pesall/)
- [pesall.com](https://pesall.com/about)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/magistrate-bob-pesall-new-third-circuit-magistrate-judge/)
- [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/)
- [About - N. Bob Pesall](https://mobile.pesall.com/about)
- [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/third-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-third-judicial-circuit/)

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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.