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Mary P. Thorstenson
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Mary P. Thorstenson was a judge on the Seventh Judicial Circuit of South Dakota. She was appointed by Governor Mike Rounds in 2009. Thorstenson was one of 11 candidates recommended to the Governor by the South Dakota Judicial Qualifications Commission.[1] Thorstenson resigned and assumed her duties as an Indian Probate Judge with the Department of Interior’s Office of Hearings and Appeals on January 1, 2013.[2]
Career
Prior to her appointment to the judiciary, Thorstenson was attorney adviser in the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Hearings and Appeals in Rapid City.[1]
Education
Thorstenson received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1988.[3]
Awards and associations
- Member, South Dakota State Bar[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Press Release "Governor Rounds Appoints Three Judges" July 30, 2009
- ↑ Rapid City Journal, "Judge accepts federal appointment," January 5, 2013
- ↑ Rapid City Journal, "Mary P. Thorstenson becomes the Seventh Judicial Circuit's seventh judge," August 1, 2009
- ↑ Lawyers.justia.com, "Profile of Mary Thorstenson," Retrieved May 15, 2013
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Dakota
State courts:
South Dakota Supreme Court • South Dakota Circuit Courts • South Dakota Magistrate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Dakota • South Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Dakota
