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Neil Fulton is an American attorney who is the 14th Dean of the University of South Dakota School of Law and was the former Federal Public Defender for the District of South Dakota and District of North Dakota from 2010 to 2019.

Education

Fulton received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1994. He enrolled in the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received his J.D. in 1997, graduating first in his class.

Legal career

Fulton was a judicial law clerk for Judge Diana Murphy of the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals after graduating from law school.

In 2007, Fulton became Chief of Staff for then-Governor Mike Rounds. In that capacity he oversaw the day-to-day operations of state government, managed legislative and budgetary proposals for the Office of the Governor, drafted legislation on many issues and worked with public and private organizations across the state.

Federal public defender for South Dakota and North Dakota

In 2010, Fulton was appointed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as the Federal Defender for South Dakota and North Dakota.

External links

• Federal Public Defender for South Dakota and North Dakota website

References

1. "New federal public defender sworn in for Dakotas". Bismarck Tribune. 29 June 2010.
2. "Neil Fulton Announced as University of South Dakota Law School Dean". University of South Dakota School of Law.
3. "South Dakota Federal Public Defender". Federal Public Defender of South and North Dakota.

• Living people
• University of Minnesota Law School alumni
• Chiefs of staff to the governor of South Dakota
• Deans of law schools in the United States
• Public defenders
• South Dakota lawyers
• South Dakota Republicans