Ron A. Parsons Jr.

Ronald A. Parsons Jr. is an American attorney who is the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.

Ronald A. Parsons Jr.
42nd United States Attorney for the
District of South Dakota
Assumed office
January 5, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRandy Seiler
Personal details
ResidenceSioux Falls, South Dakota
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, (B.A.)
University of South Dakota, (J.D.)
ProfessionAttorney

Early life and education

Parsons Jr. graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1994 and then a Juris Doctor with Sterling honors from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1997.

Following law school, Parsons worked as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Roger Leland Wollman, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.[1] He then went into private practice at Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, Reiter and Parsons, LLP in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

United States Attorney

He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 27, 2017, to be the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 2017. He was sworn into office on January 5, 2018.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ellis, Jonathan. "Trump names Sioux Falls attorney to top legal post". argusleader.com. Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourth Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations". The White House. July 21, 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Ron Parsons Jr. sworn in as new U.S. attorney for South Dakota". Capital Journal. January 9, 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Randy Seiler		 42nd United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
2018–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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