PIERRE Gov. Kristi Noem appointed the Honorable Abigail “Abbey” Howard to the Third Judicial Circuit Court.
Howard grew up in Volga. She obtained her undergraduate degree honors from South Dakota State University, graduating magna cum laude and received her juris doctorate from the University of South Dakota, Knudson School of Law, where she was an editor of the South Dakota Law Review.
She started her law practice at Fite & Pierce Law Office in Brookings. In 2013, she joined the Brookings County State’s Attorneys Office as a prosecutor. She was elected as the Brookings County state’s attorney in 2016. She was appointed to serve as a magistrate judge in the Third Judicial Circuit in January 2018.
Over the years as a magistrate judge, she has handled court in Brookings, Beadle, Codington, Lake, and Moody counties.
Im honored and humbled by the faith placed in me by the governor. I look forward to continue serving the citizens of the Third Circuit in this new capacity, Howard saidin a news release.
Howard is married to her husband, Lance, who works as at First Bank & Trust. They live in Brookings and have three children.
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