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ST. PAUL, MN (April 9, 2002) – Today Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Edward C. Stringer notified Governor Jesse Ventura of his intent to resign from the Court on August 31, 2002.   Justice Stringer will have served as an Associate Justice on the state’s highest court for eight years.

“Justice Stringer has made substantial contributions to the people of Minnesota and the profession of law,” said Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz.  “He is a gifted jurist whose deep and abiding reverence for the law has served not only the Court, but all people of our state.  As a respected colleague and true friend, he will be greatly missed.”

Governor Arne H. Carlson appointed Justice Stringer to the bench in 1994.  He received his B.A. (cum laude) from Amherst College in Massachusetts and attained his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Minnesota Law School.  From 1960 to 1980, Justice Stringer practiced law in St. Paul and Minneapolis with the firms of Stringer, Donnelly and Sharood, and Briggs and Morgan.  In 1980, he left private practice to join the Pillsbury Company, where he served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer.  In 1989, he received a presidential appointment to the U.S. Department of Education as general counsel.  In 1992, he returned to Minnesota to join the staff of Governor Carlson and later became chief of staff. 

“I leave the Court and my colleagues with great regrets, but also with great pride in all that we have accomplished in the past few years,” said Justice Stringer.  “This is truly an outstanding institution.”

Justice Stringer’s current six-year term ends in December 2002 and he will reach the mandatory retirement age two years after that.