Philip N. Hogen is an American attorney who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to become the

United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota The United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. By statute, the U.S. Attorney is re ...

. He served as U.S. Attorney from 1981 to 1991, the longest serving U.S. Attorney in South Dakota's history. He is an

Oglala The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority of the Oglala live o ...

Early life and education

Hogen graduated from Augustana College in 1967 and the

University of South Dakota School of Law The University of South Dakota School of Law also known as University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law or USD Law in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, is a professional school of the University of South Dakota and the only law school in ...

in 1970.

Career

He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, to be the

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

. He returned to private practice and today maintains offices in the Black Hills, South Dakota and St. Paul, Minnesota in 1991. He specializes in American Indian law. He has served as the Commissioner of the

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References

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