Referee Deborah Popehn

Appointed:

January 2026 by Chief Judge Kerry Meyer, Hennepin County District Court

Education:

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
M.A., New York University 
B.A., University of Wisconsin

Employment:

Family law attorney, 15 years in private practice

University of Minnesota Law School, Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing

State of Minnesota, Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald Abrams and the Honorable William Koc, Fourth Judicial District Family Court