--- title: "Sarah E. Morrison | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-e-morrison-sd-limited" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Sarah E. Morrison 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 - Sworn in as a District Court judge on 2 May 2022 - Magistrate Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit Rapid City - appointed 2019 by presiding 7th Circuit Custer Fall River Pennington Oglala Lakota - Nominated by President Donald Trump in April 2018 to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, filling the seat vacated by Judge Gregory L. Frost, and was confirmed by the Senate in June 2019 - Deputy State's Attorney Pennington County 2006-2019 - Private practice Beardsley Jensen & Von Wald Rapid City 2004-2006 - Beardsley Jensen & Von Wald in Rapid City from 2004 to 2006 and became a Pennington County deputy state’s attorney in 2006 - Sarah Elizabeth Daggett Morrison is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ### Education - Vanderbilt University BA in communications and media studies in 2001 and a University of Minnesota JD in 2004. - Ohio State University — B.A. - Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Capital University Law School, where she was an associate editor of the law review Morrison began her legal career clerking for Judge John David Holschuh of the same court. ### Additional information - Since 2019, she has practiced as a barrister and is an approved Lawyer for Child, a member of the Law Society’s National Friends Panel, and a Standards Committee Convenor. - From 2012 to 2019, she served at the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, first as General Counsel and chief ethics officer, then as Administrator/CEO - After returning to full-time practice in 2015, she became a senior associate and then partner at ARL Lawyers - Born 1970 in Lufkin, Texas. - overseeing $25 billion in investments and 1,800 staff - focusing on family law, child and youth issues, and relationship property. - Sarah Margaret Morrison is a District Court judge in New Zealand, appointed to the Waitakere District Court with a Family Court warrant. - She then practiced complex civil and commercial litigation at Taft Stettinius & Hollister. - Began her career as a solicitor in Wellington at Tripe Matthews & Feist and Hayman Lawyers, later leading a family law team at Cavell Leitch Pringle & Boyle in Christchurch. - V; a; n; d; e; r; b; i; l; t; - A; - C; o; m; m; u; n; i; c; a; t; i; o; n; s;; &; - M; e; d; i; a; - S; t; u; d; i; e; s;; 2; 0; 0; 1; - R; a; p; i; d; - C; i; t; y - U; n; i; v; e; r; s; i; t; y;; o; f; - L; a; w; - S; c; h; o; o; l; - J - D;; 2; 0; 0; 4 - She was raised in Rapid City and attended Stevens High School. ## 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/seventh-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-seventh-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/) - [Rights and Responsibilities for Young People in South Dakota - Red Book](https://docs.pennco.org/docs/SO/JSC/RedBook_RightsResponsibilities_Pages.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/seventh-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-seventh-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/) - [Rights and Responsibilities for Young People in South Dakota - Red Book](https://docs.pennco.org/docs/SO/JSC/RedBook_RightsResponsibilities_Pages.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/seventh-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-seventh-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/) - [Rights and Responsibilities for Young People in South Dakota - Red Book](https://docs.pennco.org/docs/SO/JSC/RedBook_RightsResponsibilities_Pages.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/seventh-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-seventh-judicial-circuit/) - [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/sarah-e-morrison/) - [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/) - [Rights and Responsibilities for Young People in South Dakota - Red Book](https://docs.pennco.org/docs/SO/JSC/RedBook_RightsResponsibilities_Pages.pdf) - [Biography source supplied in SD-Judges.csv](https://ujs.sd.gov/court-finder/seventh-judicial-circuit/circuit-contacts-seventh-judicial-circuit/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-e-morrison-sd-limited", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-e-morrison-sd-limited", "name": "Sarah E. 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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.