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Judge Angela Willms

Hennepin County Courthouse
Fourth Judicial District
(612) 348-6000

Email
Law Clerk: (612) 540-7958
Judicial Clerk: (612) 356-5644

Fourth Judicial District Judicial Officers

Judge Angela Willms

APPOINTED/ELECTED:

Appointed on Jan. 4, 2019. Elected in 2020. Current term expires Jan. 2027.

EDUCATION:

University of Minnesota, B.A.
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D.

 

EMPLOYMENT:

District Court Referee, Hennepin County Juvenile Court (2013-2019)
Staff Attorney, Hennepin County Juvenile Court (2009-2013)
Judicial Law Clerk, Hennepin County District Court, Criminal/Civil/Juvenile Divisions (2007-2009)
 

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • Statewide Committee for Equality and Justice Member
    • Vice Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Education Subcommittee
  • Fourth Judicial District Equality and Justice Committee Member
  • Fourth Judicial District Race Equity and Strategic Leadership Team Member
  • Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
    • Former Co-Chair of the Eliminating Racial Disparities Committee (2016-2019)
    • Former Executive Steering Committee Member (2016-2019)
    • Former Case Processing Committee Member (2009-2015)
  • Former MN Supreme Court Appointee to the School Safety and Technical Assistance Council (2014-2017)
  • Former Children’s Justice Initiative Member (2009-2017)
  • Former District Chair of the Northern Star Council, Juvenile Diversion (2015-2016)
  • Former Member of the Family Violence Coordinating Council (2014-2016)

ASSIGNMENT HISTORY:

Criminal, 1/2019 – present
Juvenile, 5/2013 – 1/2019