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Rick Sommers
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Richard A. Sommers is a judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in South Dakota. Governor Dennis Daugaard appointed him in December 2013 for a term beginning the following month. His predecessor, Jack R. Von Wald, retired on January 8, 2014.[1] He was re-elected to the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 2014 for a term that expires in 2022.[2]
Elections
2014
See also: South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
Sommers ran for re-election to the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Education
Sommers earned his undergraduate degree at South Dakota State University and his J.D. at the University of South Dakota School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2014-2022: Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
- 1989-2014: Attorney, Bantz, Gosch & Cremer
- 1987-1989: Chief deputy state's attorney, Brown County[1]
Awards and associations
- South Dakota Bar Association
- Brown County Bar Association
- President, Municipal Attorney's Association
- Watershed Task Force, South Dakota State Legislature
- Board of Directors, Northeast Head Start
- Local chairman, South Dakota Ducks Unlimited
- Moderator, South Dakota Boys State mock trials[1]
See also
- South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
- South Dakota judicial elections
- Fifth Judicial Circuit
- South Dakota Circuit Courts
- South Dakota
External links
- South Dakota Secretary of State, "Current candidates for primary election - 6/3/2014," updated May 6, 2014, accessed May 8, 2014pg. 62
- South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Fifth Judicial Circuit"
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