Appointed/Elected:
Appointed by Governor Mark Dayton on Sept. 8, 2014. Elected in 2016 and 2022. Current term expires December 31, 2028.
Bio:
Judge Hoyos earned his law degree from the William Mitchell College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He also graduated from Robbinsdale Cooper High School. Judge Hoyos has a broad background in criminal law, as both a prosecutor and public defender in Ramsey County, handling serious felony cases. Judge Hoyos resides in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.
Assignment:
- Felony Criminal Block: February 2022-present
- Juvenile Court (Presiding Judge): February 2020-February 2022
- Juvenile Court: March 2017-February 2020
- Felony Criminal Block: February 2015-March 2017
- Downtown Criminal Team: September 2014-February 2015
Professional Activities:
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Board member and former grader, Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
- Member and former co-chair, Minnesota State Bar Association's Public Law Council
- Professor and mentor, University of St. Thomas School of Law
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Member and former president, Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association
- Member and former president, Ramsey County Bar Association
- Member, Hennepin County District Court Executive Committee
- Member, American Bar Association's House of Delegates
- Member, American Bar Association's Judicial Division
- Member, American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Gun Violence
- Member and former president, Warren Burger Inn of Court
- Member, Committee for Equality and Justice
- Former board member, Minnesota State Bar Foundation
- Former member, American Bar Association House of Delegates
- Former member, Children's Justice Initiative Committee
- Former member, ICWA Advisory Subcommittee, Children's Justice Initiative
- Former member, Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
- Former member, Hennepin County Domestic Violence Court Steering Committee
- Former member, Tribal Court State Court Forum
- Former chair, Board of Directors, Resource Center of the Americas
- Former vice chair, Board of Directors, Centro Legal