SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will appear in front of the state Supreme Court Wednesday. The justices will determine whether he should temporarily lose his law license.
The Disciplinary Board of the South Dakota State Bar filed recommendations to the Supreme Court against Ravnsborg by Alexis Tracy on May 19, 2023, stating Ravnsborg should get his law license suspended for a little over two years. The reason behind the recommendation stems from his actions while serving as the attorney general from 2018 until he was impeached in 2022.
Ravnsborg was the first statewide official impeached in state history. He was elected in 2018, and removed from office in 2022 ultimately for killing 55-year-old Joe Boever by hitting him with his car on a highway near Highmore in 2020.
Now the Disciplinary Board of the South Dakota State Bar recommends his law license be suspended for 26 months.
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Documents filed with the Supreme Court say Ravnsborg violated rule 8.4 of the “ Rules of Professional Conduct ” during his time as attorney general. Those violations include telling officers who stopped him for traffic offenses that he was the attorney general.