The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts,as well as the criminal law,family law and administrative law cases that are initially appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Established in 1779 as the Supreme Court of Appeals,the Supreme Court of Virginia is one of the oldest continuously active judicial bodies in the United States.
Russell A. Anderson was an attorney who served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as an associate justice of the court from September 1,1998,until he was sworn in as chief justice on January 10,2006. He retired from the Supreme Court on June 1,2008,at age 66,and was succeeded by Eric J. Magnuson.
Grant Barry Anderson is a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as a member of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Lawrence Robert Yetka was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Samuel Lee Hanson is an American lawyer and judge from the state of Minnesota. He served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2000 to 2002 and as an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2002 to 2008. When not serving on the bench,he has practiced with the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs &Morgan.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It began operating on November 1,1983.
John E. Simonett was an attorney and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was famous for his wit and thoughtfulness,characteristics reflected both in his judicial opinions,and in his writings and speeches. In 2007,he was named one of the 100 most influential attorneys in Minnesota history. Of his six daughters and sons,two became judges,one serving as the fourth Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1994 to 1995.
Christopher Dietzen was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2016 and a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2004 to 2008.
Charles Monroe Start was a Minnesota jurist and a Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Eric John Magnuson is an American lawyer in private practice. He was the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2010.
Peter Stephen Popovich was an American lawyer,politician,and judge from Minnesota. He is the only person in the state's history to serve as both Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Sara Rosalie Wahl was an American feminist,lawyer,public defender,clinical law professor,and judge. She was the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court where she served for seventeen years. Governor Rudy Perpich nominated Wahl to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1977 and Wahl won the election to the seat in a non-partisan election in 1978,defeating three male candidates. She chaired the state's Gender Bias Taskforce and Racial Bias Taskforce and led the American Bar Association's efforts to establish clinical legal education. She was a champion for the mentally ill and for displaced homemakers. She wrote 549 opinions including for the majority in holding that different penalties for crack and powder cocaine were unconstitutional in State v. Russell .
Martin A. Nelson was an American attorney,politician,and jurist from Minnesota. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The Naval Justice School (NJS) is an educational institution of the United States Navy whose mission is to instruct Navy,Marine Corps,and Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel in the fundamental principles of military justice,civil and administrative law,and procedure. In addition to being licensed attorneys in any state or territory of the U.S.,all attorneys in the Judge Advocate General's Corps must undergo training either in this institution,or in the complementary institutions of the United States Army and the United States Air Force,allowing them to act as trial or defense counsel at military courts-martial.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
David Lee Lillehaug is a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1994 to 1998.
Natalie E. Hudson is an American attorney serving since 2023 as the chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. From 2015 to 2023 she served as associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
