Janine M. Kern

Janine M. Kern (born February 14, 1961)^[1] is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Janine Kern
Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2015
Appointed by	Dennis Daugaard
Preceded by	John K. Konenkamp
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-14) February 14, 1961 (age 64)
Education	Arizona State University, Tempe (BS) University of Minnesota (JD)

Education

She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in 1982, and graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1985.

Career

She served in the Attorney General of South Dakota'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.^[2][3]