Judge Michelle A. Hatcher
Appointed/Elected:
Appointed Jan. 18, 2019, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2020. Current terms expires Jan. 2027.
Education:
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
B.A., University of Windsor
Past Employment:
- Senior Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
- Criminal prosecutor, Office of the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney
- Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
- Litigation associate, Rider Bennet, L.L.P.
- Assistant Scott County Attorney
- Judicial law clerk, Honorable Mary Steenson-Dufrene
Judicial Assignments:
- Criminal (Downtown), January 2019 to January 2021 (Lead Judge for the Downtown Team July 2020 to January 2021)
- Family Court, February 2021 to December 2021
- Juvenile Court, January 2022 to Present (Assistant Presiding January 2022 to July 2023)
Professional and Community Activities:
- Current member and former Secretary, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
- Adjunct Legal Writing Professor- Mitchell Hamline
- Past President of the Mitchell Hamline -Alumni Board of Directors
- Former member of the Mitchell Hamline- Board of Directors
- Former Member of the Minnesota County Attorney’s Association
- Former Member of the Domestic Fatality Review Committee
- Former Big Sister