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# Scott P. Myren

Supreme Court of South Dakota · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of South Dakota
- State: South Dakota
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-09-25

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- 2021–present: Associate Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court
- Scott Palmer Myren is an Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Kristi Noem on October 28, 2020, and sworn in on January 5, 2021 to replace Justice David Gilbertson
- 2014–2021: Presiding Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
- 2003–2021: Circuit judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit; re-elected in 2006 and 2014
- Practiced in Denver from 1988 to 1990, held the role of South Dakota Supreme Court staff attorney from 1990 to 1994, administrative law judge from 1994 to 1999, Sixth Circuit magistrate from 1999 to 2003, and Fifth Circuit judge from 2003 to 2021
- 1994–1999: Administrative law judge, South Dakota Office of Administrative Hearings

### Education


### Additional information

- Governor Kristi Noem appointed him to the Supreme Court October 28, 2020, succeeding David Gilbertson; he was sworn in January 5, 2021
- His service includes Brown County Drug/DUI Court, Presiding Judges’ Council chair, Judges Association president, a 2009 science and technology judicial fellowship, Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative and Hope Probation work.
- He graduated from Mobridge High School in 1982, obtained a University of South Dakota BS in history and political science in 1985, and a Rutgers JD in 1988, serving as Rutgers Law Journal research editor.
- Born September 22, 1964, Mobridge, South Dakota.
- Scott Palmer Myren was born September 22, 1964 in Mobridge and grew up on a rural Campbell County farm.
- Date of birth: 1964-09-22
- 72,908 no).
- representing the Fifth District (29 counties)
- Justice Myren has served on multiple judicial committees, including the Court Improvement Program and Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative, and was chair of the Unified Judicial System’s Presiding Judges’ Council.
- He also led the Hope Probation pilot programs and was a Judicial Fellow at the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center in Washington, D.C
- Birth place: Mobridge

## 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: courtwide

South Dakota Supreme Court courtroom protocol instructs visitors not to bring cameras or recording equipment into the courtroom.

Evidence excerpt: Do not bring food, drinks, cameras or recording equipment into the courtroom.

[South Dakota Supreme Court Courtroom Protocol](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/courtroom-protocol/)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Official roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System official judicial roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/)
- [South Dakota Supreme Court Courtroom Protocol](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/courtroom-protocol/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System Directory](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System Directory](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [Wikidata: Scott P. Myren](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101096783)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System official judicial roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/)
- [South Dakota Supreme Court Courtroom Protocol](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/courtroom-protocol/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System Directory](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_P._Myren)
- [ujs.sd.gov](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/justice-scott-p-myren/)
- [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_P._Myren)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System official judicial roster](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/)
- [South Dakota Supreme Court Courtroom Protocol](https://ujs.sd.gov/supreme-court/courtroom-protocol/)
- [South Dakota Unified Judicial System Directory](https://ujs.sd.gov/sd-unified-judicial-system-directory/)

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