Matthew E. Johnson (born February 10, 1963) is a judge of the

Minnesota Court of Appeals The Minnesota Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It began operating on November 1, 1983. Jurisdiction The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over most appeals from the state trial courts, includ ...

. He previously served as its Chief Judge.

Education

Johnson received his undergraduate degree from

St. Olaf College St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf ...

in 1985 and his J.D. from

William Mitchell College of Law William Mitchell College of Law was a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, from 1956 to 2015. Accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), it offered full- and part-time legal education in pursuit of ...

in 1992, where he served as editor-in-chief of the ''William Mitchell Law Review''.

Career

Following graduation, he worked as a staff auditor for the

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, and then as a staff assistant to the

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. He spent the next two years as a judicial clerk, first with Charles R. Wolle of the

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and then with David Hansen of the

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. From 1994 until 2007, Johnson was engaged in private practice in Minneapolis, most recently with Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson.

Judicial service

In late 2007, Governor

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appointed him to a new seat on the

, beginning January 1, 2008. Pawlenty later appointed him as chief judge, serving from November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2013.

References

External links

Judge Profile: Judge Matthew E. Johnson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Matthew Living people Lawyers from Minneapolis St. Olaf College alumni William Mitchell College of Law alumni Minnesota lawyers Minnesota Court of Appeals judges 1963 births Politicians from Minneapolis