Scott P. Myren

{{Short description|American judge (born 1964)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Scott Myren |office = Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court |appointer = Kristi Noem |term_start = January 5, 2021 |term_end = |predecessor = David Gilbertson |successor = |birth_name = Scott Palmer Myren |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1964|9|22}}}} |birth_place = Mobridge, South Dakota, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = University of South Dakota (BS)<br>Rutgers University, Camden (JD) }} '''Scott Palmer Myren''' (born September 22, 1964)<ref name="LMSD">{{Cite web |title=Legislative Manual South Dakota 2015 |url=https://sdsos.gov/general-information/assets/bluebook-docs/2015FinalBlueBook.pdf |access-date=January 5, 2021 |publisher=Shantel Krebs, Secretary of State}}</ref> is an Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

== Education ==

Myren earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota in 1985 and he earned his Juris Doctor from the Rutgers Law School in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Palmer Myren Judge Profile on Martindale.com |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/scott-p-myren-1595043/ |access-date=2020-11-03 |website=www.martindale.com}}</ref>

== Legal career ==

After graduation from law school, Myren began practicing law in Denver, Colorado. In 1990, he returned to South Dakota to serve as the South Dakota Supreme Court's permanent staff attorney.<ref name="KOTA">{{Cite web |last=Goss |first=Austin |date=October 28, 2020 |title=Gov. Kristi Noem to appoint Judge Scott Myren to South Dakota Supreme Court |url=https://www.kotatv.com/2020/10/28/governor-kristi-noem-to-appoint-judge-scott-myren-to-south-dakota-supreme-court/ |access-date=November 2, 2020 |website=www.kotatv.com}}</ref>

== Judicial career ==

=== State judicial career ===

Myren began his judicial career as an administrative law judge after being appointed by Governor Walter Dale Miller.<ref name="KOTA"/> From 1999 to 2004 Myren served as a Magistrate Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit.<ref name="LMSD" /> In 2004, he was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit by Governor Mike Rounds. In 2014 he became the Presiding Judge and served until his appointment to the South Dakota Supreme Court.<ref name="LMSD" />

=== South Dakota Supreme Court service ===

On October 28, 2020, Governor Kristi Noem announced her appointment of Myren to be a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of David Gilbertson.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Governor Noem To Appoint Judge Myren To South Dakota Supreme Court |date=October 28, 2020 |location=Pierre, South Dakota |url=https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=27425 |access-date=November 2, 2020}}</ref> He was sworn into office on January 5, 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Justice Scott P. Myren Sworn-in as Supreme Court Justice |date=January 5, 2021 |publisher=North Dakota Unified Judicial System |location=Pierre, South Dakota |url=https://ujs.sd.gov/Information/newsitem.aspx?FfrpyrIRWY2nFLdD9ehr7IuqtZMiaOcwCaEFaxPrI8k%3d |access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>

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