Mark V. Meierhenry

Born in Gregory, South Dakota in 1944.   Married to Justice Judith Meierhenry.   Two Children: Todd V. Meierhenry, J.D., Danforth & Meierhenry, LLP and Mary Meierhenry, M.D., Independent Women’s Clinic, Sioux Falls.

• USD BA – English, 1966; School of Law 1970;
• Attorney General of South Dakota from 1978-1986;
• Argued 8 times before the United States Supreme Court;
• South Dakota Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1996;
• Co-author with Justice Judith, The South Dakota Trial Handbook for Lawyers; with David Volk, Mystery of the Round Rocks;

Best left-handed twenty-gauge pheasant shot born in Gregory County, between October 28 and 30, 1944.