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# Patrick T. Pardy

South Dakota Circuit Court · Presiding Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: South Dakota Circuit Court
- State: South Dakota
- Role: Presiding Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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.
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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/)
- [Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen Appoints Judge Patrick T. Pardy as Presiding Judge of Third Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/chief-justice-steven-r-jensen-appoints-judge-patrick-t-pardy-as-presiding-judge-of-third-judicial-circuit/)
- [Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen Appoints Judge Patrick T. Pardy as Presiding Judge of Third Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/chief-justice-steven-r-jensen-appoints-judge-patrick-t-pardy-as-presiding-judge-of-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/)
- [Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen Appoints Judge Patrick T. Pardy as Presiding Judge of Third Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/chief-justice-steven-r-jensen-appoints-judge-patrick-t-pardy-as-presiding-judge-of-third-judicial-circuit/)
- [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Pat_Pardy)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/patrick-t-pardy/)
- [www.ballotready.org](https://www.ballotready.org/people/patrick-pardy)
- [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/)
- [Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen Appoints Judge Patrick T. Pardy as Presiding Judge of Third Judicial Circuit](https://ujs.sd.gov/ujs-news/chief-justice-steven-r-jensen-appoints-judge-patrick-t-pardy-as-presiding-judge-of-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.