Patrick T. Pardy at a glance
- Current role
- Presiding Circuit Judge
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Patrick T. Pardy
Presiding Circuit Judge · South Dakota Circuit Court
Biography
Professional career
- Chief Justice Steven Jensen appointed him presiding judge on April 28, 2025, effective June 9, 2025, succeeding Stoltenburg
- Practiced at Mumford Protsch Pardy and held the role of Miner County deputy state’s attorney from 1996 to 2011, and Lake County public defender from 2000 to 2005
- Presiding Judge, Third Judicial Circuit
- Legal Counsel, South Dakota Department of Corrections and Board of Pardons and Paroles
Education
- BA at the University of South Dakota in 1992, a JD there in 1996, and an MS in strategic studies at the US Army War College in 2019.
Additional information
- His National Guard service spanned 36 years, among them Afghanistan deployments in 2003–2005 and 2010–2011; he retired in 2023 as a brigadier general after serving as assistant adjutant general from October 2021 to 2023.
- Appointed to the Third Judicial Circuit by Governor Dennis Daugaard on May 6, 2015.
- He held the role of attorney to the Board of Pardons and Paroles from 2011 to 2014.
- Military service
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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 Circuit 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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