David Gilbertson

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David Gilbertson is chief justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Gilbertson attended South Dakota State University, graduating in 1972. He then graduated from the University of South Dakota's School of Law in 1975. Gilbertson established a private practice in Sisseton, South Dakota and simultaneously served as Roberts County Deputy State's Attorney and City Attorney for Sisseton. In 1986 Governor Bill Janklow appointed him circuit judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Janklow appointed Gilbertson an Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court April 3, 1995. When Chief Justice Robert A. Miller retired in 2001, Gilbertson was elected chief justice of the court. As of 2005 Gilbertson is serving his second 4-year term as South Dakota's chief justice.