Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks

Minnesota Judicial Center
Phone: (651) 297-7650

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:                        

Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, St. Paul, MN (Nov. 1998 – present)

• Member of a 19-person court with statewide jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the administrative agencies and the district courts, with the exception of first-degree murder convictions, legislative or statewide election contests, workers’ compensation, and tax cases.

Rider Bennett, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (1985 –1998)

• Partner 1992 – 1998; Associate 1985 – 1991
• Management Committee Member , 1992 – 1995

  Practice focused on civil trial work in the areas of railroad, insurance, products-liability, and employment law.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:                    

Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Appellate Rules Committee

• Chair, 2008 – present

Minnesota Supreme Court Juvenile Delinquency Rules Committee, 2001 – 2004

Minnesota Supreme Court Constitution Day Committee, 1999 – 2003

Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards

• Member, 2009 – present

American Board of Trial Advocates

• President, MN Chapter, 2000
• National Board Representative, 2006 – 2012

International Society of Barristers

Warren E. Burger Inn of Court

• Member, 1989 - 1991; 1999 – present
• Group Leader, 1999 – present
• President, 2003 – 2004

William Mitchell College of Law

• Distinguished Alumni/ae Award, Nov. 1998
• Alumni Board of Directors, 1990 – 1996; 2006 - present
• Adjunct Faculty Member
• Mentor

Minnesota State Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Governing Council, 1994 – present

• Chair, 2005 – 2006
• Secretary, 2004 – 2005
• Treasurer, 2003 – 2004

National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Teaching

Hennepin County Bar Association

• Bench and Bar Committee, 2001 – present
• Nominating Committee Co-chair, 2008 – 2009

Hamline University School of Law, Adjunct Faculty Member, 2002 – 2004

St. Thomas University School of Law, Mentor

Minnesota Women Lawyers, 1987 – present  

• Program Committee Co-Chair, 1995 – 1997

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Lay Care Ministry – Seniors, Christ Presbyterian Church

Everybody Wins Program, Reading Volunteer,

• Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School, St. Paul, MN, 1999 – present

Minnesota Court of Appeals Annual Dorothy Day Center Cookout

Minnesota Court of Appeals Shakopee Correctional Facility Law & Literature Program

Memorial Blood Bank, Volunteer Donor

Edina School District Food Service Committee, Member, 2000-2003

South View Middle School, Edina, MN

• Career Day Parent Coordinator, 1997 – 2002

Hospice, Boulder, CO, Volunteer on Grief Counseling Team, 1977 – 1981  

EDUCATION                                              

William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN

• J.D. cum laude, 1985
• Semi-finalist, 1984 Client Counseling National Competition

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

• M.A., Guidance and Counseling, 1976

University of California, Davis, CA

• Counseling Practicum, 1975 – 1976

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

• B.A., Sociology with Secondary Teaching Certification, 1971

Edina High School, Graduation 1967