John K. Konenkamp
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John K. Konenkamp (born October 20, 1944) is an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Konenkamp graduated from the University of Georgia in 1967, served in the United States Navy and following that, attended the University of South Dakota. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1974. He served as Deputy State's Attorney for Rapid City, South Dakota through 1977, then switched to private practice. Konenkamp was active in the American Legion and the state Bar association and has also served as a foster parent for the state Department of Social Services. In 1984 South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow appointed Konenkamp a circuit court judge. He became presiding judge of the seventh circuit in 1988. In 1994 Governor Walter Dale Miller appointed him to the state supreme court, where he survived a retention election in 1998.