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Senior Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed on Dec. 12, 2000. Elected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. Retired on Sept. 16, 2022. Appointed and assigned to serve statewide as Senior Judge from Dec. 19, 2022, to June 30, 2025.

Education:

J.D., Rutgers Law School, 1986
B.A., Smith College, 1977

Employment:

Deputy Hennepin County Attorney, 1999
Senior Hennepin County Attorney, Domestic Violence Unit, 1996
Hennepin County Attorney Office - Criminal Trials, 1990
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 1986

Additional Information:

Assignment History

Criminal, 3/2013-9/2022
Juvenile Court Presiding Judge, 11/2008-2/2013
Juvenile, 7/2008-10/2008
Felony Block, 3/2006-6/2008
Juvenile, 1/2003-2/2006
Criminal, 12/2000-12/2000

Judicial Activity

Chair of the Fourth Judicial District committees on judicial education and mentoring of new judges
Representative to the Fourth Judicial District Executive Committee
Training Minnesota judges through Minnesota Supreme Court Judicial Education
Instructor with the National Judicial College
Past chair of the Hennepin County Fatality Review Project
Past co-chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Juvenile Law Section, 2004
Past chair of the multi-disciplinary committee on juvenile mental health issues