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Judge JaPaul Harris ’03 appointed to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: January 31, 2024
JaPaul Harris ’03, a district court judge in Ramsey County, was named Wednesday to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He will replace Judge Jeffrey Bryan, who recently became a federal judge in Minnesota. The appointment, announced by the office of Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, will bring to seven the number of …

Judge JaPaul Harris ’03 appointed to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Category: Alumni, History Center, News, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tag: alumni, Court of Appeals, JaPaul Harris, Jon Schmidt, Judge, Matthew Johnson, Michelle Larkin, Natalie Hudson, Peter Reyes, Randall Slieter, Renee Worke

The Oath: Judge Donovan Frank ’77 and his naturalization house calls

Posted: November 30, 2023
Zhengfang Liu lived in the United States for 20 years before becoming a citizen last year. But because of the 82-year old’s declining health, including four hospitalizations and a cardiac arrest in the past year, Liu couldn’t attend a naturalization ceremony in person. So the ceremony went to her, in the person of U.S. District …

The Oath: Judge Donovan Frank ’77 and his naturalization house calls

Category: Alumni, Feature, News, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tag: American, citizen, citizenship, Donovan Frank, federal judge, Judge, naturalization, oath

Jon Schmidt ’03 named to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: July 24, 2023
Jon Schmidt ’03, a principal attorney at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and a former shareholder at Briggs and Morgan, was appointed Monday to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Governor Tim Walz. Walz, in a statement, said Schmidt’s “nearly two decades of appellate practice has made him a respected expert in the field across …

Jon Schmidt ’03 named to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Category: Alumni, Feature, News Tag: alumni, Anne McKeig, Court of Appeals, Denise Reilly, Jon Schmidt, Judge, judgeship, Keala Ede, law review, Lucinda Jesson, Mike Steenson, Sam Hanson, Sara Grewing

Mary Louise Klas ’60, trailblazing judge, dies at age 93

Posted: June 12, 2023
Mary Louise Klas ’60, a trailblazing judge in Minnesota who worked tirelessly to improve the way the judicial system treated victims of domestic violence, died on Friday, just days after turning 93. Klas was also the matriarch of a family with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline. She met her husband, Daniel ’60, at law school. …

Mary Louise Klas ’60, trailblazing judge, dies at age 93

Category: Alumni, Feature, History Center, News Tag: alumni, Barbara Klas, Bob Klas, Dan Klas, domestic violence, Esther Tomlijanovich, Judge, Mary Louise Klas, Nancy Ver Steegh, obituary, Rosalie Wahl

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: May 22, 2023
Two judges with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline will step down from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Denise Reilly ’83 and Lucinda Jesson were both named to the court during Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration – Reilly in 2014; Jesson in 2016. The announcement from Gov. Tim Walz’s office comes as Reilly nears the state’s mandatory …

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Category: Alumni, Feature, News Tag: alumni, Anthony Niedwiecki, Board of Trustees, Court of Appeals, Denise Reilly, Judge, Lucinda Jesson, Minnesota

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