Janine M. Kern

Janine M. Kern
Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2015
South Dakota Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge
In office 1996–2015
Personal details
Father	Paul James Kern
Alma mater	Arizona State University

Janine M. Kern is a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

She graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in 1982, and graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1985. She served in the South Dakota Attorney General's office from 1985 to 1996, and became a circuit court judge in the Seventh Judicial Circuit in 1996. She was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 25, 2014, by Governor Dennis Daugaard, and took office on January 5, 2015. She was sworn in by her father, retired South Dakota circuit court judge Paul James Kern.^[1][2]

References

1. "Supreme Court Home". The South Dakota Supreme Court. South Dakota Unified Judicial System. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
2. Erich Schaffhauser (January 5, 2015). "Two Women on South Dakota Supreme Court for First Time". KELO-TV. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

External links

• http://judgepedia.org/Janine_M._Kern