Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada, Jr.

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed by Governor Tim Walz on Sept. 23, 2019. Elected in 2020. Current term expires Jan. 2027.

Education:

Past Employment

• First Assistant Federal Defender, Office of the Federal Defender, Minneapolis
• Associate Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP
• Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael J. Davis, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Current Professional and Community Activities:

• Federal Bar Association
• Mitchell Hamline School of Law Board of Trustees
• Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Past Professional and Community Activities:

• Executive Board Member and Co-Chair, Community Outreach Committee, Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
• Federal Practice Committee, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Hennepin County Bar Foundation
• Minnesota Women Lawyers President’s Leadership Circle
• Central Corridor Management Committee
• St. Paul Planning Commission
• Minnesota Justice Foundation Board of Directors
• Diversity Committee, Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
• Special Achievement Award, Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Minnesota Lawyer “Up and Coming Attorney”