Matthew E. Johnson

Matthew Johnson
Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1, 2010
Appointed by	Tim Pawlenty
Preceded by	Edward Toussaint, Jr.
Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
In office January 1, 2008 – October 31, 2010
Appointed by	Tim Pawlenty
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Born	February 10, 1963 (1963-02-10) (age 48) Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Alma mater	St. Olaf College William Mitchell College of Law

Matthew E. Johnson (born February 10, 1963) is an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. He currently serves as Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Johnson earned his undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College in 1985. Following graduation, he worked as a staff auditor for the Prudential Insurance Company in Minneapolis, and then as a staff assistant to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Johnson earned his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 1992, having served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He spent the next two years as a judicial clerk, first with Charles Wolle of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa and then with David R. Hansen of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

From 1994 until 2007, Johnson was engaged in private practice in Minneapolis, most recently with Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson. In late 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed him to a new seat on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

References

http://www.mncourts.gov/?page=JudgeBio_v2&ID=30494

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Preceded by Edward Toussaint, Jr.	Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals 2010-	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Johnson, Matthew E.
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Date of birth	February 10, 1963
Place of birth	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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