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Children
  
4 children


Name
  
David Gilbertson

Spouse
  
Deborah Gilbertson

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Born
  
October 29, 1949 (age 75) Sisseton, South Dakota (
1949-10-29
)

Alma mater
  
South Dakota State UniversityUniversity of South Dakota School of Law


Appointed by
  
Governor Bill Janklow

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David Gilbertson (born October 29, 1949) is chief justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Contents

This Week in Politics: South Dakota Chief Justice David Gilbertson 1/28/18 KSFY


Education

Gilbertson attended South Dakota State University, graduating in 1972 with a B.S. in Geography. He then graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1975.

Career

Gilbertson established a private practice in Sisseton, South Dakota and simultaneously served as Roberts County Deputy State's Attorney and City Attorney for Sisseton. In 1986 Governor Bill Janklow appointed him circuit judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Janklow appointed Gilbertson an Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court April 3, 1995. He was retained by the voters for successive eight-year terms in 1998, 2006, and 2014.

When Chief Justice Robert A. Miller retired in 2001, Gilbertson was elected chief justice of the court. In 2009 Gilbertson was reelected to his third 4-year term as chief justice.

References

David Gilbertson Wikipedia


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