Robert A. Mandel

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Robert A. Mandel

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Prior offices

South Dakota 7th Judicial Circuit

Successor: Stacy Vinberg Wickre

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Education

Bachelor's

Shimer College

Law

Antioch School of Law

Robert A. Mandel was a judge on the Seventh Judicial Circuit in South Dakota. He was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard in October 2011. He retired from the court in 2021.

Elections

2014

See also: South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
Mandel ran for re-election to the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.  

Education

Mandel earned his undergraduate degree from Shimer College and his J.D. from the Antioch School of Law.

Career

• 2011-2021: Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit
• 1982-2011: Office of the U.S. Attorney General
• 1980-1982: Tribal judge, Fort Berthold Tribal Court
• 1979-1982: County judge, Mercer County, North Dakota

See also

• News: Governor Dennis Daugaard appoints two judges to the 7th Judicial Circuit
• South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
• South Dakota judicial elections
• Seventh Judicial Circuit
• South Dakota Circuit Courts

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, "Gov. Daugaard appoints Mandel & Pfeifle as judges in the Seventh Circuit," October 18, 2011
• Office of Governor Daugaard, "Press release"