Ron A. Parsons Jr.

Ronald A. Parsons Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2018 to 2021. In 2025, he was nominated to the position to serve a second term.

Ronald A. Parsons Jr.
United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
In office January 5, 2018 – February 26, 2021
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Randy Seiler
Succeeded by	Dennis R. Holmes (acting)
Personal details
Children	2
Residence	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Education	University of Minnesota (BA) University of South Dakota (JD)

Early life and education

Parsons Jr. graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1994 and then a Juris Doctor with Sterling honors from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1997.

Legal career

Following law school, Parsons worked as a law clerk for Judge Roger Leland Wollman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.^[1] He then went into private practice at Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah, Reiter and Parsons, LLP in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

United States attorney

First term

He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 27, 2017, to be the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.^[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 2017. He was sworn into office on January 5, 2018.^[3]

On February 8, 2021, he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.^[4] He submitted his resignation on February 22, effective February 26.^[5]

Second term

On April 1, 2025, Parsons was again nominated to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of South Dakota.^[6] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[7]

Post government service career

After serving his first term as U.S. attorney, Parsons went to work for Sioux Falls law firm Johnson Abdallah Janklow & Reiter LLP.^[8]

See also

• United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
• University of South Dakota School of Law