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Lawrence L. Piersol
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Senior status since July 31, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- August 6, 1993
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 20, 1993
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 18, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 20, 1993
- Commissioned
- November 22, 1993
- Senior status
- Since July 31, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1940, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1965-1968
- Private practice, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1968-1993
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2009
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