Judge Richard S. Scherer

Hennepin County Courthouse
Phone: (612)348-2040

Chambers Phone: 612-348-3750

Chambers Email: Email Chambers Staff

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed in 1994
Elected in 1996, 2002 and 2008.

His current term expires in January 2015.

Education:

J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1975
B.A., cum laude, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1968

Employment:

• Attorney, Castor, Klukas, Scherer & Logren, 1975-1994
• Teacher, Robbinsdale Senior High, 1968-1970, 1972

Military Service:

U.S. Army, 1970-1972

Professional Memberships:

• Minnesota District Judges Board of Directors 1998 to present
• Chair Family Violence Coordinating Council 1999-2000
• Chair Hennepin County Fatality Review Project 1998-2006
• Minnesota and Hennepin County Bar Associations

Additional Information

• Civil & Criminal, 1/2003-Present
• Juvenile, 6/2000-12/2002
• Civil & Criminal, 1/1999-5/2000
• Criminal, 7/1994-12/1998

Acceptance by the bar and parties

• 97% Retention Rating in 1996 Bar Poll
• To the judge's knowledge he has only been removed from hearing two cases in eight years on the bench. One was an unlawful detainer case, the other was a child protection case. In each case the removing attorney had recently lost a case heard by the judge, but each of those attorneys have subsequently appeared before the judge on numerous occasions.