Matt Brown (South Dakota)

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Matt Brown

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South Dakota 7th Judicial Circuit
Tenure
Present officeholder

Education

Bachelor's

Gustavus Adolphus College

Law

University of South Dakota School of Law, 1999

Personal
Profession
Deputy state's attorney, Custer County


Matt Brown is a circuit judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit in South Dakota. He was appointed to the court by Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on August 5, 2015, to occupy a newly created seat on the bench.[1]

Education

Brown earned his B.A. in political science from Gustavus Adolphus College. He earned his J.D. from the University of South Dakota's School of Law in 1999.[2]

Career

At the time of his appointment to the circuit court seat in 2015, Brown was serving as a magistrate judge for the Seventh Circuit, a position he had been appointed to in 2014. He began his legal career with the Black Hills Legal Services, then served as a prosecutor for Pennington County. He later worked for the Custer County State's Attorney's Office as a deputy state's attorney and a special assistant attorney general.[2]

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