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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:

J.D., William Mitchell College of Law 
B.A., Saint John’s University, Minn.


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”