Marty J. Jackley for South Dakota Attorney General : About Marty

About Marty J. Jackley continued

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

South Dakota Attorney General (Sept 2009-Present)
United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota (July 2006-Sept 2009)
Partner - Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP (Jan 2002-July 2006)
Associate Attorney - Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP (Aug 1997-Dec 2001)
Special Assistant S.D. Attorney General (May 2001-Oct 2005)
Federal Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Rapid City (Aug 1995-Aug 1997)

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, University of South Dakota School of Law (May 1995)
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Honors, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (May 1992)

LEGAL ADMISSIONS/LICENSURE

United States Supreme Court, 1999-Present
Federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998-Present
Federal District Court for South Dakota, 1997-Present
South Dakota State Court, 1995-Present
Minnesota State Court, (1995-2010, Inactive Status)
Oglala Sioux Tribal Court, 2004

Swearing In Ceremony

LEGAL COMMITTEES

Co-Chair South Dakota Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (July 2006-Present)
U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Counsel for Controlled Substance Subcommittee (July 2006-Sept 2009)
U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Counsel for Native AmericanIssues Subcommittee (July 2006-Sept 2009)
Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Executive Board (July 2006-Sept 2009)
S.D. State Bar Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, (2001-Present) Chairman, 2002-2006
S.D. State Bar Indian Law Committee, (1998-2000; 2007-Present) Chairman, 2007
Criminal Law Committee, (2002-2004)
South Dakota Trial Lawyers' Association (1992-Present)

TRIAL AND APPELLATE LITIGATION EXPERIENCE

Extensive jury trial experience on cases including murder, assault, financial crimes, controlled substances, and other felonies.
Appellate experience including evidentiary matters, jurisdictional claims, sentencing issues, juvenile transfers, reclamation law, and other substantive legal issues.
S.D. Prosecutor of the Year for 2008, State’s Attorneys Association
National Advocacy Center Instructor, Basic Criminal Trial Advocacy

Current South Dakota Attorney General Former United States Attorney for South Dakota
Former Special Assistant Attorney General for South Dakota

Former Partner in South Dakota Law Firm S.D. Prosecutor of the Year for 2008, State's Attorneys Association

Extensive Jury Trial and Appellate Experience