Career
After law school, Herseth worked as a law clerk to Judge Charles B. Kornmann of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota and Judge Diana Gribbon Motz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She worked in private practice as an attorney in Washington, DC and taught at the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to her election to the House, she was Executive Director of the South Dakota Farmer's Union Foundation, and served on the board of directors for First Bank and Trust of Brookings, South Dakota.
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