Public Notice Detail
Judge Short Announces Resignation from Court of Appeals
Posted: Thursday, December 16, 1999
In addition to authoring more than 90 opinions a year on civil and criminal appeals, Judge Short is a frequent lecturer and instructor on a variety of legal issues. She taught at the Department of Justice Training School, conducted an International Seminar on military justice systems and human rights in Bogota, Columbia and founded a statewide partnership between educators and judges to teach conflict resolution skills to elementary, junior high and high school students.
“We will miss Judge Short’s leadership in public service,” said Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz. “She has contributed so much to the law, and her outreach to children and our schools has been nothing short of phenomenal.”
Judge Short is a Twin Cities native. She graduated from Visitation Convent in St. Paul, earned her B.A. from Newton College of the Sacred Heart (Massachusetts), and her J.D. from the Boston College Law School (Massachusetts). Judge Short was an attorney in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (1976-1977), a trial lawyer and partner at the Minneapolis law firm, Dorsey & Whitney (1977-1988) and she has been a Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge since appointment by late Governor Rudy Perpich in 1988.
She will return to the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney as a partner in their trial department.
“Although I have enjoyed my time on the bench and hold the public’s trust dear, I do miss the rough and tumble environment of the trial courtroom,” said Judge Short. “I believe my experience here will make me a better attorney, and after nearly 12 years, it is time to give someone else the opportunity to serve.”
Judge Short often took time out of her day to greet tours of visiting students and traveled around the state to educate children about the judicial branch’s role in government and society. In her resignation letter to Governor Ventura, Judge Short highlighted this experience:
“While the work of the court has been both stimulating and challenging, the most satisfying aspect of my judicial career has been my work with school children… I have especially appreciated being an ambassador of our legal system to Minnesota’s future leaders.”