Judge Michelle M. Anderson
Appointed/Elected:
Appointed September 6, 2017, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018 and 2024. Current term expires January 2031.
Education:
- University of North Dakota School of Law, Juris Doctorate with distinction
- University of North Dakota, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Past Employment:
- Range Division Head, St. Louis County Attorney’s Office
- Assistant County Attorney, St. Louis County Attorney’s Office
- Associate Attorney, Prebich and Sullivan, P.C.
- Judicial Law Clerk, Sixth Judicial District, Hon. Gary J. Pagliaccetti
Professional and Community Activities:
- Range Recovery Court, presiding judge 2017-present
- Range Mental Health Court, founding member and presiding Judge 2018-2023
- BRIDGES, presiding judge 2019-present
- ICWA Court, presiding judge 2018- present
- Iron Range Equal Justice Committee, Chair 2017-present
- Sixth District Children’s Justice Initiative, 2017-present
- Judicial Trial Skills, mentor judge
- Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch, present
- Treatment Court Initiative Advisory Committee (TCI), member 2021-2025
- Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure 2020-2026
- Volunteer in Education, tutor
- Northern St. Louis County Restorative Practices Committee, member
- Sixth District Administrative Committee, member
- Sixth District Re-engineering Committee, past member
- Sixth District Pandemic Steering Committee, past member
- Career Day Presenter
- Law Day Presenter
- Rotary Club Presenter
- Co-author “Sentencing” MN Judges Criminal Benchbook