Paul Holden Anderson (born May 14, 1943) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the

Minnesota Supreme Court The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center. History The court was first asse ...

. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994.

Education

Anderson was born in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

Macalester College Macalester College () is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2018 from 50 U.S. states, four U.S t ...

in 1965 and a

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form the

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in 1968.

Career

Before his appointment to the judicial branch, Anderson was in private practice as a partner in the law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller Law Offices in

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. He served as a VISTA attorney from 1968 to 1969 and as a special Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division and Department of Public Safety of the Office of the

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from 1970 to 1971. He served on

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's 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial campaign committee. Governor Carlson appointed Anderson to the Minnesota Court of Appeals as Chief Judge, beginning on September 1, 1992. Two years later, Carlson appointed Anderson to be an associate justice of the

, beginning on July 1, 1994. He is the author of many important decisions, including a leading case on bail, ''State of Minnesota vs. Wesley Brooks''. Anderson retired on May 31, 2013, when he reached the statutorily mandatory retirement age for judges in Minnesota.

Personal life

Anderson lives in St. Paul with his wife, Jan, who worked as the human resources director at

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

. They have one daughter, Isa, who is an elementary school teacher. Their second daughter, Marina, died in 2005.

References

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