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Jeffrey Lynn Viken

Jeffrey Lynn Viken

South Dakota District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Born 1952 in Huron, SD

FJC ID: 3221

Jeffrey Lynn Viken (born August 8, 1952) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Districts of North Dakota and South Dakota Federal Public Defender
    Districts of North Dakota and South Dakota Federal Public Defender
    Federal public defender · 2003–2009
  2. Private practice, Rapid City, South Dakota
    1981–2003
  3. District of South Dakota
    District of South Dakota
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1977–1981
    • ↳acting U.S. attorney · 1981

Appointments

  1. South Dakota District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of South DakotaChief Judge
    2009–2023 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
    Term ended: Retirement
  2. South Dakota District Court
    South Dakota District Court
    2009–present

Education

  1. University of South Dakota School of Law
    University of South Dakota School of Law (now Knudson School of Law)
    J.D. · 1977
  2. University of South Dakota
    B.A. · 1974